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

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Test Engineer
Rank 60 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Test Engineer 4 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 0.633% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.659% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
Average salary £38,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £33,500 £32,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+3.07% -7.14%
All Job Titles
Somerset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
607 477 525
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 96.04% 98.96% 98.31%
Number of salaries quoted 532 447 492
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £25,000 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Software Test Engineer
South West

Software Test Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset 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 Somerset 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
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Job
Vacancies
Bath - 3 £38,000 - 1
Software Test Engineer
South West

Software Test Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset 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 15 (100.00%) Automated Testing
2 11 (73.33%) C++
3 8 (53.33%) Perl
3 8 (53.33%) SQL
3 8 (53.33%) MySQL
3 8 (53.33%) TCP/IP
3 8 (53.33%) VPN
3 8 (53.33%) RDBMS
3 8 (53.33%) Tcl
3 8 (53.33%) C
3 8 (53.33%) Linux
3 8 (53.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 8 (53.33%) IGMP
3 8 (53.33%) Test Automation
3 8 (53.33%) Bash shell
3 8 (53.33%) Waterfall
4 4 (26.67%) Software Testing
5 3 (20.00%) GoogleTest
5 3 (20.00%) Finance
5 3 (20.00%) XML
5 3 (20.00%) Software Engineering
5 3 (20.00%) Multithreading
5 3 (20.00%) Manual Testing
5 3 (20.00%) Computer Science
5 3 (20.00%) CppUnit
5 3 (20.00%) SWIFT
6 1 (6.667%) BC Cleared
6 1 (6.667%) Security Cleared
6 1 (6.667%) Middleware
6 1 (6.667%) Games

Software Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset 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 3 (20.00%) XML
2 1 (6.667%) Middleware
Communications & Networking
1 8 (53.33%) TCP/IP
1 8 (53.33%) VPN
1 8 (53.33%) IGMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (53.33%) MySQL
1 8 (53.33%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) GoogleTest
1 3 (20.00%) CppUnit
General
1 3 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (6.667%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (20.00%) SWIFT
Operating Systems
1 8 (53.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) Automated Testing
2 8 (53.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 8 (53.33%) Test Automation
2 8 (53.33%) Waterfall
3 4 (26.67%) Software Testing
4 3 (20.00%) Software Engineering
4 3 (20.00%) Multithreading
4 3 (20.00%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 11 (73.33%) C++
2 8 (53.33%) Perl
2 8 (53.33%) SQL
2 8 (53.33%) Tcl
2 8 (53.33%) C
2 8 (53.33%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 1 (6.667%) BC Cleared
1 1 (6.667%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.667%) ISO 9001
Bath, South West
Enhance the testing processes for the .NET WinForms, ASP .NET andDelphisystems. Assist in greatly increasing the automated testing coverage... Operate as part of the agile development team... 5+...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £41000 per annum + Pension
Posted: 7 June 2013