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This section looks at the demand for the Test Engineer role in IT jobs within the Berkshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Test Engineer
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank210183
Rank change on same period last yearDown-27
Matching permanent IT job ads51121
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.027 %0.050 %
As % of the category below0.536 %0.933 %
Salaries quoted3189
Average minimum salary£34,000£31,506
Average salary£36,742£33,983
% change on same period last year+8.11 %
Average maximum salary£39,484£36,461
UK excluding London average salary£31,636£32,455
% change on same period last year-2.52 %
Berkshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Berkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads951212963
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled5.021 %5.308 %
Salaries quoted796010474
Average minimum salary£38,021£39,648
Average salary£41,558£43,058
% change on same period last year-3.48 %
Average maximum salary£45,096£46,467
UK excluding London average salary£38,197£39,483
% change on same period last year-3.25 %
Test Engineer South EastTest Engineer
South East

Test Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Test Engineer across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Berkshire Test Engineer Demand Trend

Test Engineer
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Test Engineer across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Test Engineer Salary Trend

Test Engineer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Engineer across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Berkshire Test Engineer Salary Histogram

Test Engineer
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Engineer within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ReadingDown-396£35,917+5.65 %
SloughDown-85£32,700-9.16 %
BracknellUp+262£40,000+33.33 %
WokinghamNew entry-1£42,500-
NewburyDown-11£26,500-15.87 %
MaidenheadNew entry-1£23,000-
Test Engineer South EastTest Engineer
South East

Test Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Test Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Test Engineer in their job title.

161 (29.61 %)Handset
255 (26.70 %)VoIP
354 (26.21 %)TCP/IP
453 (25.73 %)ISDN
453 (25.73 %)C
453 (25.73 %)Perl
552 (25.24 %)C++
651 (24.76 %)GSM
651 (24.76 %)Cisco
651 (24.76 %)Ethernet
750 (24.27 %)GPRS
750 (24.27 %)PHP
750 (24.27 %)Python
844 (21.36 %)H.323
938 (18.45 %)Test Scripting
1037 (17.96 %)PBX
1135 (16.99 %)Wireless
1233 (16.02 %)CDMA
1331 (15.05 %)Linux
1430 (14.56 %)Degree
1529 (14.08 %)Software Engineering
1628 (13.59 %)Java
1628 (13.59 %)Telecoms
1726 (12.62 %)SQL
1824 (11.65 %)3G
1824 (11.65 %)Ethereal
1824 (11.65 %)Wireshark
1921 (10.19 %)Windows
2020 (9.709 %)ISEB
2020 (9.709 %)QA

Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Test Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Test Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Berkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (2.427 %)XML
15 (2.427 %)MIDP
15 (2.427 %)BREW
24 (1.942 %)WAP
24 (1.942 %)HTML
33 (1.456 %)Windows SharePoint Services
41 (0.485 %)WebSphere
41 (0.485 %)J2EE
Berkshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (1.456 %)SharePoint
21 (0.485 %)IIS
21 (0.485 %)JBoss
21 (0.485 %)Apache
Berkshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
113 (6.311 %)MS Excel
113 (6.311 %)MS PowerPoint
Berkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
155 (26.70 %)VoIP
254 (26.21 %)TCP/IP
353 (25.73 %)ISDN
451 (24.76 %)GSM
451 (24.76 %)Ethernet
550 (24.27 %)GPRS
644 (21.36 %)H.323
737 (17.96 %)PBX
835 (16.99 %)Wireless
933 (16.02 %)CDMA
1024 (11.65 %)3G
1024 (11.65 %)Ethereal
1024 (11.65 %)Wireshark
1117 (8.252 %)UMTS
1214 (6.796 %)2G
1313 (6.311 %)2.5G
1412 (5.825 %)Internet
157 (3.398 %)LAN
157 (3.398 %)WAN
166 (2.913 %)SDH
Berkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (0.971 %)SQL Server
12 (0.971 %)TOAD
21 (0.485 %)RDBMS
21 (0.485 %)Oracle 10g
21 (0.485 %)DB2 UDB
21 (0.485 %)DB2
21 (0.485 %)Oracle 9i
21 (0.485 %)Datawarehouse
Berkshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
117 (8.252 %)TestDirector
211 (5.340 %)WinRunner
37 (3.398 %)QuickTest Pro
45 (2.427 %)NUnit
45 (2.427 %)QARun
53 (1.456 %)TestPartner
53 (1.456 %)LoadRunner
62 (0.971 %)WATIR
71 (0.485 %)Atlassian Bamboo
71 (0.485 %)JIRA
71 (0.485 %)QADirector
71 (0.485 %)Bugzilla
71 (0.485 %)CruiseControl
71 (0.485 %)Subversion
71 (0.485 %)Ant
71 (0.485 %)ClearCase
Berkshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
128 (13.59 %)Telecoms
219 (9.223 %)Education
33 (1.456 %)Government
33 (1.456 %)Finance
42 (0.971 %)Multimedia
42 (0.971 %)Insurance
42 (0.971 %)Health
51 (0.485 %)Manufacturing
51 (0.485 %)Banking
51 (0.485 %)Pharmaceutical
Berkshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
161 (29.61 %)Handset
219 (9.223 %)Computer Science
313 (6.311 %)Korean Language
411 (5.340 %)Mathematics
510 (4.854 %)Video Conferencing
68 (3.883 %)DTV
75 (2.427 %)STB
75 (2.427 %)IPTV
82 (0.971 %)MPEG
82 (0.971 %)Firmware
91 (0.485 %)Blackberry
91 (0.485 %)Client/Server
91 (0.485 %)Streaming Video
91 (0.485 %)Physics
Berkshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
131 (15.05 %)Linux
221 (10.19 %)Windows
36 (2.913 %)Windows XP
36 (2.913 %)UNIX
44 (1.942 %)Windows Server 2003
52 (0.971 %)Solaris
61 (0.485 %)Windows 2000
61 (0.485 %)Windows NT
Berkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
138 (18.45 %)Test Scripting
229 (14.08 %)Software Engineering
317 (8.252 %)Use Case
415 (7.282 %)Validation
514 (6.796 %)Automated Testing
69 (4.369 %)Software Testing
76 (2.913 %)Fault Management
76 (2.913 %)Regression Testing
76 (2.913 %)Manual Testing
76 (2.913 %)Security Cleared
85 (2.427 %)System Testing
85 (2.427 %)Continuous Integration
85 (2.427 %)TDD
94 (1.942 %)Integration Testing
103 (1.456 %)SC Cleared
103 (1.456 %)Migration
103 (1.456 %)Configuration Management
112 (0.971 %)User Acceptance Testing
112 (0.971 %)Stress Testing
112 (0.971 %)Unit Testing
Berkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
153 (25.73 %)C
153 (25.73 %)Perl
252 (25.24 %)C++
350 (24.27 %)PHP
350 (24.27 %)Python
428 (13.59 %)Java
526 (12.62 %)SQL
68 (3.883 %)VB
75 (2.427 %)VBScript
81 (0.485 %)C#
81 (0.485 %)Shell Script
Berkshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
130 (14.56 %)Degree
220 (9.709 %)ISEB
313 (6.311 %)HNC
45 (2.427 %)ISEB Practitioner
51 (0.485 %)ISTQB
51 (0.485 %)CCNA
51 (0.485 %)Cisco Certification
Berkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
120 (9.709 %)QA
21 (0.485 %)ISO9000
Berkshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (0.485 %)Active Directory
Berkshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (0.971 %)Netcool
21 (0.485 %)OpenView Configuration Management
21 (0.485 %)Tivoli
Berkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
151 (24.76 %)Cisco
213 (6.311 %)HP
37 (3.398 %)Oracle
46 (2.913 %)Lucent
46 (2.913 %)Alcatel
55 (2.427 %)Symbian
55 (2.427 %)Yahoo!
55 (2.427 %)Google
63 (1.456 %)Microsoft
72 (0.971 %)Remedy
72 (0.971 %)Cramer
81 (0.485 %)Nokia
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