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This section looks at the demand for the Test Engineer role in IT jobs within the Farnborough 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 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Test Engineer
Location
3 months to 24 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank3940
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching permanent IT job ads1713
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.005 %
As % of the category below3.712 %3.403 %
Salaries quoted1713
Average minimum salary£26,824£31,077
Average salary£28,735£31,808
% change on same period last year-9.65 %
Average maximum salary£30,647£32,538
UK excluding London average salary£31,614£32,479
% change on same period last year-2.66 %
Farnborough IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Farnborough
Matching permanent IT job ads458382
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.241 %0.157 %
Salaries quoted419347
Average minimum salary£36,115£34,314
Average salary£39,854£36,679
% change on same period last year+8.65 %
Average maximum salary£43,592£39,045
UK excluding London average salary£38,194£39,492
% change on same period last year-3.28 %
Test Engineer HampshireTest Engineer
Hampshire

Test Engineer
Demand Trend

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

Farnborough 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 Farnborough region.

Farnborough Test Engineer Salary Trend

Test Engineer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Engineer across the Farnborough region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

Farnborough Test Engineer Salary Histogram

Test Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT jobs across the Farnborough 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.

115 (51.72 %)Java
214 (48.28 %)Degree
310 (34.48 %)Mathematics
310 (34.48 %)Computer Science
46 (20.69 %)Pensions
46 (20.69 %)Test Scripting
46 (20.69 %)Visual Studio
46 (20.69 %)QuickTest Pro
46 (20.69 %)Health
46 (20.69 %)Handset
55 (17.24 %)Telecoms
55 (17.24 %)J2ME
55 (17.24 %)Perl
55 (17.24 %)C#
55 (17.24 %).NET
55 (17.24 %)QA
64 (13.79 %)VB6
64 (13.79 %)VB
64 (13.79 %)SQL
64 (13.79 %)UML
64 (13.79 %)Python
64 (13.79 %)ASP
64 (13.79 %)ASP.NET
64 (13.79 %)COM+
64 (13.79 %)MS Project
73 (10.34 %)TestDirector
73 (10.34 %)RDBMS
73 (10.34 %)Internet
73 (10.34 %)PRINCE2
73 (10.34 %)VSS/SourceSafe

Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT jobs across the Farnborough 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.

Farnborough IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (17.24 %).NET
15 (17.24 %)J2ME
24 (13.79 %)ASP
24 (13.79 %)ASP.NET
24 (13.79 %)COM+
Farnborough IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (13.79 %)MS Project
Farnborough IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (10.34 %)Internet
21 (3.448 %)Megaco
21 (3.448 %)VoIP
Farnborough IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (10.34 %)MySQL
13 (10.34 %)SQL Server
13 (10.34 %)RDBMS
Farnborough IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (20.69 %)Visual Studio
16 (20.69 %)QuickTest Pro
23 (10.34 %)VSS/SourceSafe
23 (10.34 %)TestDirector
Farnborough IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (20.69 %)Health
16 (20.69 %)Pensions
25 (17.24 %)Telecoms
Farnborough IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
110 (34.48 %)Mathematics
110 (34.48 %)Computer Science
26 (20.69 %)Handset
Farnborough IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (20.69 %)Test Scripting
24 (13.79 %)UML
33 (10.34 %)Automated Testing
33 (10.34 %)Software Testing
33 (10.34 %)PRINCE2
42 (6.897 %)Project Planning
42 (6.897 %)PRINCE
51 (3.448 %)Pay per click
Farnborough IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
115 (51.72 %)Java
25 (17.24 %)Perl
25 (17.24 %)C#
34 (13.79 %)VB
34 (13.79 %)Python
34 (13.79 %)VB6
34 (13.79 %)SQL
43 (10.34 %)Transact-SQL
Farnborough IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
114 (48.28 %)Degree
21 (3.448 %)ISEB
Farnborough IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (17.24 %)QA
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