Test Engineer Job Trends in Farnborough

Test Engineer
Hampshire > Farnborough

The median Test Engineer salary in Farnborough is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 January 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 26 26
Rank change year-on-year +2 0 +35
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 2 1 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Farnborough 1.22% 1.08% 2.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.26% 1.08% 2.61%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile - - £42,750
25th Percentile £33,750 - £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 - £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +25.00%
75th Percentile £41,250 - £66,875
90th Percentile - - £67,250
Hampshire median annual salary £44,000 £52,500 £63,750
% change year-on-year -16.19% -17.65% +34.21%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Farnborough

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Farnborough. 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 Farnborough with a recognized job title 159 93 115
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.95% 100.00% 99.14%
Number of salaries quoted 111 30 96
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,400 £28,125
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,875 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £83,125 £68,125 £73,750
90th Percentile £93,750 £85,250 £90,000
Hampshire median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Farnborough

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

Test Engineer job vacancy trend in Farnborough

Test Engineer
Salary Trend in Farnborough

Salary distribution trend for Test Engineer job vacancies in Farnborough.

Salary distribution trend for Test Engineer job vacancies in Farnborough

Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Farnborough

For the 6 months to 11 January 2026, Test 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 Farnborough region featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) API Testing
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) Cross-Browser Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) HTML
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) Logistics
1 2 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Postman
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
1 2 (100.00%) SOAP
1 2 (100.00%) SoapUI
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) Team Foundation Server
1 2 (100.00%) Test Management
1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 2 (100.00%) WebDriver

Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Farnborough 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:

Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) Postman
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
1 2 (100.00%) SoapUI
1 2 (100.00%) Team Foundation Server
1 2 (100.00%) WebDriver
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) HTML
1 2 (100.00%) SOAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) API Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Cross-Browser Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Logistics
1 2 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Management
1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification