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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Engineer
Rank 180 155 137
Rank change year-on-year
-25 -18
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 12 18 33
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.293% 0.497% 0.835%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.307% 0.515% 0.870%
Number of salaries quoted 7 5 33
Average salary £25,000 £23,000 £32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.69% -28.12%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £21,900 £23,300
10% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -
All Job Titles
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
3913 3494 3793
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 95.56% 96.41% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 3384 3103 3469
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £23,000 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £56,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Test Engineer
North West

Test Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Test Engineer Salary Trend

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 Manchester 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
Cheadle - 3 £32,500 -
Test Engineer
North West

Test Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 11 (50.00%) ISEB
2 10 (45.45%) ISTQB
2 10 (45.45%) Test Automation
3 9 (40.91%) Degree
4 8 (36.36%) Computer Science
4 8 (36.36%) Selenium
5 7 (31.82%) Automated Testing
6 6 (27.27%) JIRA
7 5 (22.73%) User Acceptance Testing
7 5 (22.73%) Test Scripting
7 5 (22.73%) Multithreading
7 5 (22.73%) Agile Software Development
7 5 (22.73%) C#
7 5 (22.73%) Java
8 4 (18.18%) SQL
8 4 (18.18%) .NET
8 4 (18.18%) Telecoms
8 4 (18.18%) System Testing
9 3 (13.64%) Manual Testing
9 3 (13.64%) TDD
9 3 (13.64%) Ruby
9 3 (13.64%) Software Testing
9 3 (13.64%) BBC
9 3 (13.64%) Scrum
9 3 (13.64%) HTTP
9 3 (13.64%) UNIX
9 3 (13.64%) Cucumber
9 3 (13.64%) BDD
10 2 (9.091%) New Media
10 2 (9.091%) Capybara

Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 (18.18%) .NET
2 1 (4.545%) Middleware
2 1 (4.545%) iOS SDK
Applications
1 1 (4.545%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.64%) HTTP
2 2 (9.091%) SS7
2 2 (9.091%) SIGTRAN
3 1 (4.545%) LAN
3 1 (4.545%) WAN
3 1 (4.545%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 8 (36.36%) Selenium
2 6 (27.27%) JIRA
3 3 (13.64%) Cucumber
4 2 (9.091%) Capybara
4 2 (9.091%) WATIR
5 1 (4.545%) QARun
5 1 (4.545%) TestPartner
5 1 (4.545%) WinRunner
5 1 (4.545%) QuickTest Pro
5 1 (4.545%) Xcode
5 1 (4.545%) Eclipse
5 1 (4.545%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (4.545%) Hudson
General
1 4 (18.18%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 8 (36.36%) Computer Science
2 3 (13.64%) BBC
3 2 (9.091%) New Media
3 2 (9.091%) Interactive TV
4 1 (4.545%) SCADA
4 1 (4.545%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.545%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.64%) UNIX
2 2 (9.091%) Windows
3 1 (4.545%) Android
3 1 (4.545%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (45.45%) Test Automation
2 7 (31.82%) Automated Testing
3 5 (22.73%) User Acceptance Testing
3 5 (22.73%) Test Scripting
3 5 (22.73%) Multithreading
3 5 (22.73%) Agile Software Development
4 4 (18.18%) System Testing
5 3 (13.64%) Manual Testing
5 3 (13.64%) TDD
5 3 (13.64%) Software Testing
5 3 (13.64%) Scrum
5 3 (13.64%) BDD
6 2 (9.091%) Software Engineering
6 2 (9.091%) Business Analysis
6 2 (9.091%) Web Development
6 2 (9.091%) Content Management
6 2 (9.091%) Kanban
7 1 (4.545%) Communications Security
7 1 (4.545%) Information Management
7 1 (4.545%) Requirements Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (22.73%) C#
1 5 (22.73%) Java
2 4 (18.18%) SQL
3 3 (13.64%) Ruby
4 1 (4.545%) Objective-C
4 1 (4.545%) JavaScript
4 1 (4.545%) PHP
Qualifications
1 11 (50.00%) ISEB
2 10 (45.45%) ISTQB
3 9 (40.91%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.545%) QA
System Software
1 2 (9.091%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (4.545%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (9.091%) VMware
2 1 (4.545%) HP
2 1 (4.545%) Microsoft