Test Engineer Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Test Engineer
South West > Gloucestershire

The median Test Engineer salary in Gloucestershire is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 December 2025.

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

6 months to
11 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 77 81
Rank change year-on-year +24 +4 +17
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 6 12 21
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 0.97% 1.48% 2.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.04% 1.53% 2.58%
Number of salaries quoted 3 8 15
10th Percentile - - £27,500
25th Percentile £58,750 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £47,500 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year +42.11% +1.06% -6.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £62,500 £56,250
90th Percentile £78,250 £66,625 £71,500
South West median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year +12.50% -13.98% -7.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Gloucestershire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Gloucestershire. 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 Gloucestershire with a recognized job title 575 786 813
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.89% 96.80% 94.43%
Number of salaries quoted 413 408 517
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,532 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,918 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.51% +0.80% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £66,938 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
South West median annual salary £47,500 £51,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -6.86% -2.86% +5.00%

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Test Engineer job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Test Engineer
Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution trend for Test Engineer job vacancies in Gloucestershire.

Salary distribution trend for Test Engineer job vacancies in Gloucestershire

Test Engineer
Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Engineer within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 11 December 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
Filton - 3 - - 1
Cheltenham +9 2 £67,500 -6.90% 1
Test Engineer
South West

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

For the 6 months to 11 December 2025, 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 Gloucestershire region featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) AI
2 3 (50.00%) Analytics
2 3 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (50.00%) Computer Vision
2 3 (50.00%) Data Acquisition
2 3 (50.00%) Data Analytics
2 3 (50.00%) Data Science
2 3 (50.00%) Degree
2 3 (50.00%) Innovative Thinking
2 3 (50.00%) Java
2 3 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 3 (50.00%) Physics
2 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) Statistical Analysis
2 3 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
3 2 (33.33%) AngularJS
3 2 (33.33%) AWS
3 2 (33.33%) Azure
3 2 (33.33%) C
3 2 (33.33%) Cucumber
3 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (33.33%) Cypress.io
3 2 (33.33%) Docker
3 2 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 2 (33.33%) Kubernetes
3 2 (33.33%) MERN Stack
3 2 (33.33%) Neo4j

Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 2 (33.33%) AWS
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Elasticsearch
1 2 (33.33%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Cucumber
1 2 (33.33%) Cypress.io
2 1 (16.67%) Selenium
General
1 3 (50.00%) Aerospace
1 3 (50.00%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) AngularJS
1 2 (33.33%) MERN Stack
1 2 (33.33%) React
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) AI
1 3 (50.00%) Analytics
1 3 (50.00%) Computer Vision
1 3 (50.00%) Data Acquisition
1 3 (50.00%) Data Analytics
1 3 (50.00%) Data Science
1 3 (50.00%) Innovative Thinking
1 3 (50.00%) Machine Learning
1 3 (50.00%) Physics
1 3 (50.00%) Statistical Analysis
1 3 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (16.67%) Agile
3 1 (16.67%) DevOps
3 1 (16.67%) Manual Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Open Source
3 1 (16.67%) SDLC
3 1 (16.67%) Security Testing
3 1 (16.67%) TDD
3 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) Java
2 2 (33.33%) C
2 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 2 (33.33%) Python
2 2 (33.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (50.00%) Degree
2 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Accessibility
1 1 (16.67%) QA
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Kubernetes