The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Staffordshire 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 19 June 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 Staffordshire region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Engineer
Rank 70 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 3 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 0.469% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.482% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Average salary £34,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £33,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-4.28% -
All Job Titles
Staffordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
623 603 529
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 97.34% 97.57% 93.96%
Number of salaries quoted 530 517 398
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Test Engineer
West Midlands

Test Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Stoke-on-Trent - 2 £39,000 -
Stafford - 1 £30,000 -
Test Engineer
West Midlands

Test Engineer
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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 (66.67%) C#
1 2 (66.67%) C++
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
1 2 (66.67%) .NET
1 2 (66.67%) ASP.NET
2 1 (33.33%) VC++
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) ISEB
2 1 (33.33%) NHS
2 1 (33.33%) MFC
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) QA
2 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (33.33%) VMware

Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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 2 (66.67%) .NET
1 2 (66.67%) ASP.NET
2 1 (33.33%) MFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
1 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
1 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C#
1 2 (66.67%) C++
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) VC++
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) ISEB
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) VMware