The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Borehamwood 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 20 May 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 Borehamwood region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Engineer
Rank 12 - 9
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 8 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Borehamwood 10.39% - 3.030%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.04% - 3.030%
Number of salaries quoted 8 0 1
Average salary £27,500 - £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -
All Job Titles
Borehamwood
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
57 35 33
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Borehamwood 74.03% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 51 31 31
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £33,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% +3.70%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £22,000 £23,600
10% offered a salary of more than £40,500 £52,485 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Test Engineer
Hertfordshire

Test Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Test Engineer across the Borehamwood region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Borehamwood 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 Borehamwood region.

Borehamwood Test Engineer Salary Trend

Test Engineer
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Borehamwood 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 13 (81.25%) C++
1 13 (81.25%) Python
1 13 (81.25%) LabVIEW
2 10 (62.50%) Degree
3 9 (56.25%) Physics
3 9 (56.25%) Computer Science
3 9 (56.25%) MATLAB
4 4 (25.00%) C
4 4 (25.00%) Telecoms
4 4 (25.00%) QA
5 3 (18.75%) Agile Software Development
5 3 (18.75%) C#
5 3 (18.75%) Java
6 2 (12.50%) MS Office
6 2 (12.50%) Test Management
7 1 (6.250%) Test Scripting
7 1 (6.250%) Radio Access Network
7 1 (6.250%) ISEB Practitioner
7 1 (6.250%) Software Testing
7 1 (6.250%) Integration Testing
7 1 (6.250%) Validation
7 1 (6.250%) PRINCE2
7 1 (6.250%) MS Excel
7 1 (6.250%) SLA
7 1 (6.250%) Microsoft
7 1 (6.250%) ISEB

Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Borehamwood 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.

Applications
1 2 (12.50%) MS Office
2 1 (6.250%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.250%) Radio Access Network
Development Applications
1 13 (81.25%) LabVIEW
General
1 4 (25.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 9 (56.25%) Physics
1 9 (56.25%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (18.75%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (12.50%) Test Management
3 1 (6.250%) Test Scripting
3 1 (6.250%) Software Testing
3 1 (6.250%) Integration Testing
3 1 (6.250%) PRINCE2
3 1 (6.250%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 13 (81.25%) C++
1 13 (81.25%) Python
2 9 (56.25%) MATLAB
3 4 (25.00%) C
4 3 (18.75%) C#
4 3 (18.75%) Java
Qualifications
1 10 (62.50%) Degree
2 1 (6.250%) ISEB
2 1 (6.250%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (25.00%) QA
2 1 (6.250%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (6.250%) Microsoft