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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Engineer
Rank 86 96 99
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 7 1 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire 0.648% 0.084% 0.151%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.679% 0.089% 0.157%
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 0
Average salary £32,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -
All Job Titles
Nottinghamshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1031 1119 1272
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire 95.46% 93.48% 96.15%
Number of salaries quoted 904 997 1006
Average salary £36,038 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.96% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
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 Nottinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region.

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire 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
Nottingham +2 6 £32,500 -
Test Engineer
East Midlands

Test Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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 9 (81.82%) QA
2 8 (72.73%) Test Automation
2 8 (72.73%) SQL Server
3 7 (63.64%) C#
3 7 (63.64%) .NET
3 7 (63.64%) Automated Testing
4 6 (54.55%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (54.55%) IIS
4 6 (54.55%) OOP
5 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
5 5 (45.45%) HP
5 5 (45.45%) QuickTest Pro
5 5 (45.45%) Test Scripting
6 4 (36.36%) LoadRunner
6 4 (36.36%) Finance
6 4 (36.36%) XML
6 4 (36.36%) OO
6 4 (36.36%) MS Excel
6 4 (36.36%) Visual Studio
6 4 (36.36%) ASP.NET
7 3 (27.27%) HTML
7 3 (27.27%) XAML
7 3 (27.27%) Telecoms
7 3 (27.27%) WPF
7 3 (27.27%) LINQ
7 3 (27.27%) Software Testing
7 3 (27.27%) .NET Framework
7 3 (27.27%) WatiN
7 3 (27.27%) Digital Media
8 2 (18.18%) Mobile App

Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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 7 (63.64%) .NET
2 4 (36.36%) XML
2 4 (36.36%) ASP.NET
3 3 (27.27%) HTML
3 3 (27.27%) WPF
3 3 (27.27%) LINQ
3 3 (27.27%) .NET Framework
4 2 (18.18%) WCF
5 1 (9.091%) COM
5 1 (9.091%) FIX Protocol
Application Platforms
1 6 (54.55%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (36.36%) MS Excel
2 1 (9.091%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.091%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (72.73%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (45.45%) QuickTest Pro
2 4 (36.36%) LoadRunner
2 4 (36.36%) Visual Studio
3 3 (27.27%) WatiN
4 1 (9.091%) TestDirector
4 1 (9.091%) TestComplete
4 1 (9.091%) Selenium
4 1 (9.091%) FitNesse
General
1 4 (36.36%) Finance
2 3 (27.27%) Telecoms
3 1 (9.091%) Publishing
3 1 (9.091%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 6 (54.55%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (27.27%) Digital Media
3 2 (18.18%) Mobile App
4 1 (9.091%) N-Tier
4 1 (9.091%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.091%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Test Automation
2 7 (63.64%) Automated Testing
3 6 (54.55%) OOP
4 5 (45.45%) Test Scripting
5 4 (36.36%) OO
6 3 (27.27%) Software Testing
7 2 (18.18%) Multithreading
7 2 (18.18%) SOA
8 1 (9.091%) Validation
8 1 (9.091%) Scrum
8 1 (9.091%) Manual Testing
8 1 (9.091%) System Testing
8 1 (9.091%) Time Management
8 1 (9.091%) Test Management
8 1 (9.091%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (9.091%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (63.64%) C#
2 3 (27.27%) XAML
3 2 (18.18%) C++
4 1 (9.091%) Java
4 1 (9.091%) JavaScript
4 1 (9.091%) SQL
4 1 (9.091%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (9.091%) ISEB
1 1 (9.091%) Security Cleared
1 1 (9.091%) ISEB Practitioner
1 1 (9.091%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (81.82%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
1 5 (45.45%) HP
2 1 (9.091%) Oracle
Nottinghamshire
Automation Test Analyst / Developer/ Tester - C#.Net/ SQL Server/ QTP/ QC Nottingham based... Responsibilities of the role include: *Develop tools for QA and testing frameworks to run automated...
Spring Technology
Salary: £30000.00 - £35000.00 per annum + Bonus plus benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
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