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This section looks at the demand for the Test Engineer role in IT jobs within the Hampshire 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 last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Test Engineer
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank136136
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads9665
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.047 %0.029 %
As % of the category below1.274 %1.054 %
Salaries quoted7954
Average minimum salary£28,296£27,519
Average salary£30,228£31,083
% change on same period last year-2.75 %
Average maximum salary£32,160£34,648
UK excluding London average salary£33,032£33,248
% change on same period last year-0.64 %
Job Titles HampshireJob Titles
Hampshire
Matching permanent IT job ads75346168
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled3.694 %2.731 %
Salaries quoted61124653
Average minimum salary£35,341£35,946
Average salary£38,632£39,146
% change on same period last year-1.31 %
Average maximum salary£41,924£42,347
UK excluding London average salary£38,585£39,157
% change on same period last year-1.46 %
Test Engineer South EastTest Engineer
South East

Test Engineer
Demand Trend

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

Hampshire Test Engineer Demand Trend

Test Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Hampshire Test Engineer Salary Trend

Test Engineer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Engineer across the Hampshire region over the past 3 months.

Hampshire Test Engineer Salary Histogram

Test Engineer
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Engineer within the Hampshire region over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1BasingstokeDown-2218£36,656+62.91 %
2FarnboroughDown-1115£28,571+7.81 %
3PortsmouthDown-114£28,750+15.00 %
4HavantNew entry-2£31,250-
5WaterloovilleNew entry-1£27,000-
5BordonNew entry-1£37,500-
Test Engineer South EastTest Engineer
South East

Test Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Hampshire region citing Test Engineer also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Test Engineer.

180 (28.67 %)Windows
271 (25.45 %)Telecoms
351 (18.28 %)Test Scripting
450 (17.92 %)Degree
450 (17.92 %)MOM
539 (13.98 %)3GPP
637 (13.26 %)Active Directory
637 (13.26 %)Software Testing
735 (12.54 %)GSM
834 (12.19 %)WINS
834 (12.19 %)DNS
834 (12.19 %)Validation
933 (11.83 %)Handset
1032 (11.47 %)3G
1131 (11.11 %)VoIP
1230 (10.75 %)SMS
1230 (10.75 %)ISEB
1230 (10.75 %)LabVIEW
1230 (10.75 %)Exchange Server 2003
1230 (10.75 %)Exchange Server 2007
1327 (9.677 %)GPRS
1327 (9.677 %)Java
1425 (8.961 %)Exchange Server 5.5
1524 (8.602 %)C
1623 (8.244 %)Oracle
1623 (8.244 %)Automated Testing
1721 (7.527 %)SQL
1721 (7.527 %)QA
1820 (7.168 %)C++
1820 (7.168 %)Government

Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Hampshire region citing Test Engineer also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Test Engineer. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
112 (4.301 %).NET
210 (3.584 %)J2EE
39 (3.226 %)ASP
47 (2.509 %)J2ME
54 (1.434 %)ASP.NET
54 (1.434 %)COM+
63 (1.075 %)CGI
71 (0.358 %)CORBA
Application Platforms
130 (10.75 %)Exchange Server 2003
130 (10.75 %)Exchange Server 2007
225 (8.961 %)Exchange Server 5.5
34 (1.434 %)MQSeries
41 (0.358 %)SAS
Applications
14 (1.434 %)MS Project
22 (0.717 %)MS Excel
31 (0.358 %)MS Visio
Communications & Networking
139 (13.98 %)3GPP
235 (12.54 %)GSM
334 (12.19 %)WINS
334 (12.19 %)DNS
432 (11.47 %)3G
531 (11.11 %)VoIP
630 (10.75 %)SMS
727 (9.677 %)GPRS
814 (5.018 %)WCDMA
814 (5.018 %)Megaco
814 (5.018 %)2G
912 (4.301 %)SS7
1011 (3.943 %)Wireless
1011 (3.943 %)SNMP
1110 (3.584 %)MGCP
128 (2.867 %)H.323
128 (2.867 %)Internet
128 (2.867 %)UMTS
135 (1.792 %)LAN
135 (1.792 %)CTI
Database & Business Intelligence
110 (3.584 %)SQL Server
27 (2.509 %)MySQL
35 (1.792 %)Oracle 10g
35 (1.792 %)Oracle 9i
44 (1.434 %)RDBMS
44 (1.434 %)DB2
51 (0.358 %)Oracle Reports
51 (0.358 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
51 (0.358 %)SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
130 (10.75 %)LabVIEW
212 (4.301 %)ClearCase
311 (3.943 %)Visual Studio
48 (2.867 %)VSS/SourceSafe
57 (2.509 %)TestDirector
66 (2.151 %)QuickTest Pro
72 (0.717 %)MSI
72 (0.717 %)InstallShield
81 (0.358 %)LoadRunner
81 (0.358 %)WinRunner
81 (0.358 %)QADirector
81 (0.358 %)FitNesse
General
171 (25.45 %)Telecoms
220 (7.168 %)Government
315 (5.376 %)Electronics
315 (5.376 %)Military
410 (3.584 %)Health
58 (2.867 %)Electric
67 (2.509 %)Manufacturing
67 (2.509 %)Pensions
76 (2.151 %)Finance
76 (2.151 %)Aerospace
84 (1.434 %)Insurance
91 (0.358 %)Education
Miscellaneous
133 (11.83 %)Handset
212 (4.301 %)Computer Science
310 (3.584 %)Mathematics
47 (2.509 %)Replication
55 (1.792 %)MPEG
64 (1.434 %)DTV
73 (1.075 %)Physics
82 (0.717 %)Device Driver
82 (0.717 %)Firmware
82 (0.717 %)Blackberry
91 (0.358 %)Japanese Language
91 (0.358 %)ASIC
Operating Systems
180 (28.67 %)Windows
215 (5.376 %)Windows 2000
314 (5.018 %)Windows XP
413 (4.659 %)Linux
511 (3.943 %)Windows NT
68 (2.867 %)Unix
75 (1.792 %)Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
151 (18.28 %)Test Scripting
237 (13.26 %)Software Testing
334 (12.19 %)Validation
423 (8.244 %)Automated Testing
516 (5.735 %)System Testing
615 (5.376 %)Configuration Management
710 (3.584 %)Software Engineering
89 (3.226 %)Integration Testing
98 (2.867 %)Manual Testing
107 (2.509 %)Regression Testing
116 (2.151 %)Project Management
125 (1.792 %)UML
125 (1.792 %)Agile Software Development
125 (1.792 %)Project Planning
125 (1.792 %)Load Testing
134 (1.434 %)OO
143 (1.075 %)RUP
143 (1.075 %)Business Intelligence
143 (1.075 %)PRINCE2
143 (1.075 %)Use Case
Programming Languages
127 (9.677 %)Java
224 (8.602 %)C
321 (7.527 %)SQL
420 (7.168 %)C++
516 (5.735 %)C#
615 (5.376 %)Perl
712 (4.301 %)VB
89 (3.226 %)Python
98 (2.867 %)Tcl
105 (1.792 %)VB.NET
105 (1.792 %)PHP
105 (1.792 %)VBScript
114 (1.434 %)VB6
123 (1.075 %)Transact-SQL
132 (0.717 %)Embedded C
141 (0.358 %)VBA
141 (0.358 %)VC++
Qualifications
150 (17.92 %)Degree
230 (10.75 %)ISEB
34 (1.434 %)HND
42 (0.717 %)HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
121 (7.527 %)QA
System Software
137 (13.26 %)Active Directory
Systems Management
150 (17.92 %)MOM
24 (1.434 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
123 (8.244 %)Oracle
29 (3.226 %)Microsoft
35 (1.792 %)Ericsson
44 (1.434 %)TIBCO
44 (1.434 %)Agilent
51 (0.358 %)Remedy
51 (0.358 %)Borland
51 (0.358 %)Cisco
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