The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Worcestershire 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 21 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 Worcestershire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Engineer
Rank 39 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 6 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Worcestershire 2.715% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.752% - -
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 0
Average salary £50,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -
All Job Titles
Worcestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
218 269 198
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Worcestershire 98.64% 97.82% 96.59%
Number of salaries quoted 195 246 180
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
90% offered a salary of more than £22,600 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Test Engineer
West Midlands

Test Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire region.

Worcestershire Test Engineer Salary Trend

Test Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Engineer across the Worcestershire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Worcestershire Test Engineer Salary Histogram

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 Worcestershire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Evesham - 4 £50,000 -
Redditch - 1 £35,000 -
Test Engineer
West Midlands

Test Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Worcestershire 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 4 (57.14%) Electronics
1 4 (57.14%) Embedded C
1 4 (57.14%) Embedded C++
1 4 (57.14%) C++
1 4 (57.14%) C
1 4 (57.14%) Validation
1 4 (57.14%) Software Testing
2 3 (42.86%) SQL
2 3 (42.86%) HTML
2 3 (42.86%) SQL Server
2 3 (42.86%) Windows
2 3 (42.86%) Finance
3 2 (28.57%) XHTML
3 2 (28.57%) MVC
3 2 (28.57%) PRINCE
3 2 (28.57%) .NET
3 2 (28.57%) MFC
3 2 (28.57%) CSS
3 2 (28.57%) Web Services
3 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2
3 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
3 2 (28.57%) PL/SQL
3 2 (28.57%) T-SQL
3 2 (28.57%) C#
3 2 (28.57%) Web Development
3 2 (28.57%) .NET Framework
3 2 (28.57%) Degree
3 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
3 2 (28.57%) WinForms
3 2 (28.57%) WPF

Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Worcestershire 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 3 (42.86%) HTML
2 2 (28.57%) XHTML
2 2 (28.57%) .NET
2 2 (28.57%) MFC
2 2 (28.57%) CSS
2 2 (28.57%) Web Services
2 2 (28.57%) .NET Framework
2 2 (28.57%) WinForms
2 2 (28.57%) WPF
2 2 (28.57%) Silverlight
2 2 (28.57%) jQuery
2 2 (28.57%) CSS3
2 2 (28.57%) Razor View Engine
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Selenium
General
1 4 (57.14%) Electronics
2 3 (42.86%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
2 1 (14.29%) UNIX
2 1 (14.29%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Validation
1 4 (57.14%) Software Testing
2 2 (28.57%) MVC
2 2 (28.57%) PRINCE
2 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2
2 2 (28.57%) Web Development
2 2 (28.57%) Automation Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Manual Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) Embedded C
1 4 (57.14%) Embedded C++
1 4 (57.14%) C++
1 4 (57.14%) C
2 3 (42.86%) SQL
3 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
3 2 (28.57%) PL/SQL
3 2 (28.57%) T-SQL
3 2 (28.57%) C#
4 1 (14.29%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle
Worcestershire, West Midlands
Skills & ExperienceTesting of existing and new circuits according to established standards and procedures.Diagnoses instruments and electrical and/or electronic systems problemsTest and debug firmware for Microprocssor/Micro-...
Computer Futures
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013