The first table below looks at the demand for the 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 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 Bristol region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Engineer
Rank 87 83 96
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +13
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 36 32 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 2.077% 1.816% 0.903%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.136% 1.915% 0.965%
Number of salaries quoted 34 21 15
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% +4.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,250 £28,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £40,000 £37,000
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -
All Job Titles
Bristol
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1685 1671 1658
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 97.23% 94.84% 93.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1467 1473 1351
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%
Test Engineer
South West

Test Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol Test Engineer Salary Trend

Test Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Engineer across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Bristol Test Engineer Salary Histogram

Test Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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 19 (34.55%) Windows
2 18 (32.73%) C++
2 18 (32.73%) QA
3 17 (30.91%) SQL
4 16 (29.09%) C#
4 16 (29.09%) Python
5 15 (27.27%) Test Automation
6 13 (23.64%) Software Testing
6 13 (23.64%) Automated Testing
7 12 (21.82%) Perl
8 10 (18.18%) Agile Software Development
8 10 (18.18%) Degree
8 10 (18.18%) PowerShell
9 9 (16.36%) Linux
9 9 (16.36%) ISO 9001
10 8 (14.55%) Cisco
10 8 (14.55%) Security Cleared
11 7 (12.73%) Telecoms
11 7 (12.73%) Scrum
11 7 (12.73%) VMware
11 7 (12.73%) Manual Testing
11 7 (12.73%) Test Scripting
11 7 (12.73%) Active Directory
11 7 (12.73%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (12.73%) VPN
11 7 (12.73%) Web Services
11 7 (12.73%) C
11 7 (12.73%) SQL Server
12 6 (10.91%) IIS
12 6 (10.91%) Windows XP

Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 7 (12.73%) Web Services
2 6 (10.91%) WSH
2 6 (10.91%) Middleware
3 5 (9.091%) XML
3 5 (9.091%) .NET
4 4 (7.273%) SOAP
5 3 (5.455%) JSON
6 2 (3.636%) soapUI
7 1 (1.818%) HTML
7 1 (1.818%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 6 (10.91%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (12.73%) VPN
2 6 (10.91%) DNS
2 6 (10.91%) SSL
2 6 (10.91%) IPv4
2 6 (10.91%) Internet
2 6 (10.91%) 3G
2 6 (10.91%) LAN
2 6 (10.91%) WAN
2 6 (10.91%) Ethernet
2 6 (10.91%) OSPF
2 6 (10.91%) BGP-4
2 6 (10.91%) Firewall
2 6 (10.91%) IPsec
2 6 (10.91%) Network Security
3 5 (9.091%) NGN
3 5 (9.091%) 2G
3 5 (9.091%) DSL
3 5 (9.091%) TCP/IP
3 5 (9.091%) ATM
3 5 (9.091%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (12.73%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.636%) MySQL
3 1 (1.818%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.818%) RDBMS
3 1 (1.818%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 1 (1.818%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 5 (9.091%) Selenium
2 4 (7.273%) Visual Studio
2 4 (7.273%) WebDriver
2 4 (7.273%) MbUnit
3 3 (5.455%) NUnit
4 2 (3.636%) CppUnit
4 2 (3.636%) GoogleTest
5 1 (1.818%) JUnit
5 1 (1.818%) Cucumber
5 1 (1.818%) JBehave
General
1 7 (12.73%) Telecoms
2 4 (7.273%) Games
3 3 (5.455%) Marketing
3 3 (5.455%) Aerospace
4 1 (1.818%) Financial Institution
4 1 (1.818%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.91%) Clustering
2 5 (9.091%) Computer Science
3 3 (5.455%) N-Tier
4 1 (1.818%) Firmware
4 1 (1.818%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 19 (34.55%) Windows
2 9 (16.36%) Linux
3 6 (10.91%) Windows XP
3 6 (10.91%) Windows Server 2003
3 6 (10.91%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (10.91%) Windows 7
4 3 (5.455%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (27.27%) Test Automation
2 13 (23.64%) Automated Testing
2 13 (23.64%) Software Testing
3 10 (18.18%) Agile Software Development
4 7 (12.73%) Scrum
4 7 (12.73%) Test Scripting
4 7 (12.73%) Manual Testing
5 6 (10.91%) Load Balancing
6 4 (7.273%) Continuous Integration
6 4 (7.273%) UML
6 4 (7.273%) Analytics
6 4 (7.273%) Time Management
7 3 (5.455%) OO
7 3 (5.455%) Quality Management
8 2 (3.636%) System Testing
8 2 (3.636%) User Acceptance Testing
8 2 (3.636%) Mobile Marketing
8 2 (3.636%) Automation Testing
9 1 (1.818%) User Stories
9 1 (1.818%) Marketing Analytics
Programming Languages
1 18 (32.73%) C++
2 17 (30.91%) SQL
3 16 (29.09%) C#
3 16 (29.09%) Python
4 12 (21.82%) Perl
5 10 (18.18%) PowerShell
6 7 (12.73%) C
7 4 (7.273%) Java
7 4 (7.273%) VBScript
7 4 (7.273%) Ruby
8 2 (3.636%) Tcl
8 2 (3.636%) Shell Script
9 1 (1.818%) Bash shell
9 1 (1.818%) PHP
9 1 (1.818%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 10 (18.18%) Degree
2 8 (14.55%) Security Cleared
3 7 (12.73%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (7.273%) SC Cleared
5 3 (5.455%) HNC
5 3 (5.455%) NVQ Level 3
6 1 (1.818%) Sun Certification
6 1 (1.818%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (32.73%) QA
2 9 (16.36%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 7 (12.73%) Active Directory
2 6 (10.91%) Xen
2 6 (10.91%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (10.91%) Hyper-V
3 2 (3.636%) NFS
Systems Management
1 1 (1.818%) WMI
Vendors
1 8 (14.55%) Cisco
2 7 (12.73%) VMware
3 6 (10.91%) Nortel
4 5 (9.091%) Juniper
4 5 (9.091%) Alcatel-Lucent
4 5 (9.091%) Siemens
4 5 (9.091%) Huawei
4 5 (9.091%) ZTE
4 5 (9.091%) Nokia Siemens Networks
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
Exposure to the following is an extremely beneficial attribute to interested candidates: - Testing large scale enterprise hosted systems, websites, mobile sites and API’s - Selenium Webdriver - xUnit style...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 40,000 - 42,000
Posted: 13 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
Bristol, Avon
As a fast growing mobile marketing company, interested candidates should be proactive and determined to succeed. After receiving funding from a large multi-national, my client is expanding...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 20,000 - 22,000
Posted: 13 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Knowledge of 3GPP mobile core network architecture and protocols (GTP) is especially valuable. Experience with configuration, administration, and tuning of Linux and/or Windows Server systems in a...
Logistix Recruitment Ltd.
Salary: From £35,000 to £55,000 per annum Benefits Package
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Good understanding of wireless communication protocols such as Bluetooth, UWB, Wi-Fi, GSM or UMTS... Keywords: Test, Engineer, Software, WLAN PHY, DSP, Bluetooth, UWB, Wi-Fi, GSM, UMTS.
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013