The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Sheffield 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 24 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 Sheffield region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Engineer
Rank 53 62 -
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 4 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sheffield 0.763% 0.163% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.787% 0.169% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 0
Average salary £26,250 £35,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-25.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -
All Job Titles
Sheffield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
508 591 561
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sheffield 96.95% 96.25% 97.57%
Number of salaries quoted 444 509 477
Average salary £34,500 £34,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.47% +3.03%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £45,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Test Engineer
South Yorkshire

Test Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Sheffield 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 Sheffield region.

Sheffield Test Engineer Salary Trend

Test Engineer
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sheffield 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 2 (50.00%) ISEB
1 2 (50.00%) Automated Testing
1 2 (50.00%) ISTQB
1 2 (50.00%) JIRA
1 2 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (25.00%) Twitter
2 1 (25.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (25.00%) QA
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Code Coverage
2 1 (25.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (25.00%) C
2 1 (25.00%) C#
2 1 (25.00%) C++
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence

Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sheffield 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.

Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) JIRA
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Automated Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Code Coverage
2 1 (25.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C
1 1 (25.00%) C#
1 1 (25.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) ISEB
1 2 (50.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Twitter