The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Test Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Senior 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 East of England region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Test Engineer
Rank 248 248 270
Rank change year-on-year
0 +22
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Test Engineer 16 19 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 0.194% 0.218% 0.084%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.203% 0.226% 0.089%
Number of salaries quoted 6 16 8
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -11.76%
All Job Titles
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7877 8413 9032
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 95.31% 96.70% 94.67%
Number of salaries quoted 6859 7048 7738
Average salary £39,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Senior Test Engineer
England

Senior Test Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England Senior Test Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Test Engineer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Senior Test Engineer across the East of England region.

East of England Senior Test Engineer Salary Trend

Senior Test Engineer
Salary Histogram

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

East of England Senior Test Engineer Salary Histogram

Senior Test Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Test Engineer within the East of England region over the 3 months to 24 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
Essex +17 9 - -
Hertfordshire +8 5 £42,500 +6.25%
Cambridgeshire +11 2 £40,500 +1.25%
Senior Test Engineer
England

Senior Test Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England region that cited Senior 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 Senior Test Engineer in their job title.

1 11 (33.33%) Software Testing
1 11 (33.33%) SQL
2 10 (30.30%) FINEOS
2 10 (30.30%) Test Automation
2 10 (30.30%) Guidewire
3 9 (27.27%) QA
3 9 (27.27%) Scrum
3 9 (27.27%) Automated Testing
3 9 (27.27%) SQL Server
3 9 (27.27%) C++
3 9 (27.27%) Java
4 8 (24.24%) ISEB
4 8 (24.24%) Ruby
5 7 (21.21%) Agile Software Development
5 7 (21.21%) Shell Script
5 7 (21.21%) Pharmaceutical
5 7 (21.21%) JMeter
5 7 (21.21%) Ant
5 7 (21.21%) XML
5 7 (21.21%) UNIX
5 7 (21.21%) Linux
5 7 (21.21%) Waterfall
5 7 (21.21%) V-Model
6 6 (18.18%) Python
7 5 (15.15%) Finance
8 4 (12.12%) Quality Management
8 4 (12.12%) Wireless
8 4 (12.12%) QMS
9 3 (9.091%) Test Scripting
9 3 (9.091%) LTE

Senior Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England region that cited Senior 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 Senior Test Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (21.21%) XML
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.12%) Wireless
2 3 (9.091%) LTE
2 3 (9.091%) WCDMA
3 2 (6.061%) NAS
3 2 (6.061%) HSPA
4 1 (3.030%) UWB
4 1 (3.030%) ISUP
4 1 (3.030%) INAP
4 1 (3.030%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (3.030%) Bluetooth
4 1 (3.030%) GPRS
4 1 (3.030%) GSM
4 1 (3.030%) LAN
4 1 (3.030%) UMTS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (27.27%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (21.21%) JMeter
1 7 (21.21%) Ant
2 2 (6.061%) ClearCase
2 2 (6.061%) ClearQuest
2 2 (6.061%) LabVIEW
3 1 (3.030%) Bugzilla
3 1 (3.030%) TestDirector
General
1 7 (21.21%) Pharmaceutical
2 5 (15.15%) Finance
3 3 (9.091%) Electronics
4 2 (6.061%) Retail
5 1 (3.030%) Retail Banking
5 1 (3.030%) Banking
5 1 (3.030%) Telecoms
5 1 (3.030%) Aerospace
5 1 (3.030%) Manufacturing
Operating Systems
1 7 (21.21%) UNIX
1 7 (21.21%) Linux
2 1 (3.030%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 10 (30.30%) Test Automation
3 9 (27.27%) Scrum
3 9 (27.27%) Automated Testing
4 7 (21.21%) Agile Software Development
4 7 (21.21%) Waterfall
4 7 (21.21%) V-Model
5 4 (12.12%) Quality Management
5 4 (12.12%) QMS
6 3 (9.091%) Test Scripting
7 2 (6.061%) Validation
8 1 (3.030%) Network Architecture
8 1 (3.030%) Automation Testing
8 1 (3.030%) Non-Functional Testing
8 1 (3.030%) Usability Testing
8 1 (3.030%) Performance Testing
8 1 (3.030%) Compatibility Testing
8 1 (3.030%) Load Testing
8 1 (3.030%) Stress Testing
8 1 (3.030%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 11 (33.33%) SQL
2 9 (27.27%) C++
2 9 (27.27%) Java
3 8 (24.24%) Ruby
4 7 (21.21%) Shell Script
5 6 (18.18%) Python
6 3 (9.091%) Perl
7 2 (6.061%) C
7 2 (6.061%) C#
7 2 (6.061%) MATLAB
8 1 (3.030%) PHP
Qualifications
1 8 (24.24%) ISEB
2 2 (6.061%) Degree
2 2 (6.061%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (27.27%) QA
Vendors
1 10 (30.30%) FINEOS
1 10 (30.30%) Guidewire
2 1 (3.030%) Nokia Siemens Networks
2 1 (3.030%) Agilent
2 1 (3.030%) Microsoft
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Salary: to c£46k + benefits
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Posted: 9 May 2013