Test Engineer Jobs in Cambridge

Test Engineer
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The median Test Engineer salary in Cambridge is £37,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 May 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
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 67 73 102
Rank change year-on-year +6 +29 -34
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 16 20 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 1.61% 1.99% 1.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.66% 2.32% 1.93%
Number of salaries quoted 14 8 15
10th Percentile - £61,375 £34,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £62,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £65,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -42.31% +23.81% -4.55%
75th Percentile £42,500 £68,125 £56,250
90th Percentile £42,850 £70,000 £64,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £37,500 £65,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -42.31% +23.81% -4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cambridge

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 962 862 1,506
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.07% 85.60% 92.85%
Number of salaries quoted 740 405 585
10th Percentile £30,963 £31,100 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,250 £91,500 £83,750
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £52,500 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.78% +8.00% -1.48%

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Engineer in Cambridge

Test Engineer
Salary Trend in Cambridge

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

Salary trend for Test Engineer in Cambridge

Test Engineer
Salary Histogram in Cambridge

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Engineer in Cambridge over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Engineer in Cambridge

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 Cambridge region featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 16 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 11 (68.75%) UI Automator
2 11 (68.75%) Appium
3 10 (62.50%) Mobile App
4 9 (56.25%) Manual Testing
4 9 (56.25%) Degree
4 9 (56.25%) Linux
5 8 (50.00%) Automotive
5 8 (50.00%) Windows
5 8 (50.00%) QA
5 8 (50.00%) Mac OS
6 7 (43.75%) Smartphone
6 7 (43.75%) Computer Science
6 7 (43.75%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (37.50%) User Experience
7 6 (37.50%) Software Testing
7 6 (37.50%) Android
7 6 (37.50%) Unix
8 5 (31.25%) Agile
9 4 (25.00%) Python
9 4 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
10 3 (18.75%) End-to-End Testing
10 3 (18.75%) Embedded Systems
10 3 (18.75%) AWS
11 2 (12.50%) System Testing
11 2 (12.50%) PowerShell
11 2 (12.50%) Wireshark
11 2 (12.50%) MSMQ
11 2 (12.50%) Client/Server
11 2 (12.50%) Mac OS X

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

Cloud Services
1 3 (18.75%) AWS
2 2 (12.50%) Amazon ECS
2 2 (12.50%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) Internet
1 2 (12.50%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (68.75%) Appium
1 11 (68.75%) UI Automator
2 2 (12.50%) Visual Studio
General
1 8 (50.00%) Automotive
2 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Social Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Electronics
3 1 (6.25%) Wearables
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (12.50%) MSMQ
2 1 (6.25%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 10 (62.50%) Mobile App
2 7 (43.75%) Smartphone
3 3 (18.75%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (12.50%) Client/Server
5 1 (6.25%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 9 (56.25%) Linux
2 8 (50.00%) Mac OS
2 8 (50.00%) Windows
3 6 (37.50%) Android
3 6 (37.50%) Unix
4 2 (12.50%) Apple iOS
4 2 (12.50%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 9 (56.25%) Manual Testing
3 7 (43.75%) Computer Science
4 6 (37.50%) Software Testing
4 6 (37.50%) User Experience
5 5 (31.25%) Agile
6 4 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (18.75%) End-to-End Testing
8 2 (12.50%) System Testing
9 1 (6.25%) Code Quality
9 1 (6.25%) Context-Driven Testing
9 1 (6.25%) Cross-Platform Development
9 1 (6.25%) Mathematics
9 1 (6.25%) Regression Testing
9 1 (6.25%) Software Engineering
9 1 (6.25%) Technical Debt
9 1 (6.25%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) Python
2 2 (12.50%) Java
2 2 (12.50%) PowerShell
3 1 (6.25%) C#
Qualifications
1 9 (56.25%) Degree
2 7 (43.75%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (6.25%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (50.00%) QA