The first table below looks at the demand for the Systems Test Engineer role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Systems 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 currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
System Test Engineer
Rank 834 877 852
Rank change year-on-year
+43 -25
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Test Engineer 24 19 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.022% 0.016% 0.015%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% 0.017% 0.016%
Number of salaries quoted 17 18 18
Average salary £42,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.33% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £45,000 £40,050
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+13.33% +7.14%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
101791 114576 116360
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.44% 94.74% 94.25%
Number of salaries quoted 84727 98303 98213
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

Systems Test Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Systems Test Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Systems Test Engineer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Systems Test Engineer within the UK.

Systems Test Engineer Salary Trend

Systems Test Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Systems Test Engineer over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 within the UK.

Systems Test Engineer Salary Histogram

Systems Test Engineer
Top 26 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Test Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 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
England +38 24 £42,500 +13.33%
East of England +1 7 £45,000 +12.50%
Yorkshire -12 7 £27,500 -26.66%
South West +10 6 £42,500 -5.55%
Bristol +5 6 £42,500 -5.55%
West Yorkshire +3 5 - -
Cambridgeshire -3 5 £45,000 +12.50%
Cambridge -4 5 £45,000 +12.50%
Leeds -14 5 - -
South East +2 2 £38,750 +25.00%
Sheffield - 2 £27,500 -
South Yorkshire - 2 £27,500 -
Hertfordshire +6 1 £37,500 -
West Midlands - 1 £35,000 -
Thames Valley - 1 £35,000 -
North West - 1 £25,000 -
Worcestershire - 1 £35,000 -
Warwickshire - 1 £35,000 -
Redditch - 1 £35,000 -
Manchester - 1 £25,000 -
Berkshire - 1 £42,500 -
Bedfordshire - 1 - -
Warwick - 1 £35,000 -
Stratford-upon-Avon - 1 £35,000 -
Leamington Spa - 1 £35,000 -
Kenilworth - 1 £35,000 -

Systems Test Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Systems 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 Systems Test Engineer in their job title.

1 22 (39.29%) Windows
2 21 (37.50%) Perl
3 20 (35.71%) Degree
4 19 (33.93%) Python
5 16 (28.57%) QA
6 15 (26.79%) TCP/IP
7 14 (25.00%) ATM
7 14 (25.00%) Selenium
8 13 (23.21%) Security Cleared
8 13 (23.21%) Automated Testing
9 12 (21.43%) Linux
9 12 (21.43%) SQL
9 12 (21.43%) UNIX
10 11 (19.64%) Java
10 11 (19.64%) SNMP
10 11 (19.64%) Tcl
10 11 (19.64%) LabVIEW
10 11 (19.64%) System Testing
11 10 (17.86%) User Acceptance Testing
11 10 (17.86%) Validation
11 10 (17.86%) Software Engineering
11 10 (17.86%) .NET
11 10 (17.86%) UML
12 9 (16.07%) C
12 9 (16.07%) Telecoms
13 8 (14.29%) VMware
13 8 (14.29%) Embedded Systems
14 7 (12.50%) Aerospace
14 7 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
14 7 (12.50%) SQL Server

Systems Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Systems 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 Systems Test Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (17.86%) .NET
2 6 (10.71%) WSH
3 1 (1.786%) WebSphere
3 1 (1.786%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 6 (10.71%) IIS
2 1 (1.786%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (1.786%) MS Office
1 1 (1.786%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 15 (26.79%) TCP/IP
2 14 (25.00%) ATM
3 11 (19.64%) SNMP
4 6 (10.71%) Network Security
4 6 (10.71%) Firewall
4 6 (10.71%) IPsec
4 6 (10.71%) WAN
4 6 (10.71%) LAN
4 6 (10.71%) VPN
4 6 (10.71%) DNS
4 6 (10.71%) SSL
4 6 (10.71%) IPv4
4 6 (10.71%) Internet
4 6 (10.71%) 3G
4 6 (10.71%) OSPF
4 6 (10.71%) BGP-4
5 5 (8.929%) DSL
5 5 (8.929%) DWDM
5 5 (8.929%) MPLS
5 5 (8.929%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.786%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 14 (25.00%) Selenium
2 11 (19.64%) LabVIEW
3 2 (3.571%) JIRA
4 1 (1.786%) Rational DOORS
General
1 9 (16.07%) Telecoms
2 7 (12.50%) Aerospace
3 2 (3.571%) Automotive
4 1 (1.786%) Advertising
4 1 (1.786%) Military
4 1 (1.786%) Retail
4 1 (1.786%) Avionics
4 1 (1.786%) Finance
4 1 (1.786%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 8 (14.29%) Embedded Systems
2 6 (10.71%) Clustering
3 4 (7.143%) Computer Science
4 1 (1.786%) Equities
4 1 (1.786%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
4 1 (1.786%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.786%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 22 (39.29%) Windows
2 12 (21.43%) Linux
2 12 (21.43%) UNIX
3 6 (10.71%) Windows XP
3 6 (10.71%) Windows Server 2003
3 6 (10.71%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (10.71%) Windows 7
4 1 (1.786%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (23.21%) Automated Testing
2 11 (19.64%) System Testing
3 10 (17.86%) Software Engineering
3 10 (17.86%) UML
3 10 (17.86%) Validation
3 10 (17.86%) User Acceptance Testing
4 6 (10.71%) Test Scripting
4 6 (10.71%) Load Balancing
5 4 (7.143%) Agile Software Development
5 4 (7.143%) Regression Testing
5 4 (7.143%) Manual Testing
5 4 (7.143%) Test Automation
6 3 (5.357%) Product Management
7 1 (1.786%) Change Control
7 1 (1.786%) Test Strategy
7 1 (1.786%) Automation Testing
7 1 (1.786%) Multithreading
7 1 (1.786%) Performance Testing
7 1 (1.786%) Load Testing
7 1 (1.786%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 21 (37.50%) Perl
2 19 (33.93%) Python
3 12 (21.43%) SQL
4 11 (19.64%) Tcl
4 11 (19.64%) Java
5 9 (16.07%) C
6 6 (10.71%) PowerShell
7 1 (1.786%) C#
7 1 (1.786%) C++
7 1 (1.786%) VB
7 1 (1.786%) VBA
Qualifications
1 20 (35.71%) Degree
2 13 (23.21%) Security Cleared
3 7 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (10.71%) ISTQB
4 6 (10.71%) SC Cleared
4 6 (10.71%) ISEB
5 1 (1.786%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (28.57%) QA
System Software
1 7 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (10.71%) Hyper-V
2 6 (10.71%) Active Directory
2 6 (10.71%) Xen
3 4 (7.143%) NFS
Systems Management
1 3 (5.357%) Legato
1 3 (5.357%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 8 (14.29%) VMware
2 7 (12.50%) Cisco
3 5 (8.929%) Nortel
3 5 (8.929%) Juniper
3 5 (8.929%) Alcatel-Lucent
3 5 (8.929%) Siemens
3 5 (8.929%) Huawei
3 5 (8.929%) ZTE
3 5 (8.929%) Nokia Siemens Networks
4 3 (5.357%) Veritas
4 3 (5.357%) HP
4 3 (5.357%) Oracle
5 1 (1.786%) JBoss
5 1 (1.786%) EMC
Middlesex
Production of verification and validation test plans and procedures. *Ensuring the validation and verification criteria are accurately captured... *Experience of integrating and testing software, firmware and hardware in...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Knowledge of 3GPP mobile core network architecture and protocols (GTP) is especially valuable. Experience with configuration, administration, and tuning of Linux and/or Windows Server systems in a...
Logistix Recruitment Ltd.
Salary: From £35,000 to £55,000 per annum Benefits Package
Posted: 15 May 2013
West Yorkshire
Software Test, QA, Video, Audio, Broadcast, VOD, MPEG, IPTV, DVB, DTV, PSI, RF... The purpose of the role is to provide technical leadership and to contribute towards the...
Creative Personnel
Salary: £36000 to £40000 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013