The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Chester 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 22 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 Chester region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Engineer
Rank 42 32 -
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 10 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 2.865% 1.274% -
As % of the Job Titles category 3.077% 1.274% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
Average salary £30,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -
All Job Titles
Chester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
325 157 226
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 93.12% 100.00% 93.39%
Number of salaries quoted 177 132 218
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% +8.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £21,500 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £46,000 £42,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Test Engineer
Cheshire

Test Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester Test Engineer Salary Trend

Test Engineer
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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 8 (80.00%) Agile Software Development
1 8 (80.00%) Selenium
2 7 (70.00%) ISTQB
2 7 (70.00%) ISEB
3 6 (60.00%) SQL
3 6 (60.00%) ETL
3 6 (60.00%) SAS
3 6 (60.00%) HP
3 6 (60.00%) Manual Testing
3 6 (60.00%) HP Quality Center
4 3 (30.00%) HTTP
5 2 (20.00%) E-Commerce
5 2 (20.00%) Test Scripting
5 2 (20.00%) User Stories
6 1 (10.00%) Finance
6 1 (10.00%) Digital Media
6 1 (10.00%) Risk Analysis
6 1 (10.00%) Retail

Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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 Platforms
1 6 (60.00%) SAS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 8 (80.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (10.00%) Finance
1 1 (10.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Digital Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Agile Software Development
2 6 (60.00%) ETL
2 6 (60.00%) Manual Testing
3 2 (20.00%) E-Commerce
3 2 (20.00%) Test Scripting
3 2 (20.00%) User Stories
4 1 (10.00%) Risk Analysis
Programming Languages
1 6 (60.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (70.00%) ISTQB
1 7 (70.00%) ISEB
Systems Management
1 6 (60.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) HP
Chester, North West
The Role - Identify, plan and execute appropriate testing for all types of change - Perform various types of testing to maintain a stable environment including but not limited to...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30000.00 - £32000.00 per annum + bens
Posted: 9 May 2013