The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. 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 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Engineer
Rank - 106 87
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 0 3 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham - 0.181% 0.581%
As % of the Job Titles category - 0.191% 0.617%
Number of salaries quoted 0 3 8
Average salary - £27,500 £27,500
UK excluding London average salary £33,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-4.28% -
All Job Titles
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1698 1572 1296
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 94.33% 95.10% 94.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1454 1399 1117
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% +3.89%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Test Engineer
West Midlands

Test Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 Jobs Demand Trend

Test Engineer
Salary Trend

This 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
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) UNIX
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Client/Server
1 1 (50.00%) ISEB
1 1 (50.00%) Front Office
1 1 (50.00%) Back Office
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) QA
1 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation

Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

General
1 1 (50.00%) Front Office
1 1 (50.00%) Back Office
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Client/Server
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) UNIX
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) ISEB
1 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
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