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

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Engineer
Rank 57 58 -
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 3 4 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 0.575% 0.656% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.616% 0.680% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 0
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
UK excluding London average salary £33,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-4.28% -
All Job Titles
Tyne and Wear
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
487 588 506
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 93.30% 96.39% 97.68%
Number of salaries quoted 402 479 432
Average salary £36,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,500 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,000 £72,500 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Test Engineer
North East

Test Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear 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
Newcastle upon Tyne +2 3 £35,000 +27.27% 1
Test Engineer
North East

Test Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 12 (70.59%) Linux
2 11 (64.71%) TCP/IP
3 8 (47.06%) Scrum
3 8 (47.06%) RAD
3 8 (47.06%) Software Testing
4 7 (41.18%) ISTQB
5 6 (35.29%) QA
5 6 (35.29%) Selenium
5 6 (35.29%) Open Source
5 6 (35.29%) Automation Testing
6 5 (29.41%) soapUI
6 5 (29.41%) User Acceptance Testing
6 5 (29.41%) Wireless
6 5 (29.41%) SOAP
7 4 (23.53%) HNC
7 4 (23.53%) HND
7 4 (23.53%) C++
7 4 (23.53%) SQL
7 4 (23.53%) VB
7 4 (23.53%) Automotive
7 4 (23.53%) Manufacturing
7 4 (23.53%) Agile Software Development
7 4 (23.53%) Agilent
7 4 (23.53%) Flash
7 4 (23.53%) JTAG
7 4 (23.53%) Web Testing
7 4 (23.53%) LabVIEW
8 3 (17.65%) Test Management
9 2 (11.76%) Risk Analysis
10 1 (5.882%) Integration Testing

Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 5 (29.41%) soapUI
1 5 (29.41%) SOAP
2 4 (23.53%) Flash
Communications & Networking
1 11 (64.71%) TCP/IP
2 5 (29.41%) Wireless
3 1 (5.882%) Internet
Development Applications
1 6 (35.29%) Selenium
2 4 (23.53%) LabVIEW
General
1 4 (23.53%) Automotive
1 4 (23.53%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 6 (35.29%) Open Source
2 1 (5.882%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 12 (70.59%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) Scrum
1 8 (47.06%) RAD
1 8 (47.06%) Software Testing
2 6 (35.29%) Automation Testing
3 5 (29.41%) User Acceptance Testing
4 4 (23.53%) Agile Software Development
4 4 (23.53%) Web Testing
5 3 (17.65%) Test Management
6 2 (11.76%) Risk Analysis
7 1 (5.882%) Integration Testing
7 1 (5.882%) Test Scripting
7 1 (5.882%) Manual Testing
7 1 (5.882%) Test Automation
7 1 (5.882%) Automated Testing
7 1 (5.882%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (23.53%) C++
1 4 (23.53%) SQL
1 4 (23.53%) VB
Qualifications
1 7 (41.18%) ISTQB
2 4 (23.53%) HNC
2 4 (23.53%) HND
3 1 (5.882%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (35.29%) QA
2 4 (23.53%) JTAG
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) Agilent
2 1 (5.882%) Twitter
2 1 (5.882%) Microsoft