Test Engineer Job Trends in Derby

Test Engineer
Derbyshire > Derby

The median Test Engineer salary in Derby is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 August 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Derby 0.20% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 - -
75th Percentile £43,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Derbyshire median annual salary £42,500 £65,000 -
% change year-on-year -34.62% - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Derby

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Derby. 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 Derby with a recognized job title 474 184 395
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.12% 97.35% 97.77%
Number of salaries quoted 289 133 253
10th Percentile £26,000 £23,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £38,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.68% -13.89% -10.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £50,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £63,500 £65,000
Derbyshire median annual salary £45,000 £35,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +26.76% -16.47% -15.00%

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Derby

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 Derby.

Test Engineer job vacancy trend in Derby

Test Engineer
Salary Trend in Derby

Salary distribution trend for Test Engineer job vacancies in Derby.

Salary distribution trend for Test Engineer job vacancies in Derby

Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derby

For the 6 months to 29 August 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 Derby region featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Retrospective
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Review
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy

Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derby 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 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Retrospective
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Review
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) Python