Test Engineer Jobs in Cheshire

Test Engineer
North West > Cheshire

The median Test Engineer salary in Cheshire is £68,484 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 103 - 102
Rank change year-on-year - - -23
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 3 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 0.20% - 0.095%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% - 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £46,697 - -
25th Percentile £54,867 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,484 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £44,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +13.64% +3.53%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cheshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Cheshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Cheshire with a recognized job title 1,484 837 986
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.93% 89.33% 93.82%
Number of salaries quoted 1,115 485 534
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,318 £24,538
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £33,781
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,148 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.85% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £88,750 £72,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £54,882 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.90% +4.54% +10.53%

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Job postings that featured Test Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Job vacancy trend for Test Engineer in Cheshire

Test Engineer
Salary Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test Engineer in Cheshire.

Salary trend for Test Engineer in Cheshire

Test Engineer
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Engineer in Cheshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Engineer in Cheshire

Test Engineer
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Engineer within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Chester - 2 £68,484 -
Winsford - 1 £42,500 -
Test Engineer
North West

Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 6 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 1 May 2024, Test Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Cheshire region featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) ERP
3 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation

Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

General
1 3 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL