Test Development Engineer Job Trends in England

Test Development Engineer
UK > England

The median Test Development Engineer salary in England is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 May 2026.

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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 656 620 803
Rank change year-on-year -36 +183 +20
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Development Engineer 34 12 11
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.041% 0.031% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.044% 0.034% 0.014%
Number of salaries quoted 30 12 11
10th Percentile - £35,150 -
25th Percentile - £48,688 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +31.25% -41.82%
75th Percentile £63,750 £60,000 £69,375
90th Percentile £80,000 £100,125 £70,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +31.25% -42.86%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in 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 England with a recognized job title 76,707 35,242 80,076
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.33% 89.75% 94.53%
Number of salaries quoted 51,919 20,736 60,720
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,087
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +7.48% -12.01%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

Test Development Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Test Development Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Test Development Engineer job vacancy trend in England

Test Development Engineer
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Test Development Engineer job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Test Development Engineer job vacancies in England

Test Development Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Development Engineer in England over the 6 months to 21 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Test Development Engineer in England

Test Development Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Development Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 21 May 2026. 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
London -11 21 £55,000 -15.38% 2
North of England - 7 £55,000 - 1
North East - 4 £55,000 -
North West - 3 £80,000 - 1
South West -58 2 £55,000 +4.76%
West Midlands - 2 £80,000 - 1
Midlands - 2 £80,000 - 1
East of England -13 1 £44,500 +14.10% 5
South East -21 1 £60,000 +36.36% 3
Test Development Engineer
UK

Test Development Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 21 May 2026, Test Development 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 England region featuring Test Development Engineer in the job title.

1 31 (91.18%) SDET
1 31 (91.18%) Software Testing
2 22 (64.71%) Test Automation
3 15 (44.12%) E-Commerce
3 15 (44.12%) Software Delivery
4 8 (23.53%) Accessibility
4 8 (23.53%) AWS
4 8 (23.53%) Azure
4 8 (23.53%) BrowserStack
4 8 (23.53%) CI/CD
4 8 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
4 8 (23.53%) Defect Management
4 8 (23.53%) GCP
4 8 (23.53%) ISTQB
4 8 (23.53%) JavaScript
4 8 (23.53%) Manual Testing
4 8 (23.53%) Non-Functional Testing
4 8 (23.53%) Performance Testing
4 8 (23.53%) SDLC
4 8 (23.53%) Test Planning
4 8 (23.53%) TypeScript
5 5 (14.71%) PHP
5 5 (14.71%) QA
5 5 (14.71%) Software Engineering
6 4 (11.76%) C#
7 3 (8.82%) Computer Science
7 3 (8.82%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (8.82%) Degree
7 3 (8.82%) Master's Degree
7 3 (8.82%) OO

Test Development Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 8 (23.53%) AWS
1 8 (23.53%) Azure
1 8 (23.53%) BrowserStack
1 8 (23.53%) GCP
Development Applications
1 2 (5.88%) Cucumber
1 2 (5.88%) JBehave
2 1 (2.94%) NUnit
General
1 8 (23.53%) Social Skills
2 5 (14.71%) Health Technology
2 5 (14.71%) Pharmaceutical
3 4 (11.76%) Games
4 3 (8.82%) Finance
5 1 (2.94%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.94%) .NET
1 1 (2.94%) .NET Framework
1 1 (2.94%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.71%) Robotics
2 4 (11.76%) Online Games
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (91.18%) SDET
1 31 (91.18%) Software Testing
2 22 (64.71%) Test Automation
3 15 (44.12%) E-Commerce
3 15 (44.12%) Software Delivery
4 8 (23.53%) CI/CD
4 8 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
4 8 (23.53%) Defect Management
4 8 (23.53%) Manual Testing
4 8 (23.53%) Non-Functional Testing
4 8 (23.53%) Performance Testing
4 8 (23.53%) SDLC
4 8 (23.53%) Test Planning
5 5 (14.71%) Software Engineering
6 3 (8.82%) Computer Science
6 3 (8.82%) OO
6 3 (8.82%) OOP
6 3 (8.82%) Platform Engineering
7 2 (5.88%) Fintech
7 2 (5.88%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 8 (23.53%) JavaScript
1 8 (23.53%) TypeScript
2 5 (14.71%) PHP
3 4 (11.76%) C#
4 3 (8.82%) Python
5 2 (5.88%) Java
Qualifications
1 8 (23.53%) ISTQB
2 3 (8.82%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (8.82%) Degree
2 3 (8.82%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (23.53%) Accessibility
2 5 (14.71%) QA