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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Engineer
Rank 72 75 84
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +9
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 6 12 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wiltshire 0.686% 1.180% 0.273%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.714% 1.254% 0.281%
Number of salaries quoted 6 12 3
Average salary £32,875 £36,250 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.31% -9.37%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,750 £34,050 £34,000
10% offered a salary of more than £35,500 £39,750 £42,000
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -
All Job Titles
Wiltshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
840 957 1068
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wiltshire 96.00% 94.10% 97.18%
Number of salaries quoted 755 816 975
Average salary £37,500 £35,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.63% +1.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Test Engineer
South West

Test Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region 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
Swindon +9 6 £32,875 -3.30%
Test Engineer
South West

Test Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wiltshire 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 17 (68.00%) Automated Testing
2 15 (60.00%) Computer Science
3 14 (56.00%) QA
4 13 (52.00%) ISTQB
4 13 (52.00%) ISEB
5 12 (48.00%) SQL
6 11 (44.00%) MS Excel
7 10 (40.00%) VBScript
7 10 (40.00%) VB
7 10 (40.00%) MS Office
7 10 (40.00%) XML
7 10 (40.00%) OOP
7 10 (40.00%) OO
7 10 (40.00%) Requirements Analysis
8 7 (28.00%) Degree
9 6 (24.00%) C++
10 5 (20.00%) QuickTest Pro
10 5 (20.00%) Performance Testing
10 5 (20.00%) Multithreading
10 5 (20.00%) Software Engineering
10 5 (20.00%) CppUnit
10 5 (20.00%) GoogleTest
11 4 (16.00%) Waterfall
12 3 (12.00%) Disaster Recovery
12 3 (12.00%) LoadRunner
12 3 (12.00%) Borland
12 3 (12.00%) .NET
12 3 (12.00%) SilkPerformer
12 3 (12.00%) Software Testing
12 3 (12.00%) Business Continuity

Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wiltshire 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 10 (40.00%) XML
2 3 (12.00%) .NET
Applications
1 11 (44.00%) MS Excel
2 10 (40.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.000%) TCP/IP
1 1 (4.000%) VPN
1 1 (4.000%) IGMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.000%) MySQL
1 1 (4.000%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 5 (20.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 5 (20.00%) CppUnit
1 5 (20.00%) GoogleTest
2 3 (12.00%) LoadRunner
2 3 (12.00%) SilkPerformer
General
1 2 (8.000%) Finance
2 1 (4.000%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 15 (60.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (4.000%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.000%) Windows
1 1 (4.000%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (68.00%) Automated Testing
2 10 (40.00%) Requirements Analysis
2 10 (40.00%) OOP
2 10 (40.00%) OO
3 5 (20.00%) Software Engineering
3 5 (20.00%) Performance Testing
3 5 (20.00%) Multithreading
4 4 (16.00%) Waterfall
5 3 (12.00%) V-Model
5 3 (12.00%) Test Management
5 3 (12.00%) Usability Testing
5 3 (12.00%) Software Testing
5 3 (12.00%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (12.00%) Business Continuity
6 2 (8.000%) User Acceptance Testing
7 1 (4.000%) Stress Testing
7 1 (4.000%) Test Scripting
7 1 (4.000%) Manual Testing
7 1 (4.000%) Project Management
7 1 (4.000%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 12 (48.00%) SQL
2 10 (40.00%) VBScript
2 10 (40.00%) VB
3 6 (24.00%) C++
4 2 (8.000%) Java
4 2 (8.000%) VBA
5 1 (4.000%) Tcl
5 1 (4.000%) Bash shell
5 1 (4.000%) Perl
5 1 (4.000%) VB.NET
5 1 (4.000%) C
Qualifications
1 13 (52.00%) ISEB
1 13 (52.00%) ISTQB
2 7 (28.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (56.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (12.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (12.00%) HP
1 3 (12.00%) Borland
2 1 (4.000%) Intergraph
2 1 (4.000%) Oracle
2 1 (4.000%) Microsoft