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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Test Engineer
Rank 159 159 159
Rank change year-on-year
0 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Test Engineer 6 8 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.194% 0.235% 0.142%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.204% 0.248% 0.148%
Number of salaries quoted 4 8 5
Average salary £27,250 £33,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.42% -5.71%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £33,000 £33,500
% change year-on-year
-1.51% -1.49%
All Job Titles
East Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2941 3227 3373
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 94.90% 94.91% 96.01%
Number of salaries quoted 2518 2881 2898
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Test Engineer
England

Software Test Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands Software Test Engineer Salary Trend

Software Test Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Test Engineer across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

East Midlands Software Test Engineer Salary Histogram

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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 May 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
Leicestershire -10 3 £23,500 -28.78%
Northamptonshire - 1 - -
Nottinghamshire - 1 £31,000 -
Software Test Engineer
England

Software Test Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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 13 (68.42%) C++
2 11 (57.89%) C
3 10 (52.63%) Firmware
4 5 (26.32%) Degree
4 5 (26.32%) SQL
5 4 (21.05%) Windows
6 3 (15.79%) Manual Testing
6 3 (15.79%) Automated Testing
6 3 (15.79%) Computer Science
6 3 (15.79%) QA
7 2 (10.53%) Software Testing
7 2 (10.53%) Agile Software Development
7 2 (10.53%) System Testing
7 2 (10.53%) Security Cleared
7 2 (10.53%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (10.53%) SQL Server 2008
7 2 (10.53%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (10.53%) Linux
7 2 (10.53%) MS Visio
7 2 (10.53%) ISEB
7 2 (10.53%) .NET
7 2 (10.53%) SQL Server
7 2 (10.53%) MS Office
7 2 (10.53%) Visual Studio
7 2 (10.53%) Project Management
7 2 (10.53%) Electronics
7 2 (10.53%) VMware
8 1 (5.263%) Military
8 1 (5.263%) Finance
8 1 (5.263%) Automotive

Software Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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.

Application Development
1 2 (10.53%) .NET
2 1 (5.263%) FIX Protocol
Applications
1 2 (10.53%) MS Visio
1 2 (10.53%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) SQL Server 2008
1 2 (10.53%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Team Foundation Server
1 2 (10.53%) Visual Studio
2 1 (5.263%) TestDirector
2 1 (5.263%) TestComplete
General
1 2 (10.53%) Electronics
2 1 (5.263%) Military
2 1 (5.263%) Finance
2 1 (5.263%) Automotive
2 1 (5.263%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 10 (52.63%) Firmware
2 3 (15.79%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 4 (21.05%) Windows
2 2 (10.53%) Windows Server 2012
2 2 (10.53%) Linux
3 1 (5.263%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (15.79%) Manual Testing
1 3 (15.79%) Automated Testing
2 2 (10.53%) Software Testing
2 2 (10.53%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (10.53%) System Testing
2 2 (10.53%) Project Management
3 1 (5.263%) Regression Testing
3 1 (5.263%) ITIL
3 1 (5.263%) UML
3 1 (5.263%) OO
3 1 (5.263%) Test Automation
3 1 (5.263%) Automation Testing
3 1 (5.263%) Time Management
3 1 (5.263%) Integration Testing
3 1 (5.263%) Test Management
3 1 (5.263%) Test Scripting
3 1 (5.263%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 13 (68.42%) C++
2 11 (57.89%) C
3 5 (26.32%) SQL
4 1 (5.263%) Java
4 1 (5.263%) JavaScript
4 1 (5.263%) Tcl
4 1 (5.263%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (26.32%) Degree
2 2 (10.53%) Security Cleared
2 2 (10.53%) ISEB
3 1 (5.263%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (5.263%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.263%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.79%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (5.263%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (10.53%) VMware
2 1 (5.263%) Oracle
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
You will be educated to a HND or Degree level, preferably in an Engineering related field, along with having at least 5+ years relevant Software Testing experience. You...
Executive Resource Group
Salary: Unspecified
Posted: 21 May 2013