Test Technician Jobs in the East of England

Test Technician
England > East of England

The median Test Technician salary in the East of England is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 172 177 224
Rank change year-on-year +5 +47 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Technician 10 48 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 0.30% 0.76% 0.020%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.81% 0.024%
Number of salaries quoted 6 36 0
10th Percentile £24,625 £26,500 -
25th Percentile £27,219 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £30,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - -
75th Percentile - £35,000 -
90th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 -
England median annual salary £35,000 £30,000 £29,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% +3.45% -22.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 the East of England with a recognized job title 3,096 5,947 4,217
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.36% 93.98% 83.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1,473 4,551 2,157
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,809 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,356
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

Test Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings that featured Test Technician in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Test Technician in the East of England

Test Technician
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test Technician in the East of England.

Salary trend for Test Technician in the East of England

Test Technician
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Technician in the East of England over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Test Technician in the East of England

Test Technician
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Technician within the East of England region over the 6 months to 28 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
Essex +18 6 £35,000 +59.09% 8
Cambridgeshire +25 3 - - 1
Norfolk - 1 £50,000 -
Test Technician
England

Test Technician Skill Set
Top 9 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, Test Technician 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 East of England region featuring Test Technician in the job title.

1 2 (20.00%) C++
1 2 (20.00%) Visual Studio
1 2 (20.00%) Electronics
1 2 (20.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (20.00%) Test Scripting
1 2 (20.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (20.00%) Creative Thinking
1 2 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
1 2 (20.00%) Social Skills

Test Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (20.00%) Electronics
1 2 (20.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (20.00%) Creative Thinking
1 2 (20.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (20.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) C++