Test Engineer Jobs in the East of England

Test Engineer
England > East of England

The median Test Engineer salary in the East of England is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 169 224 213
Rank change year-on-year +55 -11 -62
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 55 24 60
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 0.91% 0.43% 0.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.97% 0.51% 1.00%
Number of salaries quoted 40 11 37
10th Percentile £32,750 £45,000 £38,850
25th Percentile £36,250 £60,625 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £65,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.77% +23.81% -4.55%
75th Percentile £50,000 £67,500 £56,250
90th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £60,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the East of England. 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 East of England with a recognized job title 5,681 4,689 5,971
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.90% 84.43% 94.08%
Number of salaries quoted 4,334 2,328 2,885
10th Percentile £25,809 £26,875 £26,850
25th Percentile £31,500 £37,250 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £84,125 £77,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.15% +1.50% +9.09%

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Engineer in the East of England

Test Engineer
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test Engineer in the East of England.

Salary trend for Test Engineer in the East of England

Test Engineer
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Engineer in the East of England over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Engineer in the East of England

Test Engineer
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Engineer within the East of England region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cambridgeshire +7 15 £37,500 -42.31% 18
Essex - 15 £50,000 - 5
Norfolk - 14 £45,000 -
Hertfordshire - 9 £55,000 - 10
Bedfordshire +45 2 £45,000 - 5
Test Engineer
England

Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 26 April 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 East of England region featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 15 (27.27%) Test Automation
2 14 (25.45%) Software Testing
3 13 (23.64%) Automotive
3 13 (23.64%) Windows
3 13 (23.64%) Linux
4 11 (20.00%) UI Automator
4 11 (20.00%) Appium
5 10 (18.18%) Mobile App
6 9 (16.36%) Manual Testing
6 9 (16.36%) Degree
7 8 (14.55%) QA
7 8 (14.55%) Validation
7 8 (14.55%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (14.55%) Mac OS
8 7 (12.73%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (12.73%) LabVIEW
8 7 (12.73%) Electronics
8 7 (12.73%) Computer Science
8 7 (12.73%) Smartphone
8 7 (12.73%) Python
9 6 (10.91%) Unix
9 6 (10.91%) User Experience
9 6 (10.91%) Android
10 5 (9.09%) Wireless
11 4 (7.27%) Agile
11 4 (7.27%) Firmware
11 4 (7.27%) Security Cleared
11 4 (7.27%) Social Skills
12 3 (5.45%) Functional Safety
12 3 (5.45%) Continuous Integration

Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.82%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (5.45%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.82%) Amazon ECS
1 1 (1.82%) AWS
1 1 (1.82%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 5 (9.09%) Wireless
2 3 (5.45%) Ethernet
3 2 (3.64%) Wireshark
4 1 (1.82%) DHCP
4 1 (1.82%) DNS
4 1 (1.82%) Firewall
4 1 (1.82%) Internet
4 1 (1.82%) Network Security
4 1 (1.82%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.82%) VLAN
4 1 (1.82%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.64%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (20.00%) Appium
1 11 (20.00%) UI Automator
2 7 (12.73%) LabVIEW
3 3 (5.45%) Jenkins
3 3 (5.45%) Rational Rhapsody
3 3 (5.45%) Rational Team Concert
4 1 (1.82%) LoadRunner
4 1 (1.82%) Selenium
4 1 (1.82%) Visual Studio
General
1 13 (23.64%) Automotive
2 7 (12.73%) Electronics
3 4 (7.27%) Social Skills
4 3 (5.45%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (5.45%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (3.64%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.82%) Wearables
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.45%) Qt
2 1 (1.82%) .NET
2 1 (1.82%) .NET Framework
2 1 (1.82%) MSMQ
Miscellaneous
1 10 (18.18%) Mobile App
2 7 (12.73%) Smartphone
3 3 (5.45%) Embedded Systems
3 3 (5.45%) PCIe
4 2 (3.64%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.82%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 13 (23.64%) Linux
1 13 (23.64%) Windows
2 8 (14.55%) Mac OS
3 6 (10.91%) Android
3 6 (10.91%) Unix
4 2 (3.64%) Apple iOS
4 2 (3.64%) Mac OS X
5 1 (1.82%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (27.27%) Test Automation
2 14 (25.45%) Software Testing
3 9 (16.36%) Manual Testing
4 8 (14.55%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (14.55%) Validation
5 7 (12.73%) Computer Science
6 6 (10.91%) User Experience
7 4 (7.27%) Agile
8 3 (5.45%) Continuous Integration
8 3 (5.45%) Performance Analysis
8 3 (5.45%) Software Engineering
8 3 (5.45%) SysML
8 3 (5.45%) Systems Engineering
8 3 (5.45%) TDD
8 3 (5.45%) UML
9 2 (3.64%) Performance Testing
9 2 (3.64%) Test Strategy
10 1 (1.82%) Cross-Platform Development
10 1 (1.82%) System Testing
10 1 (1.82%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 7 (12.73%) Python
2 3 (5.45%) C
2 3 (5.45%) MATLAB
3 2 (3.64%) Java
4 1 (1.82%) Bash
4 1 (1.82%) C#
4 1 (1.82%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.82%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (16.36%) Degree
2 7 (12.73%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (7.27%) Security Cleared
4 3 (5.45%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (5.45%) HNC
5 1 (1.82%) CCNA
5 1 (1.82%) CCNP
5 1 (1.82%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.82%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (14.55%) QA
2 3 (5.45%) Def Stans
2 3 (5.45%) MISRA
System Software
1 4 (7.27%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (5.45%) Functional Safety
2 1 (1.82%) Iperf
2 1 (1.82%) Nmap
Vendors
1 3 (5.45%) IBM
2 1 (1.82%) Dynatrace
2 1 (1.82%) EMC
2 1 (1.82%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.82%) Splunk