Test Engineer Jobs in England

Test Engineer
UK > England

The median Test Engineer salary in England is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 May 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
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 539 451 485
Rank change year-on-year -88 +34 -52
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 321 595 931
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.38% 0.64% 0.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.40% 0.70% 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 177 412 679
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £36,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £66,394 £75,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +8.00% +5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in 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 England with a recognized job title 80,536 84,581 127,040
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.51% 96.11%
Number of salaries quoted 60,273 53,585 75,560
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,595 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,820 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,822 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Engineer in England

Test Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Test Engineer in England

Test Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Engineer in England over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Engineer in England

Test Engineer
Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
South East +2 98 £45,000 - 62
Midlands -16 59 £42,500 -22.02% 24
East of England +48 56 £45,000 -30.77% 34
South West -41 53 £50,000 -1.48% 32
West Midlands -1 47 £42,500 -22.73% 19
North of England +7 35 £42,500 -15.00% 25
London -72 21 £65,000 +13.04% 28
Yorkshire +62 19 £38,750 -13.89% 7
North West +8 14 £45,000 -10.00% 17
East Midlands -13 12 £40,000 -11.11% 5
North East -17 2 £57,965 +1.69% 1
Test Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 May 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 England region featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 141 (43.93%) Test Automation
2 104 (32.40%) Software Testing
3 90 (28.04%) Agile
4 83 (25.86%) Degree
5 64 (19.94%) Python
6 56 (17.45%) Problem-Solving
7 52 (16.20%) Test Scripting
8 49 (15.26%) Electronics
9 48 (14.95%) QA
10 45 (14.02%) Social Skills
11 39 (12.15%) Security Cleared
11 39 (12.15%) C#
12 38 (11.84%) Automotive
13 37 (11.53%) Software Engineering
14 36 (11.21%) Selenium
15 35 (10.90%) Computer Science
16 34 (10.59%) Regression Testing
16 34 (10.59%) Linux
16 34 (10.59%) Microsoft
16 34 (10.59%) Analytical Skills
17 33 (10.28%) Test Strategy
17 33 (10.28%) Windows
17 33 (10.28%) Manual Testing
18 30 (9.35%) JIRA
18 30 (9.35%) CI/CD
19 29 (9.03%) ISTQB
20 28 (8.72%) DevOps
20 28 (8.72%) API Testing
21 27 (8.41%) Validation
22 26 (8.10%) LabVIEW

Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 13 (4.05%) Confluence
2 2 (0.62%) MTS
3 1 (0.31%) Apache
3 1 (0.31%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (0.31%) IIS
Applications
1 15 (4.67%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.56%) Simulink
4 3 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 26 (8.10%) Azure
2 22 (6.85%) AWS
3 17 (5.30%) GitHub
4 8 (2.49%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (2.18%) GCP
6 5 (1.56%) SaaS
7 4 (1.25%) Cloud Composer
7 4 (1.25%) Cloud Functions
7 4 (1.25%) Datadog
7 4 (1.25%) dbt
7 4 (1.25%) GitHub Actions
7 4 (1.25%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 4 (1.25%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 4 (1.25%) Snowflake
8 2 (0.62%) Amazon ECS
8 2 (0.62%) Azure Functions
8 2 (0.62%) Serverless
9 1 (0.31%) Firebase
9 1 (0.31%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.31%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (6.23%) Wireless
2 18 (5.61%) Bluetooth
2 18 (5.61%) Wi-Fi
3 11 (3.43%) 5G
4 10 (3.12%) GSM
4 10 (3.12%) ISDN
4 10 (3.12%) LTE
4 10 (3.12%) PSTN
4 10 (3.12%) UMTS
5 8 (2.49%) Ethernet
6 6 (1.87%) Internet
7 5 (1.56%) Network Security
7 5 (1.56%) TCP/IP
8 4 (1.25%) FlexRay
8 4 (1.25%) Wireshark
8 4 (1.25%) ZigBee
9 2 (0.62%) 3G
10 1 (0.31%) DNS
10 1 (0.31%) Firewall
10 1 (0.31%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (5.30%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.49%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (1.87%) Relational Database
4 5 (1.56%) DynamoDB
5 4 (1.25%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 4 (1.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (1.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (1.25%) Tableau
6 3 (0.93%) MySQL
7 2 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.31%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.31%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.31%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.31%) Redis
Development Applications
1 36 (11.21%) Selenium
2 30 (9.35%) JIRA
3 26 (8.10%) LabVIEW
4 21 (6.54%) Postman
5 20 (6.23%) Git
6 17 (5.30%) Appium
6 17 (5.30%) Cucumber
7 15 (4.67%) Jenkins
8 14 (4.36%) JMeter
9 12 (3.74%) SpecFlow
10 11 (3.43%) UI Automator
11 10 (3.12%) JBehave
11 10 (3.12%) MSTest
12 8 (2.49%) Cypress.io
12 8 (2.49%) JUnit
13 7 (2.18%) SoapUI
13 7 (2.18%) Team Foundation Server
14 6 (1.87%) LoadRunner
14 6 (1.87%) TeamCity
15 5 (1.56%) HP UFT
General
1 49 (15.26%) Electronics
2 45 (14.02%) Social Skills
3 38 (11.84%) Automotive
4 34 (10.59%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (7.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 23 (7.17%) Manufacturing
7 17 (5.30%) Retail
8 14 (4.36%) Aerospace
8 14 (4.36%) Finance
8 14 (4.36%) Military
9 11 (3.43%) Organisational Skills
9 11 (3.43%) Telecoms
10 10 (3.12%) Marketing
10 10 (3.12%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (2.18%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (1.25%) Legal
13 3 (0.93%) Games
13 3 (0.93%) Public Sector
14 2 (0.62%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.62%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.36%) .NET
2 13 (4.05%) Gherkin
3 10 (3.12%) pytest
4 9 (2.80%) XML
5 8 (2.49%) REST
6 7 (2.18%) Playwright
7 6 (1.87%) HTML
8 5 (1.56%) JSON
8 5 (1.56%) SOAP
9 4 (1.25%) Lightning Web Components
9 4 (1.25%) Middleware
9 4 (1.25%) Web Services
9 4 (1.25%) XSLT
10 3 (0.93%) Node.js
10 3 (0.93%) Qt
10 3 (0.93%) RESTful
11 2 (0.62%) .NET Framework
11 2 (0.62%) MSMQ
11 2 (0.62%) WebdriverIO
11 2 (0.62%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 25 (7.79%) Self-Motivation
2 12 (3.74%) Embedded Systems
2 12 (3.74%) Mobile App
3 10 (3.12%) Acoustics
3 10 (3.12%) Satnav
4 8 (2.49%) IoT
4 8 (2.49%) Smartphone
5 7 (2.18%) Data Centre
6 6 (1.87%) Algorithms
6 6 (1.87%) Chip and PIN
6 6 (1.87%) Product Ownership
6 6 (1.87%) Renewable Energy
7 5 (1.56%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.25%) NHS
8 4 (1.25%) Robotics
9 3 (0.93%) PCIe
10 2 (0.62%) Client/Server
10 2 (0.62%) Infotainment
11 1 (0.31%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 34 (10.59%) Linux
2 33 (10.28%) Windows
3 14 (4.36%) Unix
4 9 (2.80%) Android
5 8 (2.49%) Mac OS
6 4 (1.25%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.62%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.31%) CentOS
8 1 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.31%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (43.93%) Test Automation
2 104 (32.40%) Software Testing
3 90 (28.04%) Agile
4 56 (17.45%) Problem-Solving
5 52 (16.20%) Test Scripting
6 37 (11.53%) Software Engineering
7 35 (10.90%) Computer Science
8 34 (10.59%) Regression Testing
9 33 (10.28%) Manual Testing
9 33 (10.28%) Test Strategy
10 30 (9.35%) CI/CD
11 28 (8.72%) API Testing
11 28 (8.72%) DevOps
12 27 (8.41%) Validation
13 26 (8.10%) Continuous Integration
14 22 (6.85%) Coaching
15 20 (6.23%) BDD
15 20 (6.23%) Performance Testing
16 19 (5.92%) Non-Functional Testing
17 18 (5.61%) Functional Testing
Programming Languages
1 64 (19.94%) Python
2 39 (12.15%) C#
3 24 (7.48%) C
4 23 (7.17%) SQL
5 20 (6.23%) Java
6 18 (5.61%) JavaScript
7 15 (4.67%) MATLAB
8 9 (2.80%) Embedded C
8 9 (2.80%) T-SQL
9 7 (2.18%) C++
10 5 (1.56%) Bash
11 4 (1.25%) Groovy
11 4 (1.25%) Ruby
11 4 (1.25%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.62%) Go
12 2 (0.62%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.31%) PHP
13 1 (0.31%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 83 (25.86%) Degree
2 39 (12.15%) Security Cleared
3 29 (9.03%) ISTQB
4 20 (6.23%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (3.74%) DBS Check
6 10 (3.12%) DV Cleared
6 10 (3.12%) SC Cleared
7 8 (2.49%) HND
8 5 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.56%) HNC
8 5 (1.56%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (1.25%) CIPD
9 4 (1.25%) ISEB
9 4 (1.25%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.93%) CREST Certified
10 3 (0.93%) ISEB Practitioner
10 3 (0.93%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.62%) NVQ Level 3
11 2 (0.62%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 1 (0.31%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (14.95%) QA
2 9 (2.80%) Accessibility
3 3 (0.93%) COSHH
3 3 (0.93%) Def Stans
3 3 (0.93%) ISO 14001
3 3 (0.93%) ISO 9001
3 3 (0.93%) JTAG
3 3 (0.93%) MISRA
4 2 (0.62%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.31%) HAZOP
System Software
1 12 (3.74%) Firmware
2 5 (1.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.25%) VMware Server
4 3 (0.93%) Docker
4 3 (0.93%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (0.93%) Functional Safety
1 3 (0.93%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.31%) Consul
2 1 (0.31%) Grafana
2 1 (0.31%) Iperf
2 1 (0.31%) Kibana
2 1 (0.31%) Nmap
2 1 (0.31%) Packer
2 1 (0.31%) Terraform
Vendors
1 34 (10.59%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.05%) Google
3 7 (2.18%) EMC
4 6 (1.87%) Thales
5 5 (1.56%) VMware
6 4 (1.25%) Salesforce
7 3 (0.93%) Atlassian
7 3 (0.93%) Conga
7 3 (0.93%) IBM
7 3 (0.93%) Lauterbach
7 3 (0.93%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 2 (0.62%) Splunk
8 2 (0.62%) YouTube
9 1 (0.31%) Apple
9 1 (0.31%) CA Agile Central
9 1 (0.31%) Denodo
9 1 (0.31%) Dynatrace
9 1 (0.31%) Oracle
9 1 (0.31%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.31%) Talend