Test Engineer Jobs in Cambridgeshire

Test Engineer
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median Test Engineer salary in Cambridgeshire is £37,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 17 April 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
17 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 84 98 130
Rank change year-on-year +14 +32 -45
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 14 25 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 0.91% 1.60% 1.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.98% 1.84% 1.60%
Number of salaries quoted 14 12 19
10th Percentile - £59,125 £38,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £62,500 £45,625
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 £67,813 £56,250
90th Percentile £54,750 £69,875 £60,000
East of England median annual salary £45,000 £65,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -30.77% +23.81% -4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cambridgeshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 1,432 1,360 2,245
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.53% 87.29% 94.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1,108 645 981
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +8.00% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £85,000 £80,000
East of England median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -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
Salary Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Engineer in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 17 April 2024.

Salary histogram 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 17 April 2024. 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 +10 13 £37,500 -42.31% 8
Test Engineer
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 17 April 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 Cambridgeshire region featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 13 (92.86%) Test Automation
2 11 (78.57%) UI Automator
2 11 (78.57%) Appium
3 10 (71.43%) Mobile App
4 9 (64.29%) Manual Testing
4 9 (64.29%) Windows
4 9 (64.29%) Linux
5 8 (57.14%) Automotive
5 8 (57.14%) QA
5 8 (57.14%) Degree
5 8 (57.14%) Mac OS
6 7 (50.00%) Smartphone
7 6 (42.86%) Computer Science
7 6 (42.86%) Android
7 6 (42.86%) Unix
7 6 (42.86%) User Experience
7 6 (42.86%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (28.57%) Python
9 3 (21.43%) Agile
9 3 (21.43%) Software Testing
9 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (21.43%) Embedded Systems
10 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
10 2 (14.29%) Apple iOS
10 2 (14.29%) Mac OS X
10 2 (14.29%) Client/Server
10 2 (14.29%) Java
11 1 (7.14%) SQL
11 1 (7.14%) .NET
11 1 (7.14%) SQL Server

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.14%) IIS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (78.57%) Appium
1 11 (78.57%) UI Automator
2 1 (7.14%) LoadRunner
General
1 8 (57.14%) Automotive
2 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Electronics
3 1 (7.14%) Wearables
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) .NET
1 1 (7.14%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 10 (71.43%) Mobile App
2 7 (50.00%) Smartphone
3 3 (21.43%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (14.29%) Client/Server
5 1 (7.14%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 9 (64.29%) Linux
1 9 (64.29%) Windows
2 8 (57.14%) Mac OS
3 6 (42.86%) Android
3 6 (42.86%) Unix
4 2 (14.29%) Apple iOS
4 2 (14.29%) Mac OS X
5 1 (7.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (92.86%) Test Automation
2 9 (64.29%) Manual Testing
3 6 (42.86%) Computer Science
3 6 (42.86%) User Experience
4 3 (21.43%) Agile
4 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (21.43%) Software Testing
5 1 (7.14%) Code Quality
5 1 (7.14%) Cross-Platform Development
5 1 (7.14%) Culture Change
5 1 (7.14%) Performance Engineering
5 1 (7.14%) Performance Testing
5 1 (7.14%) Regression Testing
5 1 (7.14%) Scrum
5 1 (7.14%) Test Scripting
5 1 (7.14%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) Python
2 2 (14.29%) Java
3 1 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (57.14%) Degree
2 6 (42.86%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (57.14%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (7.14%) Dynatrace
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft
1 1 (7.14%) Splunk