Test Engineer Jobs in Buckinghamshire

Test Engineer
South East > Buckinghamshire

The median Test Engineer salary in Buckinghamshire is £64,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 108 105
Rank change year-on-year +104 -3 +29
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 253 18 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 25.33% 0.92% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 28.75% 0.99% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £54,200 - -
25th Percentile £56,750 - £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 - £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -0.58%
75th Percentile £67,000 - £43,750
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £60,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +33.33% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Buckinghamshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Buckinghamshire. 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 Buckinghamshire with a recognized job title 880 1,818 1,194
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.09% 92.52% 89.51%
Number of salaries quoted 338 1,087 719
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,400 £28,954
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £36,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,967 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.30% -5.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £63,438 £60,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,800 £75,000 £80,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Engineer in Buckinghamshire

Test Engineer
Salary Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Salary trend for Test Engineer in Buckinghamshire

Test Engineer
Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Engineer within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 9 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
Newport Pagnell - 8 - -
Bletchley - 7 - - 1
Milton Keynes +37 6 - - 4
Olney - 6 - -
Buckingham - 6 - - 1
Aylesbury - 5 - -
Princes Risborough - 2 - -
Test Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 9 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 Buckinghamshire region featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 251 (99.21%) Degree
2 205 (81.03%) Mentoring
2 205 (81.03%) Coaching
3 168 (66.40%) Validation
4 167 (66.01%) Electronics
4 167 (66.01%) Verification and Validation
5 166 (65.61%) Wi-Fi
5 166 (65.61%) Wireless
5 166 (65.61%) HND
5 166 (65.61%) Bluetooth
5 166 (65.61%) GSM
5 166 (65.61%) UMTS
5 166 (65.61%) Test Strategy
5 166 (65.61%) Driving Licence
5 166 (65.61%) 5G
5 166 (65.61%) Customer Requirements
5 166 (65.61%) LTE
6 83 (32.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 58 (22.92%) Safety Engineering
7 58 (22.92%) Microsoft
7 58 (22.92%) Microsoft Office
7 58 (22.92%) Manufacturing
8 28 (11.07%) Test Automation
9 27 (10.67%) QA
9 27 (10.67%) Test Management
9 27 (10.67%) DevOps
9 27 (10.67%) Problem-Solving
10 26 (10.28%) Windows
10 26 (10.28%) Linux
10 26 (10.28%) Python

Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 58 (22.92%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.40%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 2 (0.79%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 166 (65.61%) 5G
1 166 (65.61%) Bluetooth
1 166 (65.61%) GSM
1 166 (65.61%) LTE
1 166 (65.61%) UMTS
1 166 (65.61%) Wi-Fi
1 166 (65.61%) Wireless
2 25 (9.88%) TCP/IP
2 25 (9.88%) VPN
3 1 (0.40%) DVB
Development Applications
1 25 (9.88%) Cucumber
1 25 (9.88%) Robot Framework
2 1 (0.40%) Git
General
1 167 (66.01%) Electronics
2 83 (32.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 58 (22.92%) Manufacturing
4 25 (9.88%) Social Skills
4 25 (9.88%) Telecoms
5 3 (1.19%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (0.79%) Games
7 1 (0.40%) Aerospace
7 1 (0.40%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 166 (65.61%) Driving Licence
2 25 (9.88%) Linux Command Line
3 2 (0.79%) Client/Server
3 2 (0.79%) Online Games
4 1 (0.40%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 26 (10.28%) Linux
1 26 (10.28%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 205 (81.03%) Coaching
1 205 (81.03%) Mentoring
2 168 (66.40%) Validation
3 167 (66.01%) Verification and Validation
4 166 (65.61%) Customer Requirements
4 166 (65.61%) Test Strategy
5 58 (22.92%) Safety Engineering
6 28 (11.07%) Test Automation
7 27 (10.67%) DevOps
7 27 (10.67%) Problem-Solving
7 27 (10.67%) Test Management
8 25 (9.88%) System Testing
9 2 (0.79%) Agile
9 2 (0.79%) Technical Leadership
10 1 (0.40%) Computer Science
10 1 (0.40%) Digital Engineering
10 1 (0.40%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
10 1 (0.40%) Physics
10 1 (0.40%) Software Testing
10 1 (0.40%) Statistical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 26 (10.28%) Python
2 25 (9.88%) Bash
2 25 (9.88%) JavaScript
2 25 (9.88%) PowerShell
3 2 (0.79%) C#
3 2 (0.79%) Java
4 1 (0.40%) C
4 1 (0.40%) Embedded C
4 1 (0.40%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 251 (99.21%) Degree
2 166 (65.61%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (10.67%) QA
2 1 (0.40%) AUTOSAR
Vendors
1 58 (22.92%) Microsoft