Test Engineer Jobs in Cambridgeshire

Test Engineer
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median Test Engineer salary in Cambridgeshire is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 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
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 87 104
Rank change year-on-year +31 +17 +31
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 3 16 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 0.59% 1.01% 1.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.63% 1.08% 1.32%
Number of salaries quoted 2 14 5
10th Percentile £43,500 - £45,850
25th Percentile £45,000 £36,250 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £37,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -42.31% +23.81%
75th Percentile £55,000 £42,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £56,500 £42,850 -
East of England median annual salary £42,000 £45,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% -30.77% +30.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cambridgeshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. 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 Cambridgeshire with a recognized job title 480 1,485 1,214
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.30% 93.75% 86.47%
Number of salaries quoted 316 1,146 574
10th Percentile £27,750 £26,875 £27,150
25th Percentile £38,855 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +8.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £70,450
90th Percentile £78,000 £80,001 £86,250
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% +10.00%

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Engineer in Cambridgeshire

Test Engineer
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Salary trend for Test Engineer in Cambridgeshire

Test Engineer
Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Engineer within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 18 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
Cambridge +22 1 £55,000 +46.67% 12
Test Engineer
East of England

Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire

For the 6 months to 18 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 Cambridgeshire region featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) JSON
2 1 (33.33%) JIRA
2 1 (33.33%) Selenium
2 1 (33.33%) Django
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Cypress.io
2 1 (33.33%) REST
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Raspberry Pi
2 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
2 1 (33.33%) Issue Tracking
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (33.33%) Safety Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (33.33%) SOAP
2 1 (33.33%) Web Services
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) ISTQB

Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Cypress.io
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
1 1 (33.33%) Selenium
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Django
1 1 (33.33%) JSON
1 1 (33.33%) REST
1 1 (33.33%) SOAP
1 1 (33.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
1 1 (33.33%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Issue Tracking
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Safety Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) ISTQB
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft