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This section looks at the demand for the Test Engineer role in IT jobs within the Birmingham 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Test Engineer
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank133129
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching permanent IT job ads41
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.164 %0.037 %
Salaries quoted31
Average minimum salary£28,333£50,000
Average salary£31,667£50,000
% change on same period last year-36.66 %
Average maximum salary£35,000£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£31,588£32,212
% change on same period last year-1.93 %
Birmingham IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Birmingham
Matching permanent IT job ads24402739
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.332 %1.150 %
Salaries quoted21342352
Average minimum salary£35,551£36,650
Average salary£39,054£40,194
% change on same period last year-2.83 %
Average maximum salary£42,558£43,738
UK excluding London average salary£38,060£39,458
% change on same period last year-3.54 %
Test Engineer West MidlandsTest Engineer
West Midlands

Test Engineer
Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham Test Engineer Salary Trend

Test Engineer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Engineer across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Birmingham Test Engineer Salary Histogram

Test Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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.

116 (64.00 %)C
215 (60.00 %)Automotive
313 (52.00 %)C++
49 (36.00 %)VB
58 (32.00 %)Military
67 (28.00 %)Electronics
76 (24.00 %)LabWindows
84 (16.00 %)Perl
84 (16.00 %)Manufacturing
93 (12.00 %)Wireless
93 (12.00 %)Degree
93 (12.00 %)yacc
102 (8.000 %)Windows
111 (4.000 %)GPRS
111 (4.000 %)GSM
111 (4.000 %)3GPP
111 (4.000 %)UMTS
111 (4.000 %)TestDirector
111 (4.000 %)LoadRunner
111 (4.000 %)Tcl
111 (4.000 %)3G
111 (4.000 %)Project Management
111 (4.000 %)Process Management
111 (4.000 %)Oracle
111 (4.000 %)XML
111 (4.000 %)HTML
111 (4.000 %)Java
111 (4.000 %)ASN.1
111 (4.000 %)JMeter
111 (4.000 %)Telecoms

Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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.

Birmingham IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (4.000 %)HTML
11 (4.000 %)XML
Birmingham IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
16 (24.00 %)LabWindows
Birmingham IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (12.00 %)Wireless
21 (4.000 %)ASN.1
21 (4.000 %)GPRS
21 (4.000 %)GSM
21 (4.000 %)3GPP
21 (4.000 %)UMTS
21 (4.000 %)3G
Birmingham IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (12.00 %)yacc
21 (4.000 %)TestDirector
21 (4.000 %)LoadRunner
21 (4.000 %)JMeter
21 (4.000 %)LabVIEW
Birmingham IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
115 (60.00 %)Automotive
28 (32.00 %)Military
37 (28.00 %)Electronics
44 (16.00 %)Manufacturing
51 (4.000 %)Telecoms
51 (4.000 %)Aerospace
51 (4.000 %)Electric
Birmingham IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (4.000 %)Computer Science
Birmingham IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (8.000 %)Windows
Birmingham IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (4.000 %)Project Management
11 (4.000 %)Process Management
11 (4.000 %)Performance Testing
11 (4.000 %)Test Scripting
Birmingham IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
116 (64.00 %)C
213 (52.00 %)C++
39 (36.00 %)VB
44 (16.00 %)Perl
51 (4.000 %)Tcl
51 (4.000 %)Java
Birmingham IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (12.00 %)Degree
Birmingham IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (4.000 %)Oracle