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

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Engineer
Rank 78 60 76
Rank change year-on-year
-18 +16
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 5 8 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 0.492% 1.173% 0.695%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.513% 1.212% 0.718%
Number of salaries quoted 5 6 6
Average salary £30,000 £35,250 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.89% -6.00%
UK excluding London average salary £33,750 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-3.57% -
All Job Titles
Oxford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
974 660 836
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 95.87% 96.77% 96.87%
Number of salaries quoted 849 599 747
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% -
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Test Engineer
Oxfordshire

Test Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford Test Engineer Salary Trend

Test Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 (94.12%) QA
2 10 (58.82%) Agile Software Development
3 9 (52.94%) Penetration Testing
3 9 (52.94%) Test Automation
4 8 (47.06%) Perl
4 8 (47.06%) UNIX
4 8 (47.06%) Windows
4 8 (47.06%) Linux
4 8 (47.06%) Python
5 7 (41.18%) SQL Server
5 7 (41.18%) Manual Testing
6 6 (35.29%) ISEB
6 6 (35.29%) ASP.NET
6 6 (35.29%) .NET
7 2 (11.76%) SQL
8 1 (5.882%) C#
8 1 (5.882%) Java
8 1 (5.882%) Oracle
8 1 (5.882%) DB2
8 1 (5.882%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (5.882%) Business Intelligence
8 1 (5.882%) IBM
8 1 (5.882%) Compuware
8 1 (5.882%) HP
8 1 (5.882%) Data Management
8 1 (5.882%) CESG
8 1 (5.882%) QuickTest Pro
8 1 (5.882%) Mainframe
8 1 (5.882%) Wireless
8 1 (5.882%) Scrum

Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 (35.29%) .NET
1 6 (35.29%) ASP.NET
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.882%) Wireless
1 1 (5.882%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (41.18%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.882%) DB2
2 1 (5.882%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (5.882%) QuickTest Pro
1 1 (5.882%) FitNesse
1 1 (5.882%) Cucumber
1 1 (5.882%) Concordion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.882%) Mainframe
1 1 (5.882%) CESG
1 1 (5.882%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 8 (47.06%) UNIX
1 8 (47.06%) Windows
1 8 (47.06%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (58.82%) Agile Software Development
2 9 (52.94%) Penetration Testing
2 9 (52.94%) Test Automation
3 7 (41.18%) Manual Testing
4 1 (5.882%) Digital Forensics
4 1 (5.882%) Software Testing
4 1 (5.882%) Project Planning
4 1 (5.882%) Test Scripting
4 1 (5.882%) Data Management
4 1 (5.882%) Ethical Hacking
4 1 (5.882%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (5.882%) Scrum
4 1 (5.882%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 8 (47.06%) Perl
1 8 (47.06%) Python
2 2 (11.76%) SQL
3 1 (5.882%) C#
3 1 (5.882%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (35.29%) ISEB
2 1 (5.882%) CEH
2 1 (5.882%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (94.12%) QA
2 1 (5.882%) HIPAA
Vendors
1 1 (5.882%) Oracle
1 1 (5.882%) IBM
1 1 (5.882%) Compuware
1 1 (5.882%) HP