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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Engineer
Rank 72 76 -
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 4 4 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 0.556% 0.420% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.573% 0.437% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 4 0
Average salary £26,250 £33,250 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-21.05% -
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -
All Job Titles
South Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
698 916 832
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 96.94% 96.22% 96.52%
Number of salaries quoted 603 760 686
Average salary £33,000 £34,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.94% +4.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £44,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Test Engineer
Yorkshire

Test Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Yorkshire 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 South Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire Test Engineer Salary Trend

Test Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Engineer within the South Yorkshire 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
Sheffield +7 4 £26,250 -25.00%
Test Engineer
Yorkshire

Test Engineer
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Yorkshire 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%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Code Coverage
2 1 (25.00%) Configuration Management
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