Test Engineer Job Trends in Cambridge

Test Engineer
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The median Test Engineer salary in Cambridge is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 March 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 52 64
Rank change year-on-year +24 +12 +17
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 25 4 14
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge 4.28% 1.03% 1.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.76% 1.11% 1.67%
Number of salaries quoted 14 4 14
10th Percentile £31,500 - -
25th Percentile £44,375 £52,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +46.67% -42.31%
75th Percentile £61,250 £57,500 £42,500
90th Percentile £68,500 - £47,750
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +46.67% -42.31%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Cambridge

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 525 359 840
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.90% 92.29% 96.44%
Number of salaries quoted 365 184 628
10th Percentile £34,750 £30,000 £31,175
25th Percentile £50,000 £40,473 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.27% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £82,275 £90,375
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £59,450 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.09% - +0.92%

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Test Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

Test Engineer job vacancy trend in Cambridge

Test Engineer
Salary Trend in Cambridge

Salary distribution trend for Test Engineer job vacancies in Cambridge.

Salary distribution trend for Test Engineer job vacancies in Cambridge

Test Engineer
Salary Histogram in Cambridge

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Engineer in Cambridge over the 6 months to 5 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Test Engineer in Cambridge

Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge

For the 6 months to 5 March 2026, Test Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Cambridge region featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 9 (36.00%) Test Automation
2 7 (28.00%) API Testing
2 7 (28.00%) Python
3 6 (24.00%) QA
4 3 (12.00%) CI/CD
4 3 (12.00%) Jenkins
5 2 (8.00%) .NET
5 2 (8.00%) Application Security
5 2 (8.00%) AWS
5 2 (8.00%) Azure
5 2 (8.00%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (8.00%) BDD
5 2 (8.00%) C#
5 2 (8.00%) Containerisation
5 2 (8.00%) Continuous Delivery
5 2 (8.00%) DevOps
5 2 (8.00%) Docker
5 2 (8.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
5 2 (8.00%) GCP
5 2 (8.00%) GitHub
5 2 (8.00%) GitHub Actions
5 2 (8.00%) Interactive Application Security Testing
5 2 (8.00%) Kubernetes
5 2 (8.00%) MSTest
5 2 (8.00%) NUnit
5 2 (8.00%) Playwright
5 2 (8.00%) SaaS
5 2 (8.00%) Security Testing
5 2 (8.00%) SpecFlow
5 2 (8.00%) TestNG

Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (8.00%) AWS
1 2 (8.00%) Azure
1 2 (8.00%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (8.00%) GCP
1 2 (8.00%) GitHub
1 2 (8.00%) GitHub Actions
1 2 (8.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 3 (12.00%) Jenkins
2 2 (8.00%) MSTest
2 2 (8.00%) NUnit
2 2 (8.00%) SpecFlow
2 2 (8.00%) TestNG
3 1 (4.00%) GitLab
3 1 (4.00%) Selenium
3 1 (4.00%) WebDriver
General
1 6 (24.00%) Electronics
1 6 (24.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (4.00%) Advertising
2 1 (4.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (4.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.00%) .NET
1 2 (8.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.00%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (36.00%) Test Automation
2 7 (28.00%) API Testing
3 3 (12.00%) CI/CD
4 2 (8.00%) Application Security
4 2 (8.00%) BDD
4 2 (8.00%) Containerisation
4 2 (8.00%) Continuous Delivery
4 2 (8.00%) DevOps
4 2 (8.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
4 2 (8.00%) Interactive Application Security Testing
4 2 (8.00%) Security Testing
5 1 (4.00%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (4.00%) Defect Management
5 1 (4.00%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
5 1 (4.00%) Physics
5 1 (4.00%) QA Automation
5 1 (4.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (28.00%) Python
2 2 (8.00%) C#
3 1 (4.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (4.00%) Degree
1 1 (4.00%) HNC
1 1 (4.00%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (24.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (8.00%) Docker
2 1 (4.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (8.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (4.00%) EMC