The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Test Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software 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 Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Test Engineer
Rank 198 212 197
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -15
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Test Engineer 9 4 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.166% 0.076% 0.039%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.175% 0.078% 0.041%
Number of salaries quoted 5 3 2
Average salary £26,000 £34,000 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-23.52% -8.10%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £34,000 £34,600
10% offered a salary of more than £42,000 £34,000 £39,400
UK excluding London average salary £33,500 £32,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+3.07% -7.14%
All Job Titles
Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5156 5107 4874
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 94.95% 96.93% 96.12%
Number of salaries quoted 4075 4201 4158
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% +3.03%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Software Test Engineer
England

Software Test Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire Software Test Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Software Test Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Yorkshire Software Test Engineer Salary Trend

Software Test Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Test Engineer across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Yorkshire Software Test Engineer Salary Histogram

Software Test Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Test Engineer within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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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
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West Yorkshire +2 9 £26,000 -23.52% 8
Software Test Engineer
England

Software Test Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire region that cited Software 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 Software Test Engineer in their job title.

1 8 (50.00%) Agile Testing
2 7 (43.75%) Software Testing
3 6 (37.50%) Automated Testing
3 6 (37.50%) SOAP
3 6 (37.50%) Windows
3 6 (37.50%) MS Excel
4 5 (31.25%) SQL
4 5 (31.25%) ISTQB
5 4 (25.00%) MS PowerPoint
5 4 (25.00%) E-Commerce
5 4 (25.00%) MS Visio
5 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
5 4 (25.00%) ISEB
5 4 (25.00%) Internet
6 3 (18.75%) Agile Software Development
6 3 (18.75%) Degree
6 3 (18.75%) QA
6 3 (18.75%) Selenium
6 3 (18.75%) Test Management
7 2 (12.50%) Manual Testing
7 2 (12.50%) Telematics
7 2 (12.50%) openSUSE
7 2 (12.50%) Project Management
7 2 (12.50%) Ubuntu
7 2 (12.50%) Test Strategy
7 2 (12.50%) Management Information System
7 2 (12.50%) Electronics
7 2 (12.50%) Automotive
7 2 (12.50%) Validation
7 2 (12.50%) Migration

Software Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire region that cited Software 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 Software Test Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (37.50%) SOAP
2 2 (12.50%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 2 (12.50%) CMS
1 2 (12.50%) Apache
1 2 (12.50%) Tomcat
Applications
1 6 (37.50%) MS Excel
2 4 (25.00%) MS PowerPoint
2 4 (25.00%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 4 (25.00%) Internet
2 2 (12.50%) GPRS
2 2 (12.50%) GSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Selenium
2 2 (12.50%) Eclipse
3 1 (6.250%) WebDriver
General
1 2 (12.50%) Electronics
1 2 (12.50%) Automotive
1 2 (12.50%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Telematics
1 2 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.250%) Mathematics
2 1 (6.250%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 6 (37.50%) Windows
2 2 (12.50%) openSUSE
2 2 (12.50%) Ubuntu
2 2 (12.50%) SUSE
2 2 (12.50%) Linux
2 2 (12.50%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) Agile Testing
2 7 (43.75%) Software Testing
3 6 (37.50%) Automated Testing
4 4 (25.00%) E-Commerce
5 3 (18.75%) Agile Software Development
5 3 (18.75%) Test Management
6 2 (12.50%) Manual Testing
6 2 (12.50%) Project Management
6 2 (12.50%) Test Strategy
6 2 (12.50%) Validation
6 2 (12.50%) Migration
7 1 (6.250%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (6.250%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (31.25%) SQL
2 2 (12.50%) Java
3 1 (6.250%) C
3 1 (6.250%) C#
3 1 (6.250%) C++
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) ISTQB
2 4 (25.00%) ISEB
3 3 (18.75%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
West Yorkshire
You will have experience of programming languages Python, TCL/TKL and Selenium with experience of developing automated SW tests. You will assist with the creation and maintenance of...
OCC Computing
Salary: Market related
Posted: 24 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
The successful Test Engineer will come from a strong software testing background, with experience of automated testing tools and concepts, experience of API level testing using tools such...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £Excellent Salary + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
The successful Software Development Test Engineer will come from an extremely strong technical testing background, will be a subject matter expert in Testing and QA, and will have...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £Excellent Salary + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Using an iterative approach this role will incorporate agile testing techniques to demonstrate a satisfactory level of quality has been achieved... - Identify areas of functionality suited for automated...
William Hill
Salary: From £20,000 to £42,000 per annum
Posted: 4 June 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Creating test scripts and test data as well as the validation of unit tests all within a fast paced agile environment... - Experience of automation testing tools and concepts -...
Northern Recruitment Group
Salary: Negotiable on Experience
Posted: 17 June 2013
Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Searchability.co.uk
Salary: £15000 - £18000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
West Yorkshire
OCC Computing
Salary: Market related
Posted: 24 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
William Hill
Salary: From £20,000 to £50,000 per annum
Posted: 4 June 2013