Test Engineer Jobs in Hampshire

Test Engineer
South East > Hampshire

The median Test Engineer salary in Hampshire is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 110 144 124
Rank change year-on-year +34 -20 +85
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 17 49 45
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 0.87% 1.18% 1.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.91% 1.24% 1.69%
Number of salaries quoted 13 34 32
10th Percentile £41,800 £36,250 £28,375
25th Percentile £45,500 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% +8.43% -20.95%
75th Percentile £55,000 £53,125 £53,125
90th Percentile £63,500 £60,000 £80,375
South East median annual salary £60,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +33.33% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Hampshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Hampshire. 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 Hampshire with a recognized job title 1,860 3,946 2,669
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.19% 94.65% 94.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1,115 3,086 1,996
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £41,875 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £53,250
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -6.10% +1.43%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £81,250
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Engineer in Hampshire

Test Engineer
Salary Trend in Hampshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test Engineer in Hampshire.

Salary trend for Test Engineer in Hampshire

Test Engineer
Salary Histogram in Hampshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Engineer in Hampshire over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Test Engineer in Hampshire

Test Engineer
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Engineer within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 28 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
Southampton +38 6 £52,500 +28.61% 3
Portsmouth +8 6 £45,000 -18.18% 8
Basingstoke +10 1 - - 11
Fareham +8 1 £45,000 - 6
Test Engineer
South East

Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire

For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, Test Engineer 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 Hampshire region featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 9 (52.94%) Software Testing
2 8 (47.06%) Test Automation
3 7 (41.18%) Regression Testing
4 6 (35.29%) Test Strategy
5 5 (29.41%) Test Scripting
5 5 (29.41%) Selenium
5 5 (29.41%) SDLC
6 4 (23.53%) API Testing
6 4 (23.53%) Defect Management
6 4 (23.53%) GraphQL
6 4 (23.53%) Scenario Testing
6 4 (23.53%) JIRA
6 4 (23.53%) Agile
6 4 (23.53%) Python
6 4 (23.53%) C++
6 4 (23.53%) System Testing
6 4 (23.53%) Git
6 4 (23.53%) SpecFlow
6 4 (23.53%) TypeScript
7 3 (17.65%) Degree
7 3 (17.65%) Cypress.io
7 3 (17.65%) Java
7 3 (17.65%) C#
7 3 (17.65%) QA
7 3 (17.65%) Social Skills
7 3 (17.65%) CI/CD
8 2 (11.76%) Collaborative Working
8 2 (11.76%) Project Delivery
8 2 (11.76%) Computer Vision
8 2 (11.76%) Customer Requirements

Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Applications
1 2 (11.76%) OrCAD
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (29.41%) Selenium
2 4 (23.53%) Git
2 4 (23.53%) JIRA
2 4 (23.53%) SpecFlow
3 3 (17.65%) Cypress.io
4 2 (11.76%) SoapUI
5 1 (5.88%) Cucumber
5 1 (5.88%) Jenkins
5 1 (5.88%) Postman
5 1 (5.88%) Subversion
General
1 3 (17.65%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (11.76%) Electronics
3 1 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (5.88%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (23.53%) GraphQL
2 2 (11.76%) SOAP
3 1 (5.88%) pytest
3 1 (5.88%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) CCTV
1 1 (5.88%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Linux
2 1 (5.88%) Windows
2 1 (5.88%) Windows Server
2 1 (5.88%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (52.94%) Software Testing
2 8 (47.06%) Test Automation
3 7 (41.18%) Regression Testing
4 6 (35.29%) Test Strategy
5 5 (29.41%) SDLC
5 5 (29.41%) Test Scripting
6 4 (23.53%) Agile
6 4 (23.53%) API Testing
6 4 (23.53%) Defect Management
6 4 (23.53%) Scenario Testing
6 4 (23.53%) System Testing
7 3 (17.65%) CI/CD
8 2 (11.76%) CAD
8 2 (11.76%) Collaborative Working
8 2 (11.76%) Computer Vision
8 2 (11.76%) Customer Requirements
8 2 (11.76%) Project Delivery
8 2 (11.76%) Security Testing
8 2 (11.76%) Test Management
8 2 (11.76%) V-Model
Programming Languages
1 4 (23.53%) C++
1 4 (23.53%) Python
1 4 (23.53%) TypeScript
2 3 (17.65%) C#
2 3 (17.65%) Java
3 2 (11.76%) Bash
3 2 (11.76%) Pascal
3 2 (11.76%) VB
4 1 (5.88%) Go
4 1 (5.88%) PHP
4 1 (5.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) Degree
2 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.88%) DV Cleared
3 1 (5.88%) ISTQB
3 1 (5.88%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) SCCM
1 1 (5.88%) SCOM
Vendors
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft
1 1 (5.88%) VMware