Test and Validation Engineer Jobs in the Midlands

Validation and Test Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Validation and Test Engineer salary in the Midlands is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 313 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Test and Validation Engineer 5 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.043% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.046% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - -
England median annual salary £33,500 £70,000 -
% change year-on-year -52.14% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the Midlands with a recognized job title 10,980 8,617 10,283
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.28% 89.52% 94.79%
Number of salaries quoted 8,219 4,802 7,089
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,741 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,732 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.91% +1.22% +9.09%

Test and Validation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings that featured Test and Validation Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Test and Validation Engineer in the Midlands

Test and Validation Engineer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test and Validation Engineer in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Test and Validation Engineer in the Midlands

Test and Validation Engineer
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test and Validation Engineer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands - 5 £70,000 - 2
Test and Validation Engineer
England

Test and Validation Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Test and Validation Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Midlands region featuring Test and Validation Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Validation
2 4 (80.00%) Automotive
2 4 (80.00%) Test Automation
2 4 (80.00%) Test Strategy
2 4 (80.00%) Degree
3 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (40.00%) Use Case
3 2 (40.00%) Test Scripting
3 2 (40.00%) Manual Testing
3 2 (40.00%) C
3 2 (40.00%) OOP
3 2 (40.00%) OO
3 2 (40.00%) Python
3 2 (40.00%) Configuration Management
3 2 (40.00%) MATLAB
3 2 (40.00%) Simulink
3 2 (40.00%) Project Management
3 2 (40.00%) Electronics
3 2 (40.00%) Test Planning
3 2 (40.00%) Data Acquisition
3 2 (40.00%) Infotainment
3 2 (40.00%) Master's Degree
3 2 (40.00%) Systems Engineering
3 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (40.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (40.00%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
3 2 (40.00%) Verification and Validation
3 2 (40.00%) Agile
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) EMC

Test and Validation Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Simulink
General
1 4 (80.00%) Automotive
2 2 (40.00%) Electronics
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Infotainment
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Validation
2 4 (80.00%) Test Automation
2 4 (80.00%) Test Strategy
3 2 (40.00%) Agile
3 2 (40.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (40.00%) Configuration Management
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (40.00%) Data Acquisition
3 2 (40.00%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
3 2 (40.00%) Manual Testing
3 2 (40.00%) OO
3 2 (40.00%) OOP
3 2 (40.00%) Project Management
3 2 (40.00%) Systems Engineering
3 2 (40.00%) Test Planning
3 2 (40.00%) Test Scripting
3 2 (40.00%) Use Case
3 2 (40.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) C
1 2 (40.00%) MATLAB
1 2 (40.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) EMC