The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Leicestershire 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 22 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 Leicestershire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Engineer
Rank 75 66 51
Rank change year-on-year
-9 -15
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 4 7 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 0.576% 0.989% 1.365%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.598% 1.043% 1.480%
Number of salaries quoted 3 7 7
Average salary £23,500 £33,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-28.78% -5.71%
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -
All Job Titles
Leicestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
669 671 473
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 96.40% 94.77% 92.20%
Number of salaries quoted 588 589 417
Average salary £37,500 £34,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.29% +4.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,150 £24,500 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £47,500 £46,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Test Engineer
East Midlands

Test Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire Test Engineer Salary Trend

Test Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Engineer across the Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Leicester -16 1 - -
Test Engineer
East Midlands

Test Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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 10 (71.43%) C++
1 10 (71.43%) C
1 10 (71.43%) Firmware
2 4 (28.57%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (21.43%) Degree
3 3 (21.43%) SQL
3 3 (21.43%) .NET
4 2 (14.29%) SQL Server
4 2 (14.29%) MS Office
4 2 (14.29%) Visual Studio
4 2 (14.29%) MS Visio
4 2 (14.29%) Windows
4 2 (14.29%) Computer Science
4 2 (14.29%) Project Management
4 2 (14.29%) Automated Testing
4 2 (14.29%) TDD
4 2 (14.29%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (14.29%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (14.29%) Test Scripting
4 2 (14.29%) Manual Testing
4 2 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (7.143%) Git (software)
5 1 (7.143%) Time Management
5 1 (7.143%) WebDriver
5 1 (7.143%) Retail
5 1 (7.143%) Subversion
5 1 (7.143%) Regression Testing
5 1 (7.143%) Scrum
5 1 (7.143%) Software Engineering
5 1 (7.143%) Selenium

Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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 3 (21.43%) .NET
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) MS Office
1 2 (14.29%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.143%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) SQL Server
1 2 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Visual Studio
1 2 (14.29%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (7.143%) Git (software)
2 1 (7.143%) WebDriver
2 1 (7.143%) Subversion
2 1 (7.143%) Selenium
General
1 1 (7.143%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 10 (71.43%) Firmware
2 2 (14.29%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Windows
1 2 (14.29%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (14.29%) Project Management
2 2 (14.29%) Automated Testing
2 2 (14.29%) TDD
2 2 (14.29%) Test Scripting
2 2 (14.29%) Manual Testing
3 1 (7.143%) Time Management
3 1 (7.143%) Regression Testing
3 1 (7.143%) Scrum
3 1 (7.143%) Software Engineering
3 1 (7.143%) Integration Testing
3 1 (7.143%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 10 (71.43%) C++
1 10 (71.43%) C
2 3 (21.43%) SQL
3 1 (7.143%) C#
3 1 (7.143%) Java
3 1 (7.143%) JavaScript
3 1 (7.143%) PHP
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) Degree
2 1 (7.143%) ISEB