Test Engineer Jobs in Bedfordshire

Test Engineer
East of England > Bedfordshire

As of 30 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Test Engineer salary in Bedfordshire.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 48 76
Rank change year-on-year +46 +28 -18
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 333 4 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 58.22% 0.86% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 60.11% 0.89% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 1
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -1.10%
East of England median annual salary £42,000 £45,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% -30.77% +30.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bedfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bedfordshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Bedfordshire with a recognized job title 554 450 515
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.85% 96.57% 84.43%
Number of salaries quoted 105 340 269
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £33,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,967 £49,043 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.92% -14.71% +15.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £61,563 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,250 £85,000 £83,750
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% +10.00%

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Job postings that featured Test Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Test Engineer in Bedfordshire

Test Engineer
Salary Trend in Bedfordshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test Engineer in Bedfordshire.

Salary trend for Test Engineer in Bedfordshire

Test Engineer
Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Engineer within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 30 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Dunstable - 7 - -
Luton - 7 - - 4
Bedford +9 5 - - 3
Leighton Buzzard - 5 - -
Shefford - 4 - -
Test Engineer
East of England

Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire

For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, Test Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Bedfordshire region featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 333 (100.00%) Degree
2 294 (88.29%) Mentoring
2 294 (88.29%) Coaching
3 275 (82.58%) Test Strategy
3 275 (82.58%) LTE
3 275 (82.58%) Validation
3 275 (82.58%) HND
3 275 (82.58%) Bluetooth
3 275 (82.58%) GSM
3 275 (82.58%) UMTS
3 275 (82.58%) Wi-Fi
3 275 (82.58%) Wireless
3 275 (82.58%) Electronics
3 275 (82.58%) Driving Licence
3 275 (82.58%) 5G
3 275 (82.58%) Customer Requirements
3 275 (82.58%) Verification and Validation
4 58 (17.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 45 (13.51%) Safety Engineering
5 45 (13.51%) Microsoft Office
5 45 (13.51%) Microsoft
5 45 (13.51%) Manufacturing
6 13 (3.90%) QA
6 13 (3.90%) Test Management
6 13 (3.90%) System Testing
6 13 (3.90%) PowerShell
6 13 (3.90%) Test Automation
6 13 (3.90%) Bash
6 13 (3.90%) Cucumber
6 13 (3.90%) DevOps

Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 45 (13.51%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 275 (82.58%) 5G
1 275 (82.58%) Bluetooth
1 275 (82.58%) GSM
1 275 (82.58%) LTE
1 275 (82.58%) UMTS
1 275 (82.58%) Wi-Fi
1 275 (82.58%) Wireless
2 13 (3.90%) TCP/IP
2 13 (3.90%) VPN
Development Applications
1 13 (3.90%) Cucumber
1 13 (3.90%) Robot Framework
General
1 275 (82.58%) Electronics
2 58 (17.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 45 (13.51%) Manufacturing
4 13 (3.90%) Social Skills
4 13 (3.90%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 275 (82.58%) Driving Licence
2 13 (3.90%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.90%) Linux
1 13 (3.90%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 294 (88.29%) Coaching
1 294 (88.29%) Mentoring
2 275 (82.58%) Customer Requirements
2 275 (82.58%) Test Strategy
2 275 (82.58%) Validation
2 275 (82.58%) Verification and Validation
3 45 (13.51%) Safety Engineering
4 13 (3.90%) DevOps
4 13 (3.90%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (3.90%) System Testing
4 13 (3.90%) Test Automation
4 13 (3.90%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (3.90%) Bash
1 13 (3.90%) JavaScript
1 13 (3.90%) PowerShell
1 13 (3.90%) Python
Qualifications
1 333 (100.00%) Degree
2 275 (82.58%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.90%) QA
Vendors
1 45 (13.51%) Microsoft