The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Test Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Test Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 19 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 Oxfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Test Engineer
Rank 117 97 114
Rank change year-on-year
-20 +17
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Test Engineer 5 7 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 0.270% 0.483% 0.056%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.283% 0.496% 0.059%
Number of salaries quoted 5 6 0
Average salary £30,000 £27,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.09% -
UK excluding London average salary £33,500 £32,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+3.07% -7.14%
All Job Titles
Oxfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1765 1411 1700
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 95.35% 97.44% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1522 1277 1535
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £25,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Software Test Engineer
South East

Software Test Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire Software Test Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Software Test Engineer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Software Test Engineer across the Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Software Test Engineer Salary Trend

Software Test Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Test Engineer within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Oxford -16 5 £30,000 +22.44%
Software Test Engineer
South East

Software Test Engineer
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire region that cited Software 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 Software Test Engineer in their job title.

1 14 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 14 (100.00%) QA
2 13 (92.86%) .NET
2 13 (92.86%) SQL Server
2 13 (92.86%) ASP.NET
2 13 (92.86%) ISEB
3 1 (7.143%) C#
3 1 (7.143%) Java
3 1 (7.143%) SQL
3 1 (7.143%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (7.143%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (7.143%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (7.143%) Degree
3 1 (7.143%) Mathematics
3 1 (7.143%) Cucumber
3 1 (7.143%) Concordion
3 1 (7.143%) FitNesse
3 1 (7.143%) Test Scripting

Software Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire region that cited Software 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 Software Test Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 13 (92.86%) .NET
1 13 (92.86%) ASP.NET
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (92.86%) SQL Server
2 1 (7.143%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (7.143%) Cucumber
1 1 (7.143%) Concordion
1 1 (7.143%) FitNesse
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.143%) Mathematics
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (7.143%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (7.143%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (7.143%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.143%) C#
1 1 (7.143%) Java
1 1 (7.143%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (92.86%) ISEB
2 1 (7.143%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (100.00%) QA