Software Test Engineer Jobs in England
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Test Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the England 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 17 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 England region.

Location
 3 months to
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Test Engineer
Rank 705 764 733
Rank change year-on-year
+59 -31
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Test Engineer 125 99 126
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.124% 0.087% 0.108%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.131% 0.092% 0.114%
Number of salaries quoted 116 88 118
Average salary £33,500 £33,000 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.51% -1.49%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £45,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £33,000 £33,500
% change year-on-year
-1.51% -1.49%
All Job Titles
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 95250 107641 110251
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 94.45% 94.76% 94.31%
Number of salaries quoted 80210 93021 93605
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Test Engineer
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Software Test Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England 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 England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England 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 England region over the 3 months to 17 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
East of England +18 41 £42,500 +30.76%
South East -6 27 £31,000 -11.42%
South West +14 23 £32,500 +7.43%
London +39 15 £37,500 -0.66%
West Midlands - 7 £50,000 -
East Midlands +1 6 £27,250 -17.42%
North West +7 5 £25,000 -13.79%
Yorkshire -18 4 £23,000 -32.35%
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Software Test Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the England 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.

1 141 (41.59%) Automated Testing
2 135 (39.82%) QA
3 129 (38.05%) ISEB
4 121 (35.69%) Software Testing
5 109 (32.15%) Degree
6 107 (31.56%) Windows
7 101 (29.79%) C++
8 87 (25.66%) Manual Testing
9 86 (25.37%) Test Scripting
10 84 (24.78%) ISTQB
11 79 (23.30%) Test Automation
12 78 (23.01%) SQL
13 75 (22.12%) Python
14 71 (20.94%) C#
15 69 (20.35%) Selenium
16 68 (20.06%) Linux
17 58 (17.11%) Computer Science
18 56 (16.52%) C
19 54 (15.93%) Perl
20 50 (14.75%) Java
20 50 (14.75%) Microsoft
21 49 (14.45%) .NET
22 45 (13.27%) UNIX
23 40 (11.80%) OO
24 37 (10.91%) XML
24 37 (10.91%) Agile Software Development
25 35 (10.32%) SQL Server
26 34 (10.03%) Scrum
27 31 (9.145%) Software Engineering
27 31 (9.145%) Security Cleared

Software Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the England 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 49 (14.45%) .NET
2 37 (10.91%) XML
3 21 (6.195%) Web Services
4 20 (5.900%) ASP.NET
5 14 (4.130%) HTML
6 11 (3.245%) J2EE
7 10 (2.950%) Middleware
8 6 (1.770%) .NET Framework
8 6 (1.770%) SOAP
9 5 (1.475%) ASP.NET MVC
9 5 (1.475%) ASP.NET MVC 3
10 4 (1.180%) RESTful
10 4 (1.180%) WPF
10 4 (1.180%) JSON
11 3 (0.885%) LAMP
11 3 (0.885%) MFC
11 3 (0.885%) CSS
11 3 (0.885%) soapUI
12 2 (0.590%) CSS3
12 2 (0.590%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 12 (3.540%) Tomcat
2 11 (3.245%) IIS
3 3 (0.885%) Apache
3 3 (0.885%) CMS
Applications
1 30 (8.850%) MS Excel
2 28 (8.260%) MS Office
3 6 (1.770%) MS Visio
4 5 (1.475%) Adobe Illustrator
4 5 (1.475%) Photoshop
5 4 (1.180%) MS PowerPoint
6 1 (0.295%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 20 (5.900%) HTTP
2 14 (4.130%) TCP/IP
3 11 (3.245%) Internet
4 10 (2.950%) VPN
4 10 (2.950%) IGMP
5 5 (1.475%) RIP
6 4 (1.180%) GPRS
6 4 (1.180%) Ethernet
7 3 (0.885%) GSM
7 3 (0.885%) ATM
7 3 (0.885%) UMTS
7 3 (0.885%) WAN
7 3 (0.885%) Wireless
8 2 (0.590%) 2G
8 2 (0.590%) 3G
8 2 (0.590%) SMTP
8 2 (0.590%) ZigBee
9 1 (0.295%) UWB
9 1 (0.295%) Gigabit Ethernet
9 1 (0.295%) STUN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (10.32%) SQL Server
2 14 (4.130%) MySQL
3 10 (2.950%) RDBMS
4 7 (2.065%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (1.475%) SQL Server 2012
6 2 (0.590%) SQL Server 2008
6 2 (0.590%) MS Access
7 1 (0.295%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.295%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 69 (20.35%) Selenium
2 24 (7.080%) FitNesse
3 19 (5.605%) WebDriver
4 15 (4.425%) JUnit
4 15 (4.425%) QuickTest Pro
5 11 (3.245%) Visual Studio
5 11 (3.245%) NUnit
6 10 (2.950%) Ant
7 9 (2.655%) Team Foundation Server
7 9 (2.655%) SpecFlow
8 8 (2.360%) TestNG
8 8 (2.360%) Cucumber
9 6 (1.770%) WATIR
9 6 (1.770%) LabVIEW
10 5 (1.475%) JIRA
10 5 (1.475%) GoogleTest
10 5 (1.475%) CppUnit
11 3 (0.885%) Rational DOORS
11 3 (0.885%) Rational Rhapsody
11 3 (0.885%) Bugzilla
General
1 17 (5.015%) Electronics
2 12 (3.540%) Finance
3 11 (3.245%) Games
4 7 (2.065%) Manufacturing
4 7 (2.065%) Aerospace
5 5 (1.475%) Automotive
6 4 (1.180%) Advertising
7 3 (0.885%) Multimedia
8 2 (0.590%) Marketing
8 2 (0.590%) Military
9 1 (0.295%) Retail
9 1 (0.295%) Publishing
9 1 (0.295%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.295%) Avionics
9 1 (0.295%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 58 (17.11%) Computer Science
2 13 (3.835%) Embedded Systems
3 12 (3.540%) Firmware
4 10 (2.950%) Mathematics
5 8 (2.360%) Cryptography
6 7 (2.065%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (1.770%) Video on Demand
8 5 (1.475%) Mobile App
9 3 (0.885%) Management Information System
9 3 (0.885%) N-Tier
10 2 (0.590%) EPoS
10 2 (0.590%) STB
10 2 (0.590%) iPad
10 2 (0.590%) SWIFT
10 2 (0.590%) Digital Media
10 2 (0.590%) Psychology
10 2 (0.590%) Life Science
10 2 (0.590%) Telematics
10 2 (0.590%) Client/Server
10 2 (0.590%) CAN bus
Operating Systems
1 107 (31.56%) Windows
2 68 (20.06%) Linux
3 45 (13.27%) UNIX
4 10 (2.950%) Ubuntu
5 7 (2.065%) Windows XP
6 6 (1.770%) Windows 7
7 3 (0.885%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.885%) openSUSE
7 3 (0.885%) SUSE
8 2 (0.590%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.590%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (0.590%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (0.590%) Windows Vista
8 2 (0.590%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.295%) Android
9 1 (0.295%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (41.59%) Automated Testing
2 121 (35.69%) Software Testing
3 87 (25.66%) Manual Testing
4 86 (25.37%) Test Scripting
5 79 (23.30%) Test Automation
6 40 (11.80%) OO
7 37 (10.91%) Agile Software Development
8 34 (10.03%) Scrum
9 31 (9.145%) Software Engineering
10 28 (8.260%) Validation
11 24 (7.080%) Automation Testing
12 22 (6.490%) Waterfall
13 16 (4.720%) Multithreading
13 16 (4.720%) User Acceptance Testing
13 16 (4.720%) OOP
14 15 (4.425%) TDD
14 15 (4.425%) System Testing
15 12 (3.540%) Test Management
15 12 (3.540%) Continuous Improvement
15 12 (3.540%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 101 (29.79%) C++
2 78 (23.01%) SQL
3 75 (22.12%) Python
4 71 (20.94%) C#
5 56 (16.52%) C
6 54 (15.93%) Perl
7 50 (14.75%) Java
8 26 (7.670%) Ruby
9 25 (7.375%) Bash shell
10 18 (5.310%) JavaScript
11 15 (4.425%) VBScript
12 13 (3.835%) VB
13 12 (3.540%) Tcl
14 10 (2.950%) Embedded C++
15 9 (2.655%) Embedded C
16 5 (1.475%) Shell Script
16 5 (1.475%) VB.NET
17 4 (1.180%) PowerShell
18 3 (0.885%) PHP
19 2 (0.590%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 129 (38.05%) ISEB
2 109 (32.15%) Degree
3 84 (24.78%) ISTQB
4 31 (9.145%) Security Cleared
5 19 (5.605%) SC Cleared
6 16 (4.720%) HND
7 7 (2.065%) HNC
8 3 (0.885%) NVQ Level 3
9 2 (0.590%) BC Cleared
9 2 (0.590%) MCSA
9 2 (0.590%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.295%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.295%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 135 (39.82%) QA
2 13 (3.835%) ISO 9001
3 2 (0.590%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 5 (1.475%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (1.180%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (1.475%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.295%) WMI
Vendors
1 50 (14.75%) Microsoft
2 9 (2.655%) VMware
3 6 (1.770%) Oracle
4 5 (1.475%) Adobe
5 4 (1.180%) IBM
6 3 (0.885%) Borland
6 3 (0.885%) Riverbed
7 2 (0.590%) Twitter
7 2 (0.590%) Apple
7 2 (0.590%) HP
8 1 (0.295%) FINEOS
8 1 (0.295%) Guidewire
Software Test Engineer, Fucntional testing, Bristol
Bristol, Avon
Software Test Engineer, end user functional testing, Windows environment and web based applications, Bristol, £27,000... You will produce test specifications and acceptance criteria for new features and...
Sanderson
Salary: £23000 - £27000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Software Test Engineer / C / C++ / XML / Python
Bristol, Avon
This role would suit a test engineer with 2 - 5 years of experience following a degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering. You must be able to read...
IT Connections
Salary: £25,000 to £35,000
Posted: 17 May 2013
Senior Software Test Engineer
Cambridgeshire, East Anglia
You will be designing, running and reporting test cases. A familiarity with bug reporting and test tools is essential. Knowledge of at least one scripting language would be...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £41000 per annum
Posted: 10 May 2013
Software Test Engineer
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Development and maintance of the existing test automation system using Python... Person Specification Experience within testing of wireless or Bluetooth devices... Proven experience of Python scripting/programming language.....
Vertex Solutions
Salary: £25000.00 - £40000.00 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013
Senior Software Test Engineer (QA) x2
Bristol, Avon
Our client is looking to employ 2 senior QA Test Engineers... Previous experience working with complex databases and writing SQL for test purposes is also expected. Testing within...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £42000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Software Test Engineer - Embedded, Test Source Control, Bug Tracking
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Minimum requirements: - Good degree in a relevant technical discipline. - Relevant experience of testing embedded systems... - Proficient in the use of MS Office (Excel / Word / PowerPoint etc) Desirable... - ISEB...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £35k + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Software Test Engineer - Embedded, Test Source Control, Bug Tracking, Cambridge, to £35k + benefits
Cambridge, East Anglia
Role: To ensure that the embedded software developed by their wireless development team continues to meet the relevant requirements and high standards expected.The role will involve working...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £35k + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Senior Software Test Engineer
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
This can be GUI applications and command line utilities across Windows and GNU Linux applications... To qualify for this position Embedded Software Engineers will need a Degree in...
ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: From £37,000 to £48,000 per annum pension, shares, bonus, gym, canteen
Posted: 15 May 2013
Senior Software Tools Test Engineer - tools, GUI, Windows, GNU UNIX, test scripts, automated, ISEB, Cambridge, to c£46k + benefits
Cambridge, East Anglia
Senior Software Tools Test Engineer - GUI applications, Windows, GNU Linux, test scripts, automated test systems, ISEB... - ISEB Foundation certificate in software testing holder. - Good understanding of C / C++...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to c£46k + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
(Senior) Software Test Engineer - Audio, DSP, Perl / Python / TCL, Assembly, Cambridge, c£30k to £45k + Benefits
Cambridge, East Anglia
Key responsibilities will include writing test scripts; debugging DSP assembly code; contribute to the internal test systems; investigate software defects and root causes; and create relevant documentation... Requirements: -...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: c£30k to c£45k + benefits
Posted: 23 April 2013
Software Test Engineer - Automation, C++, Python
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Although an element of manual testing is involved, the main focus is on the design and development of a comprehensive set of automated tests using an internally-developed...
Ability Resourcing
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Share Options, BUPA
Posted: 13 May 2013
Graduate Programmer/Software Test Engineer
Durham, County Durham
Knowledge of C++... - Knowledge of Software testing techniques... Experience of writing programs in CUDA and Matlab will also be of benefit as will experience of producing multi-threaded...
Solutions Recruitment
Salary: From £20,000 to £25,000 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013
Tester, Senior Tester, Software Tester, Test Engineer, SWIFT, XML
Bath, Avon
My client’s test team predominately use automated testing, however would ideally like the successful Senior Tester / Software Test Engineer to have a background in both manual and...
Haybrook IT Resourcing Ltd
Salary: From £32,000 to £38,000 per annum + Excellent Corporate Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Software Test Engineer
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Working closely with the Software Test Architect you’re work will target a next generation networking product, developing test cases, unit and systems test as well as educating...
ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: From £35,000 to £50,000 per annum excellent benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
Senior Software Test Engineer
City, London
You will be working on CMS projects in an exciting and fast-paced agile environment. The right candidate will have: - 6 years + experience in testing - Manual and Automated...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + pension and bonus
Posted: 17 May 2013
Senior Software Test Analyst / Engineer - Python, test, analyst, engineer, software, hardware, scripting, Cambridge, to £45k + benefits
Cambridge, East Anglia
This growing network technology company develops innovative consumer electronics products for clients worldwide. Due to continued growth they are seeking a Senior Test Engineer with experience and enthusiasm...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £45k + benefits
Posted: 9 May 2013
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