The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Test Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Swindon region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software 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 Swindon region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Test Engineer
Rank 56 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Test Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Swindon 0.196% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.203% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Average salary £27,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £33,500 £32,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+3.07% -7.14%
All Job Titles
Swindon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
493 537 478
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Swindon 96.67% 93.39% 96.37%
Number of salaries quoted 430 470 454
Average salary £37,500 £38,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.31% +8.57%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £24,000 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Software Test Engineer
Wiltshire

Software Test Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Swindon Software Test Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Software Test Engineer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Software Test Engineer across the Swindon region.

Swindon Software Test Engineer Salary Trend

Software Test Engineer
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Swindon region that cited Software 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 Software Test Engineer in their job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Automated Testing
1 9 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 6 (66.67%) QA
2 6 (66.67%) ISTQB
2 6 (66.67%) Requirements Analysis
2 6 (66.67%) MS Office
2 6 (66.67%) XML
2 6 (66.67%) SQL
2 6 (66.67%) VBScript
2 6 (66.67%) VB
2 6 (66.67%) OOP
2 6 (66.67%) OO
2 6 (66.67%) MS Excel
2 6 (66.67%) ISEB
3 3 (33.33%) QuickTest Pro
3 3 (33.33%) Degree
3 3 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 3 (33.33%) Multithreading
3 3 (33.33%) CppUnit
3 3 (33.33%) C++
3 3 (33.33%) GoogleTest
4 2 (22.22%) VBA

Software Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Swindon region that cited Software 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 Software Test Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (66.67%) XML
Applications
1 6 (66.67%) MS Office
1 6 (66.67%) MS Excel
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) QuickTest Pro
1 3 (33.33%) CppUnit
1 3 (33.33%) GoogleTest
Miscellaneous
1 9 (100.00%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Automated Testing
2 6 (66.67%) Requirements Analysis
2 6 (66.67%) OOP
2 6 (66.67%) OO
3 3 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 3 (33.33%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) SQL
1 6 (66.67%) VBScript
1 6 (66.67%) VB
2 3 (33.33%) C++
3 2 (22.22%) VBA
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) ISTQB
1 6 (66.67%) ISEB
2 3 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (66.67%) QA