The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the City of London 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 24 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 City of London region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Engineer
Rank 289 289 299
Rank change year-on-year
0 +10
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 32 34 32
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 0.274% 0.260% 0.207%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.295% 0.279% 0.221%
Number of salaries quoted 29 30 31
Average salary £50,000 £43,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.27% -4.44%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £28,400 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £59,500 £57,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -
All Job Titles
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
10837 12171 14447
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 92.90% 93.16% 93.65%
Number of salaries quoted 9335 11069 13022
Average salary £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -4.54%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Test Engineer
London

Test Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London Test Engineer Salary Trend

Test Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Engineer across the City of London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

City of London Test Engineer Salary Histogram

Test Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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 55 (58.51%) QA
2 45 (47.87%) SQL
3 43 (45.74%) Selenium
4 42 (44.68%) Java
5 33 (35.11%) Agile Software Development
6 26 (27.66%) Automated Testing
7 25 (26.60%) Cucumber
7 25 (26.60%) Automation Testing
8 21 (22.34%) WebDriver
9 20 (21.28%) BDD
9 20 (21.28%) Test Scripting
10 19 (20.21%) Finance
11 18 (19.15%) Scrum
11 18 (19.15%) TDD
11 18 (19.15%) C#
11 18 (19.15%) Test Automation
12 17 (18.09%) Windows
12 17 (18.09%) QuickTest Pro
13 16 (17.02%) ISEB
13 16 (17.02%) JavaScript
13 16 (17.02%) Python
13 16 (17.02%) Degree
14 15 (15.96%) Continuous Integration
15 14 (14.89%) Performance Testing
15 14 (14.89%) XML
16 13 (13.83%) .NET
17 12 (12.77%) Cisco Certification
17 12 (12.77%) CCIE
17 12 (12.77%) CCIP
17 12 (12.77%) Linux

Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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 14 (14.89%) XML
2 13 (13.83%) .NET
3 10 (10.64%) HTML
4 8 (8.511%) XSD
5 5 (5.319%) CSS
6 4 (4.255%) Apache Flex
7 3 (3.191%) J2EE
7 3 (3.191%) Web Services
8 2 (2.128%) .NET Framework
8 2 (2.128%) JSON
8 2 (2.128%) RESTful
8 2 (2.128%) soapUI
9 1 (1.064%) REST
9 1 (1.064%) Gherkin
9 1 (1.064%) Django
9 1 (1.064%) SOAP
9 1 (1.064%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 8 (8.511%) Apache
2 5 (5.319%) IIS
3 1 (1.064%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 12 (12.77%) BGP
2 11 (11.70%) Cisco IOS
2 11 (11.70%) MPLS
3 8 (8.511%) HTTP
4 3 (3.191%) HTTPS
5 1 (1.064%) Broadband
5 1 (1.064%) SMTP
5 1 (1.064%) DHCP
5 1 (1.064%) IPv6
5 1 (1.064%) PPP
5 1 (1.064%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.064%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (8.511%) SQL Server
2 4 (4.255%) SQL Server 2005
2 4 (4.255%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (2.128%) DB2
4 1 (1.064%) MySQL
4 1 (1.064%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 43 (45.74%) Selenium
2 25 (26.60%) Cucumber
3 21 (22.34%) WebDriver
4 17 (18.09%) QuickTest Pro
5 10 (10.64%) JMeter
5 10 (10.64%) Xcode
5 10 (10.64%) Behat
6 8 (8.511%) Maven
6 8 (8.511%) Ant
6 8 (8.511%) JUnit
7 7 (7.447%) LoadRunner
8 6 (6.383%) RSpec
8 6 (6.383%) JBehave
9 5 (5.319%) Rational Robot
10 4 (4.255%) Subversion
10 4 (4.255%) WATIR
10 4 (4.255%) Hudson
10 4 (4.255%) Jenkins
11 3 (3.191%) TestComplete
11 3 (3.191%) TestNG
General
1 19 (20.21%) Finance
2 6 (6.383%) Games
3 3 (3.191%) Advertising
3 3 (3.191%) Banking
3 3 (3.191%) Retail
4 2 (2.128%) Investment Banking
4 2 (2.128%) Front Office
5 1 (1.064%) Publishing
5 1 (1.064%) Legal
5 1 (1.064%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 12 (12.77%) Open Source
2 11 (11.70%) Digital Media
3 10 (10.64%) Computer Science
4 6 (6.383%) iPad
5 5 (5.319%) iPhone
6 4 (4.255%) Online Games
7 3 (3.191%) Mobile App
7 3 (3.191%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (3.191%) Fixed Income
7 3 (3.191%) Equities
7 3 (3.191%) Derivative
8 1 (1.064%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.064%) Mobile Banking
8 1 (1.064%) Social Gaming
8 1 (1.064%) Video on Demand
8 1 (1.064%) Smartcard
8 1 (1.064%) Blackberry
8 1 (1.064%) Psychology
8 1 (1.064%) STB
Operating Systems
1 17 (18.09%) Windows
2 12 (12.77%) Linux
3 5 (5.319%) Android
3 5 (5.319%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (5.319%) UNIX
3 5 (5.319%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (1.064%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.064%) Windows XP
4 1 (1.064%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (35.11%) Agile Software Development
2 26 (27.66%) Automated Testing
3 25 (26.60%) Automation Testing
4 20 (21.28%) BDD
4 20 (21.28%) Test Scripting
5 18 (19.15%) Scrum
5 18 (19.15%) TDD
5 18 (19.15%) Test Automation
6 15 (15.96%) Continuous Integration
7 14 (14.89%) Performance Testing
8 12 (12.77%) Load Testing
9 11 (11.70%) OOP
9 11 (11.70%) OO
10 9 (9.574%) System Testing
11 8 (8.511%) User Stories
11 8 (8.511%) Build Automation
12 7 (7.447%) Software Testing
12 7 (7.447%) Regression Testing
13 6 (6.383%) Manual Testing
13 6 (6.383%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 45 (47.87%) SQL
2 42 (44.68%) Java
3 18 (19.15%) C#
4 16 (17.02%) JavaScript
4 16 (17.02%) Python
5 10 (10.64%) Ruby
6 8 (8.511%) PHP
7 6 (6.383%) Perl
8 5 (5.319%) C
9 4 (4.255%) ActionScript
9 4 (4.255%) Lua
10 3 (3.191%) C++
11 2 (2.128%) VB
12 1 (1.064%) Groovy
12 1 (1.064%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 16 (17.02%) ISEB
1 16 (17.02%) Degree
2 12 (12.77%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (12.77%) CCIE
2 12 (12.77%) CCIP
3 11 (11.70%) ISTQB
3 11 (11.70%) CCNP
4 1 (1.064%) CCDE
4 1 (1.064%) MCSA
4 1 (1.064%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (58.51%) QA
System Software
1 4 (4.255%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.064%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (3.191%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 11 (11.70%) Cisco
2 10 (10.64%) Remedy
3 7 (7.447%) HP
4 6 (6.383%) Microsoft
4 6 (6.383%) Oracle
5 4 (4.255%) Google
5 4 (4.255%) VMware
5 4 (4.255%) Facebook
6 2 (2.128%) Compuware
6 2 (2.128%) IBM
7 1 (1.064%) Twitter
7 1 (1.064%) Apple
7 1 (1.064%) Alcatel-Lucent
City, London
Key Skills: QA Engineer, Automated Testing, Ruby, LUA, Selenium, Cucumber, SQL, Agile... *Knowledge of some of the following technologies (or equivalents): Ruby, LUA, Java, Flex, Actionscript, Selenium, Cucumber,...
Aston Carter
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
You will be working on CMS projects in an exciting and fast-paced agile environment. The right candidate will have: - 6 years + experience in testing - Manual and Automated...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + pension and bonus
Posted: 23 May 2013
City of London
QA Test Engineer / Analyst I am looking for a QA Test Engineer / Analyst with FIX protocol experience to join a Global Financial Organisation on a permanent basis.
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum + BENEFITS
Posted: 23 May 2013
City, London
Enjoy writing Java?... The successful candidate will have a comprehensive understanding of Front to Back end development, very good Java skills and a history of working with Javascript,...
Aston Carter
Salary: £50000 - £65000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits + Games + Free Lunch
Posted: 20 May 2013