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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Engineer
Rank 85 84 98
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +14
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 6 1 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Nottingham 0.634% 0.096% 0.167%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.664% 0.104% 0.173%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
Average salary £31,750 - -
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -
All Job Titles
Nottingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
903 965 1155
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Nottingham 95.35% 92.97% 96.25%
Number of salaries quoted 798 851 918
Average salary £36,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.85% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £53,500 £50,000 £50,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Test Engineer
Nottinghamshire

Test Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Nottingham 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 Nottingham region.

Nottingham Test Engineer Salary Trend

Test Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Nottingham 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 8 (72.73%) QA
2 7 (63.64%) Test Automation
2 7 (63.64%) SQL Server
3 6 (54.55%) C#
3 6 (54.55%) .NET
3 6 (54.55%) Automated Testing
4 5 (45.45%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (45.45%) IIS
4 5 (45.45%) OOP
5 4 (36.36%) XML
5 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
5 4 (36.36%) HP
5 4 (36.36%) QuickTest Pro
5 4 (36.36%) Finance
5 4 (36.36%) Test Scripting
5 4 (36.36%) Software Testing
6 3 (27.27%) WPF
6 3 (27.27%) LINQ
6 3 (27.27%) WatiN
6 3 (27.27%) Digital Media
6 3 (27.27%) LoadRunner
6 3 (27.27%) XAML
6 3 (27.27%) Telecoms
6 3 (27.27%) OO
6 3 (27.27%) MS Excel
6 3 (27.27%) Visual Studio
6 3 (27.27%) ASP.NET
6 3 (27.27%) C++
6 3 (27.27%) HTML
7 2 (18.18%) JavaScript

Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Nottingham 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 6 (54.55%) .NET
2 4 (36.36%) XML
3 3 (27.27%) WPF
3 3 (27.27%) LINQ
3 3 (27.27%) ASP.NET
3 3 (27.27%) HTML
4 2 (18.18%) WCF
4 2 (18.18%) .NET Framework
5 1 (9.091%) FIX Protocol
5 1 (9.091%) COM
Application Platforms
1 5 (45.45%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (27.27%) MS Excel
2 1 (9.091%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.091%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (63.64%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (36.36%) QuickTest Pro
2 3 (27.27%) WatiN
2 3 (27.27%) LoadRunner
2 3 (27.27%) Visual Studio
3 2 (18.18%) TestComplete
4 1 (9.091%) Selenium
4 1 (9.091%) FitNesse
4 1 (9.091%) TestDirector
General
1 4 (36.36%) Finance
2 3 (27.27%) Telecoms
3 1 (9.091%) Marketing
3 1 (9.091%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (27.27%) Digital Media
3 2 (18.18%) Mobile App
4 1 (9.091%) Credit Risk
4 1 (9.091%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.091%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Test Automation
2 6 (54.55%) Automated Testing
3 5 (45.45%) OOP
4 4 (36.36%) Test Scripting
4 4 (36.36%) Software Testing
5 3 (27.27%) OO
6 2 (18.18%) SOA
6 2 (18.18%) Multithreading
7 1 (9.091%) Agile Software Development
7 1 (9.091%) Test Management
7 1 (9.091%) Manual Testing
7 1 (9.091%) System Testing
7 1 (9.091%) Time Management
7 1 (9.091%) Automation Testing
7 1 (9.091%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (9.091%) Validation
7 1 (9.091%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 6 (54.55%) C#
2 3 (27.27%) XAML
2 3 (27.27%) C++
3 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
4 1 (9.091%) C
4 1 (9.091%) SQL
4 1 (9.091%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) Degree
2 1 (9.091%) ISEB Practitioner
2 1 (9.091%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.091%) HND
2 1 (9.091%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (72.73%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
1 4 (36.36%) HP
2 1 (9.091%) Oracle
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
You will be educated to a HND or Degree level, preferably in an Engineering related field, along with having at least 5+ years relevant Software Testing experience. You...
Executive Resource Group
Salary: Unspecified
Posted: 21 May 2013
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
have developed scripts / frameworks with tools like HP's Quick Test Pro & Quality Center testing tools and will have. designed and analyzed automated test suites using test tools...
The SLR Group
Salary: Unspecified plus bonus, pension, healthcare.
Posted: 20 May 2013