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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Engineer
Rank 69 66 64
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 14 22 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 1.677% 2.353% 0.979%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.716% 2.407% 1.012%
Number of salaries quoted 14 22 6
Average salary £27,500 £35,000 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-21.42% +40.00%
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -
All Job Titles
Southampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
816 914 593
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 97.72% 97.75% 96.74%
Number of salaries quoted 744 857 537
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,800 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Test Engineer
Hampshire

Test Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton Test Engineer Salary Trend

Test Engineer
Salary Histogram

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

Southampton Test Engineer Salary Histogram

Test Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton 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 24 (66.67%) SQL
2 21 (58.33%) QA
3 19 (52.78%) ISEB
4 17 (47.22%) Test Scripting
5 15 (41.67%) Scrum
6 14 (38.89%) Agile Software Development
7 12 (33.33%) Linux
8 10 (27.78%) Oracle
8 10 (27.78%) C#
8 10 (27.78%) Performance Testing
9 9 (25.00%) Test Automation
10 8 (22.22%) System Testing
10 8 (22.22%) UNIX
11 7 (19.44%) C++
11 7 (19.44%) Python
11 7 (19.44%) Regression Testing
11 7 (19.44%) Software Testing
11 7 (19.44%) Degree
12 6 (16.67%) Software Engineering
12 6 (16.67%) Oracle 11g
12 6 (16.67%) Validation
12 6 (16.67%) Aerospace
12 6 (16.67%) HP
12 6 (16.67%) TCP/IP
12 6 (16.67%) DNS
12 6 (16.67%) PL/SQL
12 6 (16.67%) HP Quality Center
12 6 (16.67%) Security Cleared
12 6 (16.67%) Bash shell
13 5 (13.89%) UML

Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton 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.

Application Development
1 4 (11.11%) Middleware
2 1 (2.778%) .NET
Communications & Networking
1 6 (16.67%) TCP/IP
1 6 (16.67%) DNS
2 5 (13.89%) ATM
3 1 (2.778%) SMTP
3 1 (2.778%) HTTP
3 1 (2.778%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (16.67%) Oracle 11g
2 4 (11.11%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (16.67%) Aerospace
2 5 (13.89%) Telecoms
3 2 (5.556%) Automotive
4 1 (2.778%) Banking
4 1 (2.778%) Multimedia
4 1 (2.778%) Avionics
4 1 (2.778%) Finance
4 1 (2.778%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.11%) DTV
2 1 (2.778%) SCADA
2 1 (2.778%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (2.778%) Client/Server
2 1 (2.778%) MPEG
Operating Systems
1 12 (33.33%) Linux
2 8 (22.22%) UNIX
3 4 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (47.22%) Test Scripting
2 15 (41.67%) Scrum
3 14 (38.89%) Agile Software Development
4 10 (27.78%) Performance Testing
5 9 (25.00%) Test Automation
6 8 (22.22%) System Testing
7 7 (19.44%) Software Testing
7 7 (19.44%) Regression Testing
8 6 (16.67%) Validation
8 6 (16.67%) Software Engineering
9 5 (13.89%) UML
10 4 (11.11%) Web Testing
11 3 (8.333%) Integration Testing
12 2 (5.556%) Automated Testing
13 1 (2.778%) Requirements Analysis
13 1 (2.778%) Use Case
13 1 (2.778%) E-Commerce
13 1 (2.778%) Configuration Management
13 1 (2.778%) Earned Value Management
13 1 (2.778%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 24 (66.67%) SQL
2 10 (27.78%) C#
3 7 (19.44%) C++
3 7 (19.44%) Python
4 6 (16.67%) Bash shell
4 6 (16.67%) PL/SQL
5 2 (5.556%) C
5 2 (5.556%) Perl
Qualifications
1 19 (52.78%) ISEB
2 7 (19.44%) Degree
3 6 (16.67%) Security Cleared
4 3 (8.333%) SC Cleared
5 2 (5.556%) ISTQB
6 1 (2.778%) DV Cleared
6 1 (2.778%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (58.33%) QA
2 1 (2.778%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 6 (16.67%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 10 (27.78%) Oracle
2 6 (16.67%) HP
3 4 (11.11%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.778%) VMware
Southampton, South East
Taking the role in the quality assurance of an agile team you will ensure that Linux, web-based software is tested thoroughly and performs according to the requirements...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + flexi time, 5% pension and more
Posted: 14 May 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
Key skills: * Good understanding of IP networking, internet protocols (HTTP, SMTP) and Linux * Experience in preparing test environments using VMWare * Functional and Non-Functional techniques. Desirable * Experience of...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + flexi time, 5% pension and more
Posted: 13 May 2013