The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Salford 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 17 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 Salford region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Engineer
Rank - - 13
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 0 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Salford - - 2.174%
As % of the Job Titles category - - 2.174%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
Average salary - - £27,500
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -
All Job Titles
Salford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
40 47 46
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Salford 97.56% 90.38% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 36 47 46
Average salary £32,500 £36,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.72% +30.90%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,250 £30,000 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £51,500 £42,500 £41,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Test Engineer
Manchester

Test Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Salford 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 Salford region.

Salford Test Engineer Salary Trend

Test Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Salford 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 4 (100.00%) BBC
1 4 (100.00%) Scrum
1 4 (100.00%) Ruby
1 4 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 4 (100.00%) BDD
1 4 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 4 (100.00%) TDD
1 4 (100.00%) Automated Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Content Management
2 2 (50.00%) Interactive TV
2 2 (50.00%) Apple iOS
2 2 (50.00%) Hudson
2 2 (50.00%) iOS SDK
2 2 (50.00%) New Media
2 2 (50.00%) Capybara
2 2 (50.00%) Mobile App
2 2 (50.00%) ISTQB
2 2 (50.00%) Web Development
2 2 (50.00%) JIRA
2 2 (50.00%) WATIR
2 2 (50.00%) Selenium
2 2 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (50.00%) Kanban
2 2 (50.00%) Android
2 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (50.00%) Xcode
2 2 (50.00%) Objective-C
2 2 (50.00%) Java
2 2 (50.00%) JavaScript

Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Salford 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 2 (50.00%) iOS SDK
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Cucumber
2 2 (50.00%) Hudson
2 2 (50.00%) Capybara
2 2 (50.00%) JIRA
2 2 (50.00%) WATIR
2 2 (50.00%) Selenium
2 2 (50.00%) Xcode
2 2 (50.00%) Eclipse
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) BBC
2 2 (50.00%) Interactive TV
2 2 (50.00%) New Media
2 2 (50.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Apple iOS
1 2 (50.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Scrum
1 4 (100.00%) BDD
1 4 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 4 (100.00%) TDD
1 4 (100.00%) Automated Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Content Management
2 2 (50.00%) Web Development
2 2 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (50.00%) Kanban
2 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (50.00%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Ruby
2 2 (50.00%) Objective-C
2 2 (50.00%) Java
2 2 (50.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) ISTQB
1 2 (50.00%) ISEB