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This section looks at the demand for the Test Engineer role in IT jobs within the East of England region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Test Engineer
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank138126
Rank change on same period last yearDown-12
Matching permanent IT job ads165198
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.087 %0.081 %
As % of the category below1.371 %1.546 %
Salaries quoted125144
Average minimum salary£28,735£28,890
Average salary£31,890£33,158
% change on same period last year-3.82 %
Average maximum salary£35,045£37,426
UK excluding London average salary£31,636£32,455
% change on same period last year-2.52 %
East of England IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
East of England
Matching permanent IT job ads1203612808
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled6.354 %5.245 %
Salaries quoted1006610889
Average minimum salary£34,831£34,730
Average salary£37,952£37,685
% change on same period last year+0.70 %
Average maximum salary£41,073£40,640
UK excluding London average salary£38,197£39,483
% change on same period last year-3.25 %
Test Engineer EnglandTest Engineer
England

Test Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Test Engineer across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

East of England Test Engineer Demand Trend

Test Engineer
Salary Trend

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

East of England Test Engineer Salary Trend

Test Engineer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Engineer across the East of England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

East of England Test Engineer Salary Histogram

Test Engineer
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Engineer within the East of England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CambridgeshireDown-3150£31,868-2.40 %
EssexDown-127£38,500+10.18 %
HertfordshireDown-136£30,857-11.97 %
SuffolkDown-83£33,000+17.33 %
BedfordshireDown-111£33,000+1.53 %
Test Engineer EnglandTest Engineer
England

Test Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the East of England 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.

196 (31.68 %)QA
285 (28.05 %)Windows
383 (27.39 %)Degree
472 (23.76 %)Python
567 (22.11 %)UNIX
660 (19.80 %)Software Testing
754 (17.82 %)Automated Testing
843 (14.19 %)C
941 (13.53 %)C#
1039 (12.87 %)ISEB
1138 (12.54 %)Electronics
1236 (11.88 %)Telecoms
1334 (11.22 %)C++
1433 (10.89 %)Linux
1433 (10.89 %)Test Scripting
1530 (9.901 %)Perl
1530 (9.901 %)Internet
1629 (9.571 %)Java
1727 (8.911 %)3G
1824 (7.921 %)GSM
1923 (7.591 %).NET
1923 (7.591 %)Data Security
2022 (7.261 %)Wireless
2022 (7.261 %)Finance
2022 (7.261 %)TestDirector
2022 (7.261 %)TCP/IP
2120 (6.601 %)3GPP
2120 (6.601 %)Health
2219 (6.271 %)2G
2219 (6.271 %)SQL

Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the East of England 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.

East of England IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
123 (7.591 %).NET
211 (3.630 %)XML
37 (2.310 %)WebServices
37 (2.310 %)AJAX
46 (1.980 %)J2ME
54 (1.320 %)Series 60
63 (0.990 %)HTML
72 (0.660 %)J2EE
72 (0.660 %)ASP.NET
72 (0.660 %)Middleware
81 (0.330 %)CSS
81 (0.330 %)SOAP
81 (0.330 %)DOM
East of England IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (0.660 %)Apache
12 (0.660 %)ArcGIS
East of England IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
19 (2.970 %)MS Excel
28 (2.640 %)MS Office
37 (2.310 %)MS Visio
45 (1.650 %)Acrobat
45 (1.650 %)MS Project
45 (1.650 %)Spreadsheet
53 (0.990 %)MATLAB
62 (0.660 %)Maya
62 (0.660 %)3ds Max
62 (0.660 %)ArcView
71 (0.330 %)AutoCAD
East of England IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
130 (9.901 %)Internet
227 (8.911 %)3G
324 (7.921 %)GSM
422 (7.261 %)TCP/IP
422 (7.261 %)Wireless
520 (6.601 %)3GPP
619 (6.271 %)2G
713 (4.290 %)Broadband
812 (3.960 %)UMTS
911 (3.630 %)ATM
911 (3.630 %)WCDMA
1010 (3.300 %)UWB
118 (2.640 %)DHCP
127 (2.310 %)VoIP
136 (1.980 %)PSTN
136 (1.980 %)ADSL
136 (1.980 %)Ethernet
136 (1.980 %)TETRA
145 (1.650 %)GPRS
145 (1.650 %)FTP
East of England IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
114 (4.620 %)GIS
213 (4.290 %)SQL Server
35 (1.650 %)RDBMS
44 (1.320 %)Oracle 8/8i
51 (0.330 %)Oracle 9i
51 (0.330 %)Oracle 10g
51 (0.330 %)SQL Server 7
East of England IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
122 (7.261 %)TestDirector
217 (5.611 %)WinRunner
38 (2.640 %)TestPartner
38 (2.640 %)QuickTest Pro
38 (2.640 %)LoadRunner
45 (1.650 %)ClearQuest
45 (1.650 %)Rational Robot
53 (0.990 %)LabVIEW
62 (0.660 %)JUnit
71 (0.330 %)ClearCase
East of England IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
138 (12.54 %)Electronics
236 (11.88 %)Telecoms
322 (7.261 %)Finance
420 (6.601 %)Health
516 (5.281 %)Retail
613 (4.290 %)Manufacturing
712 (3.960 %)Pensions
88 (2.640 %)Banking
96 (1.980 %)Insurance
96 (1.980 %)Criminal Justice
96 (1.980 %)Pharmaceutical
105 (1.650 %)Education
113 (0.990 %)Multimedia
113 (0.990 %)Music
122 (0.660 %)Government
122 (0.660 %)Automotive
131 (0.330 %)Back Office
131 (0.330 %)FMCG
East of England IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
118 (5.941 %)Firmware
215 (4.950 %)Computer Science
310 (3.300 %)DTV
48 (2.640 %)EFT
48 (2.640 %)Cryptography
48 (2.640 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
57 (2.310 %)Handset
66 (1.980 %)Blackberry
66 (1.980 %)Life Science
75 (1.650 %)Client/Server
75 (1.650 %)Management Information System
83 (0.990 %)Artificial Intelligence
92 (0.660 %)Data Protection Act
92 (0.660 %)STB
101 (0.330 %)EPoS
101 (0.330 %)IPTV
East of England IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
185 (28.05 %)Windows
267 (22.11 %)UNIX
333 (10.89 %)Linux
46 (1.980 %)Windows Mobile
55 (1.650 %)Windows XP
63 (0.990 %)Windows NT
71 (0.330 %)Windows 2000
71 (0.330 %)Windows Server 2003
71 (0.330 %)Windows Vista
East of England IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
160 (19.80 %)Software Testing
254 (17.82 %)Automated Testing
333 (10.89 %)Test Scripting
423 (7.591 %)Data Security
518 (5.941 %)User Acceptance Testing
615 (4.950 %)System Testing
712 (3.960 %)Regression Testing
712 (3.960 %)Manual Testing
810 (3.300 %)Validation
810 (3.300 %)Project Management
99 (2.970 %)Agile Software Development
99 (2.970 %)Data Management
108 (2.640 %)E-Commerce
108 (2.640 %)Benchmarking
117 (2.310 %)Computer Security
124 (1.320 %)Configuration Management
133 (0.990 %)Software Engineering
142 (0.660 %)Performance Testing
142 (0.660 %)Integration Testing
142 (0.660 %)Scrum
East of England IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
172 (23.76 %)Python
243 (14.19 %)C
341 (13.53 %)C#
434 (11.22 %)C++
530 (9.901 %)Perl
629 (9.571 %)Java
719 (6.271 %)SQL
812 (3.960 %)PHP
911 (3.630 %)Embedded C
109 (2.970 %)VB
118 (2.640 %)Assembly Language
126 (1.980 %)ActionScript
135 (1.650 %)VBScript
135 (1.650 %)JavaScript
144 (1.320 %)VBA
144 (1.320 %)Tcl
152 (0.660 %)MAXScript
152 (0.660 %)VB6
152 (0.660 %)Ruby
161 (0.330 %)VB.NET
East of England IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
183 (27.39 %)Degree
239 (12.87 %)ISEB
315 (4.950 %)HND
413 (4.290 %)HNC
55 (1.650 %)ISTQB
64 (1.320 %)ISEB Practitioner
East of England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
196 (31.68 %)QA
East of England IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (0.330 %)Xen
11 (0.330 %)VMware Infrastructure
East of England IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
116 (5.281 %)Microsoft
213 (4.290 %)Oracle
213 (4.290 %)EMC
36 (1.980 %)Symbian
36 (1.980 %)Compuware
45 (1.650 %)Adobe
54 (1.320 %)Ericsson
54 (1.320 %)Motorola
54 (1.320 %)Nokia
54 (1.320 %)Sony
54 (1.320 %)MKS
62 (0.660 %)HP
62 (0.660 %)Autodesk
71 (0.330 %)VMware
71 (0.330 %)Novell
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