Test Engineer Jobs in Berkshire

Test Engineer
South East > Berkshire

The median Test Engineer salary in Berkshire is £34,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 164 178 151
Rank change year-on-year +14 -27 -34
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 3 10 31
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.097% 0.32% 0.91%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.34% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 3 10 20
10th Percentile - £42,500 -
25th Percentile £31,000 £44,375 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -32.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £37,000 £60,313 £62,375
90th Percentile - £63,125 £71,750
South East median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Berkshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Berkshire with a recognized job title 2,948 2,909 3,302
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.16% 92.32% 96.58%
Number of salaries quoted 2,147 1,661 2,174
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,963 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings that featured Test Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Test Engineer in Berkshire

Test Engineer
Salary Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test Engineer in Berkshire.

Salary trend for Test Engineer in Berkshire

Test Engineer
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Engineer within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 19 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading 0 1 £34,000 -32.00% 5
Bracknell - 1 £34,000 -
Newbury - 1 £34,000 -
Test Engineer
South East

Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, Test Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Berkshire region featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Firmware
1 3 (100.00%) Middleware
1 3 (100.00%) Electronics
1 3 (100.00%) Validation
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Mechatronics
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) QA
1 3 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) SDET
1 3 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 3 (100.00%) Geotechnical Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Code Quality

Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) Middleware
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 3 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) Geotechnical Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Mechatronics
1 3 (100.00%) SDET
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 3 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) QA
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Firmware