Test Engineer Jobs in the East of England

Test Engineer
England > East of England

The median Test Engineer salary in the East of England is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 May 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 158 214 210
Rank change year-on-year +56 -4 -55
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 55 17 68
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 0.90% 0.32% 1.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.96% 0.38% 1.13%
Number of salaries quoted 40 6 39
10th Percentile £32,750 £39,875 £41,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £49,375 £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £65,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.77% +30.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £50,000 £67,500 £56,250
90th Percentile £65,000 - £59,100
England median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £52,250
% change year-on-year -18.18% +5.26% +4.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 5,751 4,468 6,037
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.91% 83.98% 93.67%
Number of salaries quoted 4,391 2,235 2,856
10th Percentile £25,809 £26,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,428 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £63,284 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £77,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Engineer in the East of England

Test Engineer
Salary Trend in the East of England

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

Salary trend for Test Engineer in the East of England

Test Engineer
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Engineer in the East of England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Engineer in the East of England

Test Engineer
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 Engineer within the East of England region over the 6 months to 10 May 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
Cambridgeshire +16 16 £37,500 -42.31% 11
Essex - 15 £50,000 - 5
Norfolk - 14 £45,000 - 1
Hertfordshire - 8 £55,000 - 5
Bedfordshire +42 2 £45,000 - 3
Test Engineer
England

Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 10 May 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 East of England region featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 17 (30.91%) Test Automation
2 15 (27.27%) Software Testing
3 13 (23.64%) Automotive
4 12 (21.82%) Linux
5 11 (20.00%) Windows
5 11 (20.00%) UI Automator
5 11 (20.00%) Appium
6 10 (18.18%) Mobile App
6 10 (18.18%) Degree
7 9 (16.36%) Manual Testing
7 9 (16.36%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (14.55%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (14.55%) Mac OS
8 8 (14.55%) Computer Science
8 8 (14.55%) QA
8 8 (14.55%) Validation
9 7 (12.73%) LabVIEW
9 7 (12.73%) Electronics
9 7 (12.73%) Smartphone
10 6 (10.91%) Android
10 6 (10.91%) User Experience
10 6 (10.91%) Unix
10 6 (10.91%) Python
11 5 (9.09%) Agile
11 5 (9.09%) Social Skills
12 4 (7.27%) Security Cleared
12 4 (7.27%) Software Engineering
12 4 (7.27%) Wireless
12 4 (7.27%) Firmware
13 3 (5.45%) MATLAB

Test Engineer 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:

Applications
1 3 (5.45%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 3 (5.45%) AWS
2 2 (3.64%) Amazon ECS
2 2 (3.64%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.27%) Wireless
2 3 (5.45%) Ethernet
2 3 (5.45%) Wireshark
3 2 (3.64%) Internet
4 1 (1.82%) DHCP
4 1 (1.82%) DNS
4 1 (1.82%) Firewall
4 1 (1.82%) Network Security
4 1 (1.82%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.82%) VLAN
4 1 (1.82%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.64%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (20.00%) Appium
1 11 (20.00%) UI Automator
2 7 (12.73%) LabVIEW
3 3 (5.45%) Jenkins
3 3 (5.45%) Rational Rhapsody
3 3 (5.45%) Rational Team Concert
4 2 (3.64%) Visual Studio
5 1 (1.82%) Selenium
General
1 13 (23.64%) Automotive
2 7 (12.73%) Electronics
3 5 (9.09%) Social Skills
4 3 (5.45%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (5.45%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (3.64%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.82%) Wearables
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.45%) Qt
2 2 (3.64%) MSMQ
3 1 (1.82%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 10 (18.18%) Mobile App
2 7 (12.73%) Smartphone
3 3 (5.45%) Embedded Systems
3 3 (5.45%) PCIe
4 2 (3.64%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 12 (21.82%) Linux
2 11 (20.00%) Windows
3 8 (14.55%) Mac OS
4 6 (10.91%) Android
4 6 (10.91%) Unix
5 2 (3.64%) Apple iOS
5 2 (3.64%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (30.91%) Test Automation
2 15 (27.27%) Software Testing
3 9 (16.36%) Manual Testing
3 9 (16.36%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (14.55%) Computer Science
4 8 (14.55%) Validation
5 6 (10.91%) User Experience
6 5 (9.09%) Agile
7 4 (7.27%) Software Engineering
8 3 (5.45%) Continuous Integration
8 3 (5.45%) End-to-End Testing
8 3 (5.45%) Performance Analysis
8 3 (5.45%) SysML
8 3 (5.45%) Systems Engineering
8 3 (5.45%) TDD
8 3 (5.45%) UML
9 2 (3.64%) System Testing
10 1 (1.82%) Mathematics
10 1 (1.82%) Performance Testing
10 1 (1.82%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 6 (10.91%) Python
2 3 (5.45%) C
2 3 (5.45%) MATLAB
3 2 (3.64%) Java
3 2 (3.64%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.82%) Bash
4 1 (1.82%) C#
Qualifications
1 10 (18.18%) Degree
2 8 (14.55%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (7.27%) Security Cleared
4 3 (5.45%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (5.45%) HNC
5 1 (1.82%) CCNA
5 1 (1.82%) CCNP
5 1 (1.82%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.82%) JNCIA
5 1 (1.82%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (14.55%) QA
2 3 (5.45%) Def Stans
2 3 (5.45%) MISRA
System Software
1 4 (7.27%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (5.45%) Functional Safety
2 1 (1.82%) Iperf
2 1 (1.82%) Nmap
Vendors
1 3 (5.45%) IBM
2 1 (1.82%) EMC