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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Test Engineer
Rank 187 201 195
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -6
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Test Engineer 23 14 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.438% 0.254% 0.171%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.454% 0.266% 0.179%
Number of salaries quoted 22 14 9
Average salary £32,500 £30,250 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.43% -6.92%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,600 £27,500 £30,800
10% offered a salary of more than £38,000 £36,050 £36,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £33,000 £33,500
% change year-on-year
-1.51% -1.49%
All Job Titles
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5066 5265 5574
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 96.57% 95.45% 95.09%
Number of salaries quoted 4462 4544 4772
Average salary £35,500 £36,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.38% +2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £24,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Test Engineer
England

Software Test Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West Software Test Engineer Salary Trend

Software Test Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Test Engineer across the South West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South West Software Test Engineer Salary Histogram

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 South West region over the 3 months to 17 May 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
Bristol +5 16 £32,500 -1.51%
Gloucestershire +10 3 £28,500 +3.63%
Somerset - 3 £38,000 -
Wiltshire - 1 £27,500 -
Software Test Engineer
England

Software Test Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 36 (48.65%) Automated Testing
2 31 (41.89%) C++
3 30 (40.54%) QA
4 27 (36.49%) ISTQB
4 27 (36.49%) ISEB
5 25 (33.78%) Degree
6 24 (32.43%) SQL
7 17 (22.97%) Software Testing
8 16 (21.62%) Computer Science
8 16 (21.62%) Test Scripting
8 16 (21.62%) Web Services
8 16 (21.62%) HND
8 16 (21.62%) HTTP
9 14 (18.92%) VBScript
9 14 (18.92%) C#
10 13 (17.57%) C
10 13 (17.57%) XML
10 13 (17.57%) OO
11 12 (16.22%) Security Cleared
11 12 (16.22%) Test Automation
12 11 (14.86%) MS Office
12 11 (14.86%) Linux
12 11 (14.86%) MS Excel
12 11 (14.86%) MySQL
12 11 (14.86%) Tcl
13 10 (13.51%) TCP/IP
13 10 (13.51%) VPN
13 10 (13.51%) RDBMS
13 10 (13.51%) Perl
13 10 (13.51%) VB

Software Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 16 (21.62%) Web Services
2 13 (17.57%) XML
3 7 (9.459%) Middleware
4 2 (2.703%) WPF
5 1 (1.351%) .NET
Applications
1 11 (14.86%) MS Office
1 11 (14.86%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 16 (21.62%) HTTP
2 10 (13.51%) TCP/IP
2 10 (13.51%) VPN
2 10 (13.51%) IGMP
3 1 (1.351%) Gigabit Ethernet
3 1 (1.351%) UWB
3 1 (1.351%) Wireless
3 1 (1.351%) Bluetooth
3 1 (1.351%) GSM
3 1 (1.351%) UMTS
3 1 (1.351%) WLAN
3 1 (1.351%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (14.86%) MySQL
2 10 (13.51%) RDBMS
3 3 (4.054%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (6.757%) QuickTest Pro
1 5 (6.757%) CppUnit
1 5 (6.757%) GoogleTest
2 3 (4.054%) NUnit
3 1 (1.351%) FogBugz
General
1 5 (6.757%) Games
2 3 (4.054%) Electronics
2 3 (4.054%) Aerospace
2 3 (4.054%) Manufacturing
3 2 (2.703%) Finance
4 1 (1.351%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 16 (21.62%) Computer Science
2 3 (4.054%) N-Tier
3 2 (2.703%) SWIFT
4 1 (1.351%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 11 (14.86%) Linux
2 7 (9.459%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (48.65%) Automated Testing
2 17 (22.97%) Software Testing
3 16 (21.62%) Test Scripting
4 13 (17.57%) OO
5 12 (16.22%) Test Automation
6 10 (13.51%) Waterfall
6 10 (13.51%) OOP
6 10 (13.51%) Requirements Analysis
6 10 (13.51%) User Acceptance Testing
7 8 (10.81%) Manual Testing
8 6 (8.108%) Multithreading
9 5 (6.757%) Software Engineering
9 5 (6.757%) Scrum
9 5 (6.757%) Agile Software Development
10 4 (5.405%) UML
10 4 (5.405%) Time Management
10 4 (5.405%) Continuous Integration
10 4 (5.405%) Analytics
11 3 (4.054%) Quality Management
12 2 (2.703%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 31 (41.89%) C++
2 24 (32.43%) SQL
3 14 (18.92%) VBScript
3 14 (18.92%) C#
4 13 (17.57%) C
5 11 (14.86%) Tcl
6 10 (13.51%) Perl
6 10 (13.51%) Bash shell
6 10 (13.51%) VB
7 4 (5.405%) PowerShell
8 3 (4.054%) Java
9 2 (2.703%) VBA
10 1 (1.351%) Python
10 1 (1.351%) PHP
Qualifications
1 27 (36.49%) ISEB
1 27 (36.49%) ISTQB
2 25 (33.78%) Degree
3 16 (21.62%) HND
4 12 (16.22%) Security Cleared
5 4 (5.405%) SC Cleared
6 3 (4.054%) HNC
6 3 (4.054%) NVQ Level 3
7 2 (2.703%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (40.54%) QA
2 10 (13.51%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 1 (1.351%) WMI
Vendors
1 3 (4.054%) Borland
Bristol, Avon
Software Test Engineer, end user functional testing, Windows environment and web based applications, Bristol, £27,000... You will produce test specifications and acceptance criteria for new features and...
Sanderson
Salary: £23000 - £27000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
This role would suit a test engineer with 2 - 5 years of experience following a degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering. You must be able to read...
IT Connections
Salary: £25,000 to £35,000
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Our client is looking to employ 2 senior QA Test Engineers... Previous experience working with complex databases and writing SQL for test purposes is also expected. Testing within...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £42000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bath, Avon
My client’s test team predominately use automated testing, however would ideally like the successful Senior Tester / Software Test Engineer to have a background in both manual and...
Haybrook IT Resourcing Ltd
Salary: From £32,000 to £38,000 per annum + Excellent Corporate Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013