Test Engineer Jobs in Southampton

Test Engineer
Hampshire > Southampton

The median Test Engineer salary in Southampton is £37,910 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 70 61 87
Rank change year-on-year -9 +26 -10
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 10 19 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 1.18% 2.41% 1.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.22% 2.58% 1.96%
Number of salaries quoted 4 16 23
10th Percentile - £27,500 £38,142
25th Percentile £35,000 £34,063 £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,910 £40,821 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.13% -22.25% +36.17%
75th Percentile £42,475 £44,750 £62,500
90th Percentile - £59,836 -
Hampshire median annual salary £45,000 £41,500 £44,375
% change year-on-year +8.43% -6.48% -1.39%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Southampton

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Southampton. 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 Southampton with a recognized job title 820 737 1,176
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.04% 93.29% 96.24%
Number of salaries quoted 695 591 990
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £61,250 £69,375 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £85,000
Hampshire median annual salary £50,000 £51,125 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.20% -2.62% +10.53%

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Engineer in Southampton

Test Engineer
Salary Trend in Southampton

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test Engineer in Southampton.

Salary trend for Test Engineer in Southampton

Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton

For the 6 months to 27 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 Southampton region featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (80.00%) Agile
1 8 (80.00%) Test Automation
1 8 (80.00%) DevOps
1 8 (80.00%) CI/CD
2 6 (60.00%) TeamCity
2 6 (60.00%) JBehave
2 6 (60.00%) Cucumber
2 6 (60.00%) BDD
2 6 (60.00%) SpecFlow
2 6 (60.00%) Gherkin
2 6 (60.00%) Jenkins
2 6 (60.00%) Data Centre
2 6 (60.00%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (60.00%) Retail
2 6 (60.00%) JIRA
2 6 (60.00%) Selenium
2 6 (60.00%) Test Scripting
2 6 (60.00%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (20.00%) Waterfall
3 2 (20.00%) Azure
3 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Automation
3 2 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (20.00%) SDLC
3 2 (20.00%) DBS Check
3 2 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (20.00%) Customer-Centricity
3 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (20.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared

Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Azure
1 2 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 6 (60.00%) Cucumber
1 6 (60.00%) JBehave
1 6 (60.00%) Jenkins
1 6 (60.00%) JIRA
1 6 (60.00%) Selenium
1 6 (60.00%) SpecFlow
1 6 (60.00%) TeamCity
2 2 (20.00%) JMeter
General
1 6 (60.00%) Retail
2 2 (20.00%) Electronics
2 2 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (60.00%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 6 (60.00%) Data Centre
1 6 (60.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Agile
1 8 (80.00%) CI/CD
1 8 (80.00%) DevOps
1 8 (80.00%) Test Automation
2 6 (60.00%) BDD
2 6 (60.00%) Continuous Integration
2 6 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (60.00%) Test Scripting
3 2 (20.00%) Customer-Centricity
3 2 (20.00%) ETL
3 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Automation
3 2 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (20.00%) SDLC
3 2 (20.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (20.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) C#
1 2 (20.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (20.00%) Python
1 2 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) DBS Check
1 2 (20.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) QA