Essex Software Test Engineer Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Software Test Engineer role in IT jobs within the Essex 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 Software Test Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Software Test Engineer
Location Basildon Berkshire Birmingham Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Chippenham Coventry Crawley Dorset East Midlands East of England England Essex Farnborough Gatwick Glasgow Gloucestershire Hampshire Havant Hayes Hertfordshire High Wycombe Horsham Huntingdon Leicestershire Liverpool London Lutterworth Manchester Marlow Merseyside Newbury North West Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Reading Scotland Slough South East South West Southampton Surrey Thame UK Uxbridge West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Worcester Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 10 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	126	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching permanent IT job ads	1	0
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.001 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.053 %	0.000 %
Salaries quoted	1	0
Average minimum salary	£30,000	-
Average salary	£30,000	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum salary	£30,000	-
UK excluding London average salary	£31,523	£30,810
% change on same period last year	+2.31 %
Job Titles Essex
Matching permanent IT job ads	1892	2163
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	1.095 %	0.931 %
Salaries quoted	1600	1897
Average minimum salary	£36,837	£35,986
Average salary	£38,907	£38,164
% change on same period last year	+1.94 %
Average maximum salary	£40,976	£40,342
UK excluding London average salary	£38,208	£39,261
% change on same period last year	-2.68 %
Software Test Engineer East of England

Software Test Engineer
Demand Trend

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

Software Test Engineer
Salary Trend

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

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 Essex region over the 3 months to 10 October 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.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Basildon	-	1	£30,000	-

Software Test Engineer East of England

Software Test Engineer
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Essex 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 2 (100.00 %) ClearQuest 2 1 (50.00 %) Software Testing 2 1 (50.00 %) Test Scripting 2 1 (50.00 %) Manual Testing 2 1 (50.00 %) Automotive 2 1 (50.00 %) Validation 2 1 (50.00 %) Project Management 2 1 (50.00 %) C 2 1 (50.00 %) C++ 2 1 (50.00 %) ClearCase 2 1 (50.00 %) ISEB

Software Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Essex 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.

Development Applications 1 2 (100.00 %) ClearQuest 2 1 (50.00 %) ClearCase	General 1 1 (50.00 %) Automotive
Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (50.00 %) Project Management 1 1 (50.00 %) Validation 1 1 (50.00 %) Software Testing 1 1 (50.00 %) Test Scripting 1 1 (50.00 %) Manual Testing	Programming Languages 1 1 (50.00 %) C 1 1 (50.00 %) C++
Qualifications 1 1 (50.00 %) ISEB