Test Engineer Jobs in the South West

Test Engineer
England > South West

The median Test Engineer salary in the South West is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 237 203 240
Rank change year-on-year -34 +37 -8
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 52 68 69
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.57% 0.98% 0.87%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% 1.10% 0.90%
Number of salaries quoted 18 43 45
10th Percentile £37,400 £35,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,593 £43,000 £39,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £51,500 £44,039
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% +16.94% -14.07%
75th Percentile £63,125 £59,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £66,200 £62,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the South West with a recognized job title 8,802 6,157 7,668
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.10% 89.15% 96.44%
Number of salaries quoted 6,436 3,853 5,126
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,288 £29,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% +0.95% +9.09%

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings that featured Test Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Test Engineer in the South West

Test Engineer
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test Engineer in the South West.

Salary trend for Test Engineer in the South West

Test Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Engineer in the South West over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Engineer in the South West

Test Engineer
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Engineer within the South West region over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Gloucestershire -30 15 £60,000 +16.50% 4
Wiltshire +4 13 £48,500 +21.25% 7
Devon 0 13 £47,375 +18.44% 1
Bristol -4 4 £45,000 -12.20% 12
Somerset -6 4 £39,500 -24.76% 5
Dorset -30 2 - - 2
Cornwall - 1 £25,000 - 2
Test Engineer
England

Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, Test Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South West region featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 25 (48.08%) Test Automation
2 21 (40.38%) Degree
3 20 (38.46%) Python
4 19 (36.54%) Windows
5 18 (34.62%) Software Testing
5 18 (34.62%) Problem-Solving
6 17 (32.69%) Analytical Skills
7 14 (26.92%) Linux
8 13 (25.00%) Microsoft
8 13 (25.00%) Git
9 12 (23.08%) Software Engineering
9 12 (23.08%) Agile
9 12 (23.08%) ISTQB
9 12 (23.08%) Social Skills
9 12 (23.08%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (21.15%) JIRA
11 10 (19.23%) Regression Testing
12 9 (17.31%) Manufacturing
12 9 (17.31%) LabVIEW
12 9 (17.31%) Microsoft Office
12 9 (17.31%) GitHub
13 8 (15.38%) Kalman Filter
13 8 (15.38%) pytest
13 8 (15.38%) Time Management
13 8 (15.38%) Test Management
13 8 (15.38%) Confluence
13 8 (15.38%) HND
13 8 (15.38%) Unix
13 8 (15.38%) Electronics
13 8 (15.38%) B2B

Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (15.38%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (17.31%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (17.31%) GitHub
2 4 (7.69%) Azure
3 2 (3.85%) AWS
4 1 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.92%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.92%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.69%) Bluetooth
1 4 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
1 4 (7.69%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.77%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.92%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (25.00%) Git
2 11 (21.15%) JIRA
3 9 (17.31%) LabVIEW
4 3 (5.77%) Cucumber
4 3 (5.77%) Cypress.io
4 3 (5.77%) Selenium
5 2 (3.85%) Jenkins
5 2 (3.85%) JMeter
5 2 (3.85%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (1.92%) Appium
6 1 (1.92%) Gatling
6 1 (1.92%) JBehave
6 1 (1.92%) JUnit
6 1 (1.92%) Moq
6 1 (1.92%) SilkPerformer
6 1 (1.92%) SpecFlow
6 1 (1.92%) Subversion
6 1 (1.92%) WebDriver
General
1 17 (32.69%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 9 (17.31%) Manufacturing
4 8 (15.38%) Electronics
4 8 (15.38%) Presentation Skills
5 6 (11.54%) Finance
6 4 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (5.77%) Aerospace
7 3 (5.77%) Military
7 3 (5.77%) Retail
8 2 (3.85%) Marketing
9 1 (1.92%) Aviation
9 1 (1.92%) Banking
9 1 (1.92%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (15.38%) pytest
2 2 (3.85%) Gherkin
3 1 (1.92%) .NET
3 1 (1.92%) Jest
3 1 (1.92%) Node.js
3 1 (1.92%) Playwright
3 1 (1.92%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 12 (23.08%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (7.69%) Embedded Systems
2 4 (7.69%) IoT
3 2 (3.85%) Algorithms
3 2 (3.85%) Chip and PIN
4 1 (1.92%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.92%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 19 (36.54%) Windows
2 14 (26.92%) Linux
3 8 (15.38%) Unix
4 1 (1.92%) CentOS
4 1 (1.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.92%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (48.08%) Test Automation
2 18 (34.62%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (34.62%) Software Testing
3 12 (23.08%) Agile
3 12 (23.08%) Software Engineering
4 10 (19.23%) Regression Testing
5 8 (15.38%) B2B
5 8 (15.38%) Kalman Filter
5 8 (15.38%) Test Management
5 8 (15.38%) Time Management
6 7 (13.46%) Test Strategy
7 6 (11.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 6 (11.54%) Manual Testing
8 5 (9.62%) Continuous Integration
8 5 (9.62%) Software Delivery
9 4 (7.69%) Computer Science
9 4 (7.69%) Energy Management
9 4 (7.69%) Performance Testing
9 4 (7.69%) Test Scripting
9 4 (7.69%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 20 (38.46%) Python
2 8 (15.38%) MATLAB
3 3 (5.77%) Java
3 3 (5.77%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.92%) C#
4 1 (1.92%) Ruby
4 1 (1.92%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 21 (40.38%) Degree
2 12 (23.08%) ISTQB
3 8 (15.38%) HND
4 7 (13.46%) Security Cleared
5 4 (7.69%) DV Cleared
6 3 (5.77%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 2 (3.85%) DBS Check
7 2 (3.85%) HNC
7 2 (3.85%) SC Cleared
8 1 (1.92%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (13.46%) QA
2 1 (1.92%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.92%) HAZOP
System Software
1 1 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 13 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.85%) Thales
3 1 (1.92%) Atlassian
3 1 (1.92%) Red Hat
3 1 (1.92%) VMware