Test Engineer Jobs in Cardiff

Test Engineer
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Test Engineer salary in Cardiff is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 57 60 67
Rank change year-on-year +3 +7 +9
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 8 6 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 1.22% 1.05% 2.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.30% 1.16% 2.43%
Number of salaries quoted 7 4 18
10th Percentile £40,050 £36,500 £37,625
25th Percentile £43,125 £38,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £44,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% -7.37% +5.56%
75th Percentile £56,250 £49,248 £56,250
90th Percentile £67,500 £51,494 -
South Wales median annual salary £45,000 £37,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +21.62% -22.11% +5.56%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cardiff

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 614 516 824
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.46% 90.53% 96.83%
Number of salaries quoted 532 390 620
10th Percentile £27,157 £30,738 £34,000
25th Percentile £37,013 £40,000 £39,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £65,887 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
South Wales median annual salary £46,604 £45,476 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.48% -9.05% +11.11%

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Engineer in Cardiff

Test Engineer
Salary Trend in Cardiff

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

Salary trend for Test Engineer in Cardiff

Test Engineer
Salary Histogram in Cardiff

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Engineer in Cardiff over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Engineer in Cardiff

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

For the 6 months to 24 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 Cardiff region featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 5 (62.50%) Software Testing
2 5 (62.50%) SDLC
3 4 (50.00%) API Testing
3 4 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 4 (50.00%) Python
3 4 (50.00%) Cypress.io
3 4 (50.00%) Test Scripting
3 4 (50.00%) Manual Testing
3 4 (50.00%) BDD
3 4 (50.00%) Non-Functional Testing
4 3 (37.50%) Agile
4 3 (37.50%) Git
4 3 (37.50%) Regression Testing
4 3 (37.50%) JIRA
4 3 (37.50%) Performance Testing
4 3 (37.50%) Test Management
4 3 (37.50%) Task Automation
4 3 (37.50%) Fintech
4 3 (37.50%) CI/CD
4 3 (37.50%) GitLab
5 2 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (25.00%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (25.00%) ISTQB
5 2 (25.00%) Migration
5 2 (25.00%) Scrum
5 2 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (25.00%) ETL
5 2 (25.00%) SQL
5 2 (25.00%) Azure

Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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 2 (25.00%) Azure
1 2 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (12.50%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 4 (50.00%) Cypress.io
2 3 (37.50%) Git
2 3 (37.50%) GitLab
2 3 (37.50%) JIRA
General
1 1 (12.50%) Finance
1 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (12.50%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 5 (62.50%) SDLC
2 5 (62.50%) Software Testing
3 4 (50.00%) API Testing
3 4 (50.00%) BDD
3 4 (50.00%) Manual Testing
3 4 (50.00%) Non-Functional Testing
3 4 (50.00%) Test Scripting
4 3 (37.50%) Agile
4 3 (37.50%) CI/CD
4 3 (37.50%) Fintech
4 3 (37.50%) Performance Testing
4 3 (37.50%) Regression Testing
4 3 (37.50%) Task Automation
4 3 (37.50%) Test Management
5 2 (25.00%) Analytics
5 2 (25.00%) Data Reconciliation
5 2 (25.00%) DevOps
5 2 (25.00%) Migration
5 2 (25.00%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 4 (50.00%) Python
2 2 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Salesforce