The first table below looks at the demand for the 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 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 Oxfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Engineer
Rank 114 91 99
Rank change year-on-year
-23 +8
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 11 14 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 0.586% 0.958% 0.789%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.613% 0.984% 0.830%
Number of salaries quoted 11 12 8
Average salary £25,000 £27,500 £36,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.09% -25.17%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £24,500 £32,000
10% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £45,000 £39,000
UK excluding London average salary £33,750 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-3.57% -
All Job Titles
Oxfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1794 1423 1687
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 95.53% 97.40% 95.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1550 1284 1527
Average salary £40,000 £39,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.56% -2.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £25,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Test Engineer
South East

Test Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Test Engineer Salary Trend

Test Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Engineer across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Oxfordshire Test Engineer Salary Histogram

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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 18 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
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Job
Vacancies
Oxford -18 5 £30,000 -14.89%
Wallingford - 4 £23,000 -
Thame - 1 £30,000 - 1
Test Engineer
South East

Test Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 33 (89.19%) QA
2 21 (56.76%) Manual Testing
3 19 (51.35%) ISEB
3 19 (51.35%) SQL Server
4 18 (48.65%) Agile Software Development
5 17 (45.95%) .NET
6 13 (35.14%) ASP.NET
7 11 (29.73%) SQL
8 10 (27.03%) Windows
9 9 (24.32%) Penetration Testing
9 9 (24.32%) Test Automation
10 8 (21.62%) Linux
10 8 (21.62%) Python
10 8 (21.62%) UNIX
10 8 (21.62%) Java
10 8 (21.62%) Perl
11 7 (18.92%) Selenium
12 5 (13.51%) Software Testing
13 4 (10.81%) Drupal
13 4 (10.81%) Test Scripting
13 4 (10.81%) C#
13 4 (10.81%) Oracle
13 4 (10.81%) MS Excel
13 4 (10.81%) MS Access
13 4 (10.81%) WebDriver
14 3 (8.108%) IBM
14 3 (8.108%) DB2
14 3 (8.108%) Compuware
14 3 (8.108%) HP
14 3 (8.108%) Scrum

Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 17 (45.95%) .NET
2 13 (35.14%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 4 (10.81%) Drupal
Applications
1 4 (10.81%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.703%) Wireless
1 1 (2.703%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (51.35%) SQL Server
2 4 (10.81%) MS Access
3 3 (8.108%) DB2
4 2 (5.405%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 7 (18.92%) Selenium
2 4 (10.81%) WebDriver
3 2 (5.405%) Cucumber
3 2 (5.405%) Concordion
3 2 (5.405%) FitNesse
3 2 (5.405%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (5.405%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 1 (2.703%) Telecoms
1 1 (2.703%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.405%) Replication
1 2 (5.405%) Mathematics
2 1 (2.703%) Mainframe
2 1 (2.703%) CESG
Operating Systems
1 10 (27.03%) Windows
2 8 (21.62%) Linux
2 8 (21.62%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (56.76%) Manual Testing
2 18 (48.65%) Agile Software Development
3 9 (24.32%) Penetration Testing
3 9 (24.32%) Test Automation
4 5 (13.51%) Software Testing
5 4 (10.81%) Test Scripting
6 3 (8.108%) Project Planning
6 3 (8.108%) Data Management
6 3 (8.108%) Scrum
7 2 (5.405%) Business Intelligence
8 1 (2.703%) Data Security
8 1 (2.703%) Information Security
8 1 (2.703%) Ethical Hacking
8 1 (2.703%) Automated Testing
8 1 (2.703%) Digital Forensics
Programming Languages
1 11 (29.73%) SQL
2 8 (21.62%) Python
2 8 (21.62%) Java
2 8 (21.62%) Perl
3 4 (10.81%) C#
Qualifications
1 19 (51.35%) ISEB
2 2 (5.405%) ISTQB
2 2 (5.405%) Degree
3 1 (2.703%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (89.19%) QA
2 1 (2.703%) HIPAA
Systems Management
1 2 (5.405%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (10.81%) Oracle
2 3 (8.108%) IBM
2 3 (8.108%) Compuware
2 3 (8.108%) HP
3 2 (5.405%) Microsoft
Thame, Oxfordshire
You will need to be comfortable performing all aspects of testing (50/50 split of manual and automated testing). You will be writing system tests on a daily...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 25,000 - 35,000
Posted: 13 June 2013