Hertfordshire Test Engineer Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Test Engineer role in IT jobs within the Hertfordshire 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 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Test Engineer
Location Abingdon Andover Atherstone Avon Aylesbury Basildon Basingstoke Bath Berkshire Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Bridgend Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Burnley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cardiff Cheltenham Chichester Chippenham Cirencester City of London Coalville Coventry Crawley Derby Derbyshire Dorset Dundee Durham East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Fareham Farnborough Fife Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Greenford Guildford Hampshire Hastings Hayes Hemel Hempstead Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Horsham Hounslow Huntingdon Kent Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London Luton Lutterworth Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport North East North West North Yorkshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paisley Peterborough Poole Portsmouth Reading Renfrewshire Royston Rugby Scotland Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West Southampton Staffordshire Staines Stockport Stroud Sunderland Surrey Swindon Tring Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Warwickshire West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 6 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	137	156
Rank change on same period last year	+19
Matching permanent IT job ads	23	20
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.013 %	0.009 %
As % of the category below	0.616 %	0.439 %
Salaries quoted	16	20
Average minimum salary	£30,500	£34,550
Average salary	£32,313	£37,475
% change on same period last year	-13.77 %
Average maximum salary	£34,125	£40,400
UK excluding London average salary	£32,564	£32,416
% change on same period last year	+0.45 %
Job Titles Hertfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads	3735	4559
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	2.148 %	1.954 %
Salaries quoted	3187	3915
Average minimum salary	£37,802	£36,328
Average salary	£41,370	£39,836
% change on same period last year	+3.85 %
Average maximum salary	£44,938	£43,345
UK excluding London average salary	£38,185	£39,281
% change on same period last year	-2.78 %
Test Engineer East of England

Test Engineer
Demand Trend

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

Test Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Test Engineer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Engineer across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

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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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 6 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
Tring	-	4	£32,500	-
Royston	-	3	£40,000	-
Bishop's Stortford	-	1	£32,500	-

Test Engineer East of England

Test Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 13 (38.24 %) Aerospace 2 12 (35.29 %) C# 3 11 (32.35 %) .NET 3 11 (32.35 %) Pharmaceutical 3 11 (32.35 %) Regression Testing 4 7 (20.59 %) Test Scripting 5 6 (17.65 %) Software Testing 6 5 (14.71 %) Pensions 6 5 (14.71 %) Degree 6 5 (14.71 %) EMC 7 3 (8.824 %) Insurance 7 3 (8.824 %) QA 7 3 (8.824 %) Banking 7 3 (8.824 %) Retail 7 3 (8.824 %) EFT

7 3 (8.824 %) Electronics 7 3 (8.824 %) Telecoms 7 3 (8.824 %) C 8 2 (5.882 %) Electric 8 2 (5.882 %) Manufacturing 8 2 (5.882 %) Handset 8 2 (5.882 %) Maya 8 2 (5.882 %) 3ds Max 8 2 (5.882 %) MAXScript 8 2 (5.882 %) ISEB 8 2 (5.882 %) TestDirector 8 2 (5.882 %) Windows 8 2 (5.882 %) Linux 8 2 (5.882 %) Python 8 2 (5.882 %) Symbian

Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 11 (32.35 %) .NET 2 1 (2.941 %) OpenGL 2 1 (2.941 %) DirectX	Applications 1 2 (5.882 %) Maya 1 2 (5.882 %) 3ds Max
Development Applications 1 2 (5.882 %) TestDirector	General 1 13 (38.24 %) Aerospace 2 11 (32.35 %) Pharmaceutical 3 5 (14.71 %) Pensions 4 3 (8.824 %) Electronics 4 3 (8.824 %) Telecoms 4 3 (8.824 %) Banking 4 3 (8.824 %) Retail 4 3 (8.824 %) Insurance 5 2 (5.882 %) Electric 5 2 (5.882 %) Manufacturing 6 1 (2.941 %) 3D Graphics
Miscellaneous 1 3 (8.824 %) EFT 2 2 (5.882 %) Handset	Operating Systems 1 2 (5.882 %) Windows 1 2 (5.882 %) Linux
Processes & Methodologies 1 11 (32.35 %) Regression Testing 2 7 (20.59 %) Test Scripting 3 6 (17.65 %) Software Testing 4 2 (5.882 %) Data Analysis 4 2 (5.882 %) Automated Testing 5 1 (2.941 %) User Acceptance Testing 5 1 (2.941 %) Security Cleared 5 1 (2.941 %) Configuration Management	Programming Languages 1 12 (35.29 %) C# 2 3 (8.824 %) C 3 2 (5.882 %) Python 3 2 (5.882 %) MAXScript 4 1 (2.941 %) C++
Qualifications 1 5 (14.71 %) Degree 2 2 (5.882 %) ISEB	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (8.824 %) QA 2 1 (2.941 %) JTAG
Vendors 1 5 (14.71 %) EMC 2 2 (5.882 %) Symbian 3 1 (2.941 %) Oracle