Test Technician Jobs in England

Test Technician
UK > England

The median Test Technician salary in England is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 654 635 904
Rank change year-on-year -19 +269 +275
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Technician 25 216 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.051% 0.24% 0.001%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.056% 0.25% 0.001%
Number of salaries quoted 11 116 1
10th Percentile £24,625 £24,000 -
25th Percentile - £28,000 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £30,000 £29,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% +3.45% -22.67%
75th Percentile - £35,000 £29,500
90th Percentile - £37,500 -
UK median annual salary £35,000 £30,000 £29,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% +3.45% -22.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 44,774 85,031 77,815
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.79% 94.67% 91.36%
Number of salaries quoted 23,692 62,917 50,230
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,000 £38,066 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,567
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -13.32% +0.95%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Test Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Technician in England

Test Technician
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Test Technician in England

Test Technician
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Technician in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Test Technician in England

Test Technician
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 Technician within the England region over the 6 months to 31 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
East of England +12 10 £35,000 +16.67% 10
South East +14 8 - - 16
South West +75 4 £35,000 - 2
Midlands +40 2 £35,000 +16.67% 7
West Midlands +48 1 - - 5
Yorkshire +42 1 - -
East Midlands +26 1 £35,000 +16.67% 2
North of England +17 1 - - 5
Test Technician
UK

Test Technician Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 31 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 England region featuring Test Technician in the job title.

1 5 (20.00%) Social Skills
1 5 (20.00%) Aviation
2 3 (12.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 3 (12.00%) Manufacturing
2 3 (12.00%) Military
2 3 (12.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 3 (12.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (12.00%) Robotics
2 3 (12.00%) Time Management
2 3 (12.00%) Test Automation
3 2 (8.00%) Creative Thinking
3 2 (8.00%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (8.00%) Test Scripting
3 2 (8.00%) C++
3 2 (8.00%) Visual Studio
3 2 (8.00%) Electronics

Test Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 (8.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (20.00%) Aviation
1 5 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (12.00%) Manufacturing
2 3 (12.00%) Military
3 2 (8.00%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.00%) Robotics
2 2 (8.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (12.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 3 (12.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 3 (12.00%) Software Engineering
1 3 (12.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (12.00%) Time Management
2 2 (8.00%) Creative Thinking
2 2 (8.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.00%) C++