Test Engineer Job Trends in Cardiff

Test Engineer
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Test Engineer salary in Cardiff is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 May 2026.

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

 6 months to
6 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 - 54
Rank change year-on-year - - +7
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 3 0 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Cardiff 0.56% - 1.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% - 1.45%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 8
10th Percentile £64,400 - £40,350
25th Percentile £66,500 - £44,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.25%
75th Percentile - - £60,938
90th Percentile - - £67,500
South Wales median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - -11.11% +21.62%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Cardiff

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cardiff. 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 Cardiff with a recognized job title 509 165 620
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.32% 97.06% 93.80%
Number of salaries quoted 342 120 539
10th Percentile £26,000 £29,625 £27,157
25th Percentile £36,938 £37,170 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -1.96%
75th Percentile £69,432 £66,469 £65,766
90th Percentile £79,879 £77,500 £77,500
South Wales median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +16.67% -

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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 Cardiff.

Test Engineer job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Test Engineer
Salary Trend in Cardiff

Salary distribution trend for Test Engineer job vacancies in Cardiff.

Salary distribution trend for Test Engineer job vacancies in Cardiff

Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff

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

1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Line Management
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) AWS Data Pipeline
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) BDD
2 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 1 (33.33%) Coaching
2 1 (33.33%) Cucumber
2 1 (33.33%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
2 1 (33.33%) ETL
2 1 (33.33%) GCP
2 1 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) JMeter
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Non-Functional Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) Selenium
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy

Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) AWS Data Pipeline
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) GCP
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Cucumber
1 1 (33.33%) JMeter
1 1 (33.33%) Selenium
General
1 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Line Management
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) BDD
2 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 1 (33.33%) Coaching
2 1 (33.33%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (33.33%) ETL
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Non-Functional Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Java
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
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