The first table below looks at the demand for the 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 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 Swindon region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Engineer
Rank 48 57 52
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -5
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 6 3 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Swindon 1.290% 0.586% 0.200%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.333% 0.637% 0.205%
Number of salaries quoted 6 3 1
Average salary £32,875 £34,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.30% -20.00%
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -
All Job Titles
Swindon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
450 471 487
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Swindon 96.77% 91.99% 97.21%
Number of salaries quoted 399 405 446
Average salary £36,000 £37,500 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.00% +8.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Test Engineer
Wiltshire

Test Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Swindon Test Engineer Salary Trend

Test Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Swindon 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 15 (65.22%) Automated Testing
2 14 (60.87%) Computer Science
3 13 (56.52%) QA
4 12 (52.17%) ISTQB
4 12 (52.17%) ISEB
5 10 (43.48%) SQL
6 9 (39.13%) VBScript
6 9 (39.13%) VB
6 9 (39.13%) MS Office
6 9 (39.13%) XML
6 9 (39.13%) OOP
6 9 (39.13%) OO
6 9 (39.13%) MS Excel
6 9 (39.13%) Requirements Analysis
7 7 (30.43%) Degree
8 6 (26.09%) C++
9 5 (21.74%) QuickTest Pro
9 5 (21.74%) Software Engineering
9 5 (21.74%) Performance Testing
9 5 (21.74%) Multithreading
9 5 (21.74%) CppUnit
9 5 (21.74%) GoogleTest
10 4 (17.39%) Waterfall
11 3 (13.04%) LoadRunner
11 3 (13.04%) Borland
11 3 (13.04%) Disaster Recovery
11 3 (13.04%) HP
11 3 (13.04%) HP Quality Center
11 3 (13.04%) V-Model
11 3 (13.04%) Test Management

Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Swindon 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 9 (39.13%) XML
2 2 (8.696%) .NET
Applications
1 9 (39.13%) MS Office
1 9 (39.13%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.348%) TCP/IP
1 1 (4.348%) VPN
1 1 (4.348%) IGMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.348%) MySQL
1 1 (4.348%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 5 (21.74%) QuickTest Pro
1 5 (21.74%) CppUnit
1 5 (21.74%) GoogleTest
2 3 (13.04%) LoadRunner
2 3 (13.04%) SilkPerformer
General
1 2 (8.696%) Finance
2 1 (4.348%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 14 (60.87%) Computer Science
2 1 (4.348%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.348%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (65.22%) Automated Testing
2 9 (39.13%) Requirements Analysis
2 9 (39.13%) OOP
2 9 (39.13%) OO
3 5 (21.74%) Software Engineering
3 5 (21.74%) Performance Testing
3 5 (21.74%) Multithreading
4 4 (17.39%) Waterfall
5 3 (13.04%) V-Model
5 3 (13.04%) Test Management
5 3 (13.04%) Usability Testing
5 3 (13.04%) Software Testing
5 3 (13.04%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (13.04%) Business Continuity
6 2 (8.696%) User Acceptance Testing
7 1 (4.348%) Test Scripting
7 1 (4.348%) Test Automation
7 1 (4.348%) Manual Testing
7 1 (4.348%) Project Management
7 1 (4.348%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 10 (43.48%) SQL
2 9 (39.13%) VBScript
2 9 (39.13%) VB
3 6 (26.09%) C++
4 2 (8.696%) Java
4 2 (8.696%) VBA
5 1 (4.348%) Tcl
5 1 (4.348%) Bash shell
5 1 (4.348%) Perl
5 1 (4.348%) C
Qualifications
1 12 (52.17%) ISEB
1 12 (52.17%) ISTQB
2 7 (30.43%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (56.52%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (13.04%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (13.04%) HP
1 3 (13.04%) Borland
2 1 (4.348%) Intergraph