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

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Engineer
Rank - 24 32
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 0 5 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Windsor - 4.237% 4.324%
As % of the Job Titles category - 4.310% 4.444%
Number of salaries quoted 0 5 8
Average salary - £42,000 £28,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +46.08%
UK excluding London average salary £33,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-4.28% -
All Job Titles
Windsor
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
63 116 180
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Windsor 94.03% 98.31% 97.30%
Number of salaries quoted 56 106 138
Average salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.26% -5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,000 £40,000 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £85,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Test Engineer
Berkshire

Test Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Windsor 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 Windsor region.

Windsor Test Engineer Salary Trend

Test Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Windsor 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 11 (91.67%) SQL Server
1 11 (91.67%) C#
1 11 (91.67%) C++
2 10 (83.33%) Pharmaceutical
2 10 (83.33%) Service Delivery
2 10 (83.33%) Advertising
2 10 (83.33%) Agile Software Development
3 8 (66.67%) Automated Testing
3 8 (66.67%) System Testing
4 7 (58.33%) SQL Server 2008
4 7 (58.33%) SQL Server 2005
4 7 (58.33%) .NET Framework
4 7 (58.33%) WCF
4 7 (58.33%) WPF
4 7 (58.33%) Web Testing
4 7 (58.33%) Microsoft
4 7 (58.33%) .NET
4 7 (58.33%) OO
5 4 (33.33%) Test Management
6 3 (25.00%) Embedded Systems
6 3 (25.00%) Automation Testing
7 2 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (16.67%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (16.67%) Windows 7
7 2 (16.67%) Test Strategy
7 2 (16.67%) Performance Testing
7 2 (16.67%) SharePoint
7 2 (16.67%) IIS
7 2 (16.67%) MS Office

Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Windsor 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 7 (58.33%) .NET Framework
1 7 (58.33%) WCF
1 7 (58.33%) WPF
1 7 (58.33%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (16.67%) SharePoint
1 2 (16.67%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (91.67%) SQL Server
2 7 (58.33%) SQL Server 2008
2 7 (58.33%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 10 (83.33%) Pharmaceutical
1 10 (83.33%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (8.333%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (16.67%) Windows 7
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) Service Delivery
1 10 (83.33%) Agile Software Development
2 8 (66.67%) Automated Testing
2 8 (66.67%) System Testing
3 7 (58.33%) Web Testing
3 7 (58.33%) OO
4 4 (33.33%) Test Management
5 3 (25.00%) Automation Testing
6 2 (16.67%) Test Strategy
6 2 (16.67%) Performance Testing
6 2 (16.67%) Software Engineering
6 2 (16.67%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 11 (91.67%) C#
1 11 (91.67%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (8.333%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 7 (58.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) VMware