The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Milton Keynes 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 18 June 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 Milton Keynes region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Engineer
Rank 98 90 88
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 7 1 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 0.540% 0.102% 0.206%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.559% 0.107% 0.217%
Number of salaries quoted 6 1 2
Average salary £28,000 £40,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-30.00% +23.07%
UK excluding London average salary £33,750 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-3.57% -
All Job Titles
Milton Keynes
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1253 937 922
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 96.68% 95.22% 95.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1030 770 805
Average salary £42,500 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.33% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,500 £23,000
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
Buckinghamshire

Test Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes Test Engineer Salary Trend

Test Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 16 (84.21%) QuickTest Pro
2 15 (78.95%) Finance
3 14 (73.68%) Test Automation
4 13 (68.42%) Java
5 12 (63.16%) Automation Testing
6 9 (47.37%) Web Testing
7 5 (26.32%) ISEB
8 4 (21.05%) Software Testing
9 3 (15.79%) User Acceptance Testing
9 3 (15.79%) Regression Testing
9 3 (15.79%) Automotive
9 3 (15.79%) TestDirector
9 3 (15.79%) Client/Server
9 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
9 3 (15.79%) SQL
9 3 (15.79%) MS Office
9 3 (15.79%) Web Services
9 3 (15.79%) XML
9 3 (15.79%) V-Model
10 1 (5.263%) Automated Testing
10 1 (5.263%) ISTQB
10 1 (5.263%) Degree
10 1 (5.263%) JIRA
10 1 (5.263%) Computer Science
10 1 (5.263%) QA
10 1 (5.263%) Selenium
10 1 (5.263%) C#
10 1 (5.263%) Continuous Integration
10 1 (5.263%) HP Quality Center
10 1 (5.263%) WebDriver

Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 (15.79%) Web Services
1 3 (15.79%) XML
Applications
1 3 (15.79%) MS Office
Development Applications
1 16 (84.21%) QuickTest Pro
2 3 (15.79%) TestDirector
3 1 (5.263%) LoadRunner
3 1 (5.263%) JIRA
3 1 (5.263%) Selenium
3 1 (5.263%) WebDriver
3 1 (5.263%) Cucumber
General
1 15 (78.95%) Finance
2 3 (15.79%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Client/Server
2 1 (5.263%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (73.68%) Test Automation
2 12 (63.16%) Automation Testing
3 9 (47.37%) Web Testing
4 4 (21.05%) Software Testing
5 3 (15.79%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (15.79%) Regression Testing
5 3 (15.79%) V-Model
6 1 (5.263%) Automated Testing
6 1 (5.263%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 13 (68.42%) Java
2 3 (15.79%) SQL
3 1 (5.263%) Python
3 1 (5.263%) Tcl
3 1 (5.263%) C#
Qualifications
1 5 (26.32%) ISEB
2 1 (5.263%) ISTQB
2 1 (5.263%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.263%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (5.263%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft