Test Engineer Jobs in the City of London

Test Engineer
Central London > City of London

The median Test Engineer salary in the City of London is £67,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 181 199 176
Rank change year-on-year +18 -23 +51
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 1 35 109
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.030% 0.74% 1.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.031% 0.77% 1.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1 35 108
10th Percentile - £38,500 £43,250
25th Percentile £66,250 £53,750 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +3.70% +22.73%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile - £85,000 £81,250
Central London median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -3.57% +3.70% +28.57%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
City of London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the City of London. 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 3,220 4,571 6,747
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.86% 96.48% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 2,569 3,851 5,615
10th Percentile £41,000 £42,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.67% +3.45% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £108,750
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% +3.57%

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Engineer in the City of London

Test Engineer
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test Engineer in the City of London.

Salary trend for Test Engineer in the City of London

Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 2 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 City of London region featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) Gherkin
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) pytest
1 1 (100.00%) SDET
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Data-Driven Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership

Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Gherkin
1 1 (100.00%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Data-Driven Testing
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) SDET
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL