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This section looks at the demand for the Test Engineer role in IT jobs within the Warwickshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Test Engineer
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank8765
Rank change on same period last yearDown-22
Matching permanent IT job ads735
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.015 %
As % of the category below0.583 %2.486 %
Salaries quoted635
Average minimum salary£34,500£31,200
Average salary£36,667£32,643
% change on same period last year+12.32 %
Average maximum salary£38,833£34,086
UK excluding London average salary£31,588£32,212
% change on same period last year-1.93 %
Warwickshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Warwickshire
Matching permanent IT job ads12011408
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.656 %0.591 %
Salaries quoted10251303
Average minimum salary£30,758£32,227
Average salary£33,233£34,126
% change on same period last year-2.61 %
Average maximum salary£35,708£36,025
UK excluding London average salary£38,060£39,458
% change on same period last year-3.54 %
Test Engineer West MidlandsTest Engineer
West Midlands

Test Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Test Engineer across the Warwickshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Warwickshire Test Engineer Demand Trend

Test Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Warwickshire Test Engineer Salary Trend

Test Engineer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Engineer across the Warwickshire region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Warwickshire Test Engineer Salary Histogram

Test Engineer
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Engineer within the Warwickshire region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
RugbyDown-143£37,000+11.36 %
Test Engineer West MidlandsTest Engineer
West Midlands

Test Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Warwickshire 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.

122 (73.33 %)ISEB
217 (56.67 %)Windows
313 (43.33 %)Linux
313 (43.33 %)UNIX
412 (40.00 %)Finance
510 (33.33 %)ISEB Practitioner
510 (33.33 %)Software Testing
69 (30.00 %)Automated Testing
78 (26.67 %)Cisco Certification
78 (26.67 %)IBM
78 (26.67 %)CCNA
87 (23.33 %)Pensions
87 (23.33 %)Security Cleared
96 (20.00 %)TETRA
96 (20.00 %)GPRS
96 (20.00 %)GSM
96 (20.00 %)Telecoms
105 (16.67 %)Firewall
105 (16.67 %)Nokia
105 (16.67 %)CheckPoint
105 (16.67 %)Configuration Management
105 (16.67 %)WAN
105 (16.67 %)Health
105 (16.67 %)Validation
114 (13.33 %)Technical Architecture
114 (13.33 %)Degree
114 (13.33 %)User Acceptance Testing
114 (13.33 %)ProCurve
114 (13.33 %)Cisco ASA
114 (13.33 %)Cisco PIX

Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Warwickshire 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.

Warwickshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (10.00 %)MS Office
Warwickshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (20.00 %)GPRS
16 (20.00 %)GSM
16 (20.00 %)TETRA
25 (16.67 %)WAN
25 (16.67 %)Firewall
34 (13.33 %)Cisco PIX
34 (13.33 %)Cisco ASA
34 (13.33 %)TCP/IP
43 (10.00 %)LAN
52 (6.667 %)Ethereal
61 (3.333 %)VPN
61 (3.333 %)DNS
61 (3.333 %)DHCP
Warwickshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (3.333 %)WinRunner
Warwickshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
112 (40.00 %)Finance
27 (23.33 %)Pensions
36 (20.00 %)Telecoms
45 (16.67 %)Health
54 (13.33 %)Financial Institution
62 (6.667 %)Government
62 (6.667 %)Insurance
Warwickshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (3.333 %)NHS
Warwickshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
117 (56.67 %)Windows
213 (43.33 %)Linux
213 (43.33 %)UNIX
33 (10.00 %)Windows Mobile
42 (6.667 %)Windows 2000
42 (6.667 %)Windows XP
Warwickshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
110 (33.33 %)Software Testing
29 (30.00 %)Automated Testing
37 (23.33 %)Security Cleared
45 (16.67 %)Configuration Management
45 (16.67 %)Validation
54 (13.33 %)RUP
54 (13.33 %)Manual Testing
54 (13.33 %)Technical Architecture
54 (13.33 %)User Acceptance Testing
63 (10.00 %)Test Management
63 (10.00 %)System Testing
63 (10.00 %)SC Cleared
63 (10.00 %)Unified Process
63 (10.00 %)Network Design
71 (3.333 %)Project Management
71 (3.333 %)Incident Management
71 (3.333 %)Data Validation
71 (3.333 %)Test Scripting
Warwickshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (3.333 %)Ruby
Warwickshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
122 (73.33 %)ISEB
210 (33.33 %)ISEB Practitioner
38 (26.67 %)Cisco Certification
38 (26.67 %)CCNA
44 (13.33 %)Degree
Warwickshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (3.333 %)Active Directory
Warwickshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (26.67 %)IBM
25 (16.67 %)Nokia
25 (16.67 %)CheckPoint
34 (13.33 %)ProCurve
34 (13.33 %)Cisco
34 (13.33 %)HP
34 (13.33 %)Nortel
42 (6.667 %)Motorola