The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Test Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Test Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 Bristol region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Test Engineer
Rank 101 106 112
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +6
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Test Engineer 16 11 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 0.915% 0.627% 0.222%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.942% 0.662% 0.237%
Number of salaries quoted 15 11 3
Average salary £32,500 £33,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £33,000 £33,500
% change year-on-year
-1.51% -1.49%
All Job Titles
Bristol
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1698 1661 1687
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 97.14% 94.75% 93.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1478 1465 1375
Average salary £37,500 £36,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.16% +5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Test Engineer
South West

Software Test Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol Software Test Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Software Test Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Bristol Software Test Engineer Salary Trend

Software Test Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Test Engineer across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Bristol Software Test Engineer Salary Histogram

Software Test Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol region that cited Software 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 Software Test Engineer in their job title.

1 12 (57.14%) C++
2 11 (52.38%) C#
3 9 (42.86%) ISO 9001
3 9 (42.86%) Automated Testing
3 9 (42.86%) Software Testing
4 8 (38.10%) Security Cleared
5 6 (28.57%) Middleware
6 5 (23.81%) Manual Testing
7 4 (19.05%) Time Management
7 4 (19.05%) SC Cleared
7 4 (19.05%) PowerShell
7 4 (19.05%) Analytics
7 4 (19.05%) QA
7 4 (19.05%) Continuous Integration
7 4 (19.05%) Games
7 4 (19.05%) VBScript
7 4 (19.05%) Windows
7 4 (19.05%) UML
8 3 (14.29%) OO
8 3 (14.29%) C
8 3 (14.29%) Java
8 3 (14.29%) Quality Management
8 3 (14.29%) HNC
8 3 (14.29%) Aerospace
8 3 (14.29%) N-Tier
8 3 (14.29%) Scrum
8 3 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
8 3 (14.29%) NUnit
8 3 (14.29%) NVQ Level 3
9 2 (9.524%) Test Automation

Software Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol region that cited Software 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 Software Test Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (28.57%) Middleware
2 1 (4.762%) .NET
2 1 (4.762%) XML
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.762%) Bluetooth
1 1 (4.762%) GSM
1 1 (4.762%) UMTS
1 1 (4.762%) WLAN
1 1 (4.762%) Ethernet
1 1 (4.762%) TCP/IP
1 1 (4.762%) VPN
1 1 (4.762%) Wireless
1 1 (4.762%) IGMP
1 1 (4.762%) Gigabit Ethernet
1 1 (4.762%) UWB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.524%) MySQL
2 1 (4.762%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 3 (14.29%) NUnit
General
1 4 (19.05%) Games
2 3 (14.29%) Aerospace
3 1 (4.762%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) N-Tier
2 1 (4.762%) Firmware
2 1 (4.762%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 4 (19.05%) Windows
2 2 (9.524%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (42.86%) Automated Testing
1 9 (42.86%) Software Testing
2 5 (23.81%) Manual Testing
3 4 (19.05%) Time Management
3 4 (19.05%) Analytics
3 4 (19.05%) Continuous Integration
3 4 (19.05%) UML
4 3 (14.29%) OO
4 3 (14.29%) Quality Management
4 3 (14.29%) Scrum
4 3 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (9.524%) Test Automation
6 1 (4.762%) Waterfall
6 1 (4.762%) Marketing Analytics
6 1 (4.762%) E-Commerce
6 1 (4.762%) Multithreading
6 1 (4.762%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 12 (57.14%) C++
2 11 (52.38%) C#
3 4 (19.05%) VBScript
3 4 (19.05%) PowerShell
4 3 (14.29%) C
4 3 (14.29%) Java
5 2 (9.524%) Tcl
6 1 (4.762%) Bash shell
6 1 (4.762%) Perl
6 1 (4.762%) PHP
6 1 (4.762%) SQL
6 1 (4.762%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (38.10%) Security Cleared
2 4 (19.05%) SC Cleared
3 3 (14.29%) HNC
3 3 (14.29%) NVQ Level 3
4 1 (4.762%) Degree
4 1 (4.762%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (42.86%) ISO 9001
2 4 (19.05%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (4.762%) WMI
Bristol, Avon
Software Test Engineer, end user functional testing, Windows environment and web based applications, Bristol, £27,000... You will produce test specifications and acceptance criteria for new features and...
Sanderson
Salary: £23000 - £27000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
This role would suit a test engineer with 2 - 5 years of experience following a degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering. You must be able to read...
IT Connections
Salary: £25,000 to £35,000
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Our client is looking to employ 2 senior QA Test Engineers... Previous experience working with complex databases and writing SQL for test purposes is also expected. Testing within...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £42000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013