The median Test Engineer salary in Cambridge is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 December 2025.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to
4 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
| Rank |
40 |
59 |
56 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+19 |
-3 |
+21 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer |
14 |
5 |
1 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge |
2.97% |
0.89% |
0.26% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
3.25% |
0.94% |
0.28% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
9 |
3 |
1 |
| 10th Percentile |
£30,000 |
- |
- |
| 25th Percentile |
£50,000 |
£52,500 |
- |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£60,000 |
£55,000 |
£50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+9.09% |
+10.00% |
-23.08% |
| 75th Percentile |
£65,000 |
£57,500 |
- |
| 90th Percentile |
£67,000 |
- |
- |
| Cambridgeshire median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£55,000 |
£67,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
-18.18% |
-18.52% |
+3.85% |
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cambridge. 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 Cambridge with a recognized job title |
431 |
533 |
363 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title |
91.31% |
95.01% |
93.32% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
286 |
313 |
239 |
| 10th Percentile |
£26,250 |
£30,000 |
£29,018 |
| 25th Percentile |
£33,063 |
£47,500 |
£40,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£55,000 |
£60,000 |
£55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-8.33% |
+9.09% |
- |
| 75th Percentile |
£70,000 |
£78,750 |
£80,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
£80,000 |
£85,000 |
£90,250 |
| Cambridgeshire median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£55,000 |
£55,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
-9.09% |
- |
+4.76% |
