Test Engineer Job Trends in England

Test Engineer
UK > England

The median Test Engineer salary in England is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 October 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 209 149 330
Rank change year-on-year -60 +181 +112
Permanent Test Engineer jobs 970 902 475
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.91% 2.11% 0.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.99% 2.32% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 612 112 129
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,313 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £62,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts in England matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
23 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in England matching a recognised job title 98,016 38,796 58,965
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 92.25% 90.57% 95.22%
Number of salaries quoted 68,042 23,466 33,680
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,999 £54,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -6.09% -4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £59,000 £52,500 £56,252
% change year-on-year +12.38% -6.67% -6.25%

Test Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Test Engineer job vacancy trend in England

Test Engineer Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Test Engineer job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Test Engineer job vacancies in England

Test Engineer Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for Test Engineer jobs in England over the 6 months to 23 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Test Engineer in England

Test Engineer Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in Test Engineer jobs within the England region over the 6 months to 23 October 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
South East -58 229 £50,000 +13.64% 111
North of England +74 196 £51,619 +29.05% 95
South West +34 174 £45,000 -2.70% 50
East of England -57 162 £45,000 -18.18% 84
Midlands -83 143 £37,500 -31.82% 73
West Midlands +37 101 £38,320 -33.36% 37
North West +45 95 £50,000 +25.00% 51
Yorkshire +11 59 £49,565 +13.94% 13
London -65 58 £60,000 +14.29% 73
North East -23 42 £55,000 +22.22% 31
East Midlands -110 42 £36,000 +9.09% 36
Test Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 23 October 2026, Test Engineer job ads cited 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 Test Engineer job ads across the England region.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Test Automation27.0%262
2QA12.8%124
3Validation12.7%123
4Problem-Solving12.4%120
5Software Testing11.6%113
6Security Cleared10.8%105
7Agile9.5%92
8Python9.0%87
9Continuous Improvement8.5%82
10Test Strategy8.4%81
11Degree7.8%76
12CI/CD7.6%74
13SQL7.0%68
14SC Cleared6.6%64
15Defect Management5.2%50
16Mentoring4.7%46
17LabVIEW4.6%45
18Playwright4.5%44
19JavaScript4.4%43
19Software Engineering4.4%43
21AWS4.2%41
21Java4.2%41
23Test Scripting4.1%40
24Manual Testing4.0%39
25Regression Testing3.9%38
26DevOps3.8%37
26Linux3.8%37
26Software Delivery3.8%37
29API Testing3.6%35
30Azure3.3%32

Test Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Senior Test Engineer11.2%109
2Systems Test Engineer10.8%105
3Systems Engineer10.7%104
4Lead Test Engineer10.0%97
5Electronics Engineer9.8%95
5Electronics Test Engineer9.8%95
7Test Automation Engineer6.3%61
8Principal Test Engineer5.9%57
9RF Test Engineer4.4%43
10QA Test Engineer4.1%40
11Software Test Engineer3.9%38
12Support Engineer3.2%31
13Applications Engineer3.1%30
13Manufacturing Engineer3.1%30
15Test Development Engineer2.8%27
16Lead Systems Engineer2.7%26
17Electrical Engineer2.6%25
18Applications Support Engineer2.3%22
19Performance Test Engineer2.0%19
20Test and Validation Engineer1.9%18
544 Test Engineer jobs in England