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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Engineer
Rank 161 117 145
Rank change year-on-year
-44 +28
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 20 61 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.579% 1.590% 0.661%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.608% 1.653% 0.704%
Number of salaries quoted 20 51 22
Average salary £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.30% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,250 £25,000 £25,200
10% offered a salary of more than £35,500 £40,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -
All Job Titles
Hampshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
3292 3690 3411
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hampshire 95.37% 96.17% 93.99%
Number of salaries quoted 2796 3234 2881
Average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Test Engineer
South East

Test Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire Test Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Test Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Hampshire Test Engineer Salary Trend

Test Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Engineer across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Hampshire Test Engineer Salary Histogram

Test Engineer
Job Locations

The table below 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 3 months to 24 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
Southampton 0 14 £27,500 -21.42%
Basingstoke -26 3 £32,500 -13.33%
Farnborough +3 2 £40,000 +8.10%
Test Engineer
South East

Test Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hampshire 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.

1 27 (39.13%) SQL
2 26 (37.68%) QA
2 26 (37.68%) Test Scripting
3 23 (33.33%) Linux
3 23 (33.33%) ISEB
4 22 (31.88%) UNIX
5 21 (30.43%) Agile Software Development
6 16 (23.19%) Scrum
6 16 (23.19%) Degree
7 14 (20.29%) C
8 12 (17.39%) UML
8 12 (17.39%) Performance Testing
8 12 (17.39%) Security Cleared
9 11 (15.94%) System Testing
9 11 (15.94%) Software Engineering
9 11 (15.94%) Oracle
9 11 (15.94%) Validation
10 10 (14.49%) Manufacturing
10 10 (14.49%) C#
10 10 (14.49%) ATM
10 10 (14.49%) Test Automation
11 9 (13.04%) Integration Testing
11 9 (13.04%) Bash shell
11 9 (13.04%) Windows
12 7 (10.14%) Regression Testing
12 7 (10.14%) C++
12 7 (10.14%) Software Testing
12 7 (10.14%) ISTQB
13 6 (8.696%) SC Cleared
13 6 (8.696%) Python

Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hampshire 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.

Application Development
1 4 (5.797%) Middleware
2 2 (2.899%) SOAP
3 1 (1.449%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 4 (5.797%) SAS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (14.49%) ATM
2 5 (7.246%) TCP/IP
2 5 (7.246%) DNS
3 4 (5.797%) Fibre Channel
3 4 (5.797%) NAS
3 4 (5.797%) SAN
4 2 (2.899%) Internet
5 1 (1.449%) SMTP
5 1 (1.449%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.246%) Oracle 11g
2 4 (5.797%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (8.696%) LabVIEW
2 2 (2.899%) Selenium
2 2 (2.899%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 10 (14.49%) Manufacturing
2 6 (8.696%) Aerospace
3 5 (7.246%) Electronics
4 4 (5.797%) Telecoms
4 4 (5.797%) Automotive
5 2 (2.899%) Avionics
6 1 (1.449%) Multimedia
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.696%) Device Driver
2 4 (5.797%) DTV
3 3 (4.348%) APACS
3 3 (4.348%) EFT
3 3 (4.348%) Derivative
4 1 (1.449%) MPEG
4 1 (1.449%) SCADA
4 1 (1.449%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 23 (33.33%) Linux
2 22 (31.88%) UNIX
3 9 (13.04%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (37.68%) Test Scripting
2 21 (30.43%) Agile Software Development
3 16 (23.19%) Scrum
4 12 (17.39%) UML
4 12 (17.39%) Performance Testing
5 11 (15.94%) System Testing
5 11 (15.94%) Software Engineering
5 11 (15.94%) Validation
6 10 (14.49%) Test Automation
7 9 (13.04%) Integration Testing
8 7 (10.14%) Regression Testing
8 7 (10.14%) Software Testing
9 6 (8.696%) Automated Testing
10 4 (5.797%) Test Strategy
10 4 (5.797%) Web Testing
10 4 (5.797%) Yield Management
10 4 (5.797%) Benchmarking
10 4 (5.797%) Data Analysis
11 2 (2.899%) Use Case
12 1 (1.449%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 27 (39.13%) SQL
2 14 (20.29%) C
3 10 (14.49%) C#
4 9 (13.04%) Bash shell
5 7 (10.14%) C++
6 6 (8.696%) Python
7 5 (7.246%) PL/SQL
8 4 (5.797%) Korn
8 4 (5.797%) Shell Script
9 3 (4.348%) Perl
Qualifications
1 23 (33.33%) ISEB
2 16 (23.19%) Degree
3 12 (17.39%) Security Cleared
4 7 (10.14%) ISTQB
5 6 (8.696%) SC Cleared
6 3 (4.348%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.449%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (37.68%) QA
2 1 (1.449%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 2 (2.899%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (7.246%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (2.899%) SCOM
Vendors
1 11 (15.94%) Oracle
2 6 (8.696%) Microsoft
3 5 (7.246%) HP
4 3 (4.348%) VMware
Southampton, South East
Taking the role in the quality assurance of an agile team you will ensure that Linux, web-based software is tested thoroughly and performs according to the requirements...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + flexi time, 5% pension and more
Posted: 14 May 2013
Fleet, Hampshire
Anite Telecoms provides specialist handset and system solutions to customers within the telecoms sector... Working at Anite... An exciting and challenging role working in the team involved in...
Anite Telecoms Limited
Salary: Competitive + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 29 April 2013