Test Engineer Jobs in Birmingham

Test Engineer
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Test Engineer salary in Birmingham is £47,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 138 143 175
Rank change year-on-year +5 +32 -61
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 4 3 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.15% 0.15% 0.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.16% 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 15
10th Percentile £42,050 £28,200 £38,060
25th Percentile £43,625 £36,750 £40,700
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.04% +8.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £54,745 £57,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £58,343 - £56,000
West Midlands median annual salary £42,500 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -22.73% +15.79% +26.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 2,549 1,882 3,029
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.27% 93.31% 95.82%
Number of salaries quoted 2,082 1,430 2,351
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,991 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £69,886 £70,600 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,964 £82,500 £85,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.82%

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Engineer in Birmingham

Test Engineer
Salary Trend in Birmingham

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

Salary trend for Test Engineer in Birmingham

Test Engineer
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Engineer in Birmingham over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Engineer in Birmingham

Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, 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 Birmingham region featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (50.00%) QA
2 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) Selenium
3 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (25.00%) Manual Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Java
3 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (25.00%) Python
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Cypress.io
3 1 (25.00%) Agile Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Non-Functional Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (25.00%) Coaching
3 1 (25.00%) Robotic Process Automation
3 1 (25.00%) API Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Defect Management
3 1 (25.00%) Context-Driven Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (25.00%) Postman
3 1 (25.00%) Playwright
3 1 (25.00%) Accessibility

Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (25.00%) Postman
1 1 (25.00%) Selenium
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Playwright
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Agile Testing
3 1 (25.00%) API Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Coaching
3 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (25.00%) Context-Driven Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (25.00%) Defect Management
3 1 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (25.00%) Manual Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (25.00%) Non-Functional Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Robotic Process Automation
3 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Java
1 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (25.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (25.00%) Accessibility