Test Engineer Jobs in Cambridge

Test Engineer
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The median Test Engineer salary in Cambridge is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 July 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 68 76
Rank change year-on-year +24 +8 +30
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 1 15 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 0.32% 1.51% 0.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 1.54% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1 13 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57,500 £36,250 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £37,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% -42.31% +23.81%
75th Percentile £62,500 £42,500 £67,500
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £52,500 £37,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +40.00% -42.31% +23.81%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 297 972 602
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.69% 97.69% 82.81%
Number of salaries quoted 199 765 324
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £29,650
25th Percentile £30,000 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £87,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £51,250
% change year-on-year -9.52% +2.44% +0.32%

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 Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge

For the 6 months to 16 July 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 Cambridge region featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SDET
1 1 (100.00%) Exploratory Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality

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 1 (100.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Exploratory Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SDET
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes