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

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Test Engineer
Rank 126 122 -
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Test Engineer 1 7 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 0.049% 0.371% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.051% 0.388% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 7 0
Average salary - £40,000 -
UK excluding London average salary £33,500 £32,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+3.07% -7.14%
All Job Titles
Buckinghamshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1978 1806 1961
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 96.07% 95.76% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1683 1529 1760
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Software Test Engineer
South East

Software Test Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire Software Test Engineer Salary Trend

Software Test Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Test Engineer within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Job
Vacancies
Milton Keynes - 1 - -
Software Test Engineer
South East

Software Test Engineer
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 5 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 4 (80.00%) Degree
2 4 (80.00%) Computer Science
2 4 (80.00%) QA
2 4 (80.00%) C#
3 3 (60.00%) Scrum
3 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (60.00%) ISEB
3 3 (60.00%) Software Testing
3 3 (60.00%) ISTQB
3 3 (60.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (60.00%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (60.00%) User Stories
4 2 (40.00%) Twitter
5 1 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (20.00%) WebDriver
5 1 (20.00%) Cucumber
5 1 (20.00%) Automated Testing
5 1 (20.00%) Selenium
5 1 (20.00%) QuickTest Pro
5 1 (20.00%) LoadRunner
5 1 (20.00%) Tcl
5 1 (20.00%) Java
5 1 (20.00%) Python

Software Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (20.00%) WebDriver
2 1 (20.00%) Cucumber
2 1 (20.00%) Selenium
2 1 (20.00%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (20.00%) LoadRunner
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (60.00%) Scrum
2 3 (60.00%) Software Testing
2 3 (60.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (60.00%) User Stories
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (20.00%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) C#
2 1 (20.00%) Tcl
2 1 (20.00%) Java
2 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Degree
2 3 (60.00%) ISEB
2 3 (60.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Twitter