Test Engineer Jobs in Leicestershire

Test Engineer
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The median Test Engineer salary in Leicestershire is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 - 94
Rank change year-on-year - - +10
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 1 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicestershire 0.14% - 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% - 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £32,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 - £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -17.95%
75th Percentile £37,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median annual salary £35,000 £40,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% -15.79% +5.56%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Leicestershire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Leicestershire. 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 Leicestershire with a recognized job title 672 1,012 749
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.78% 93.79% 93.63%
Number of salaries quoted 175 568 265
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,675 £25,134
25th Percentile £33,125 £31,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.78% - +5.88%
75th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £68,000 £72,500 £67,500
East Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -15.00% +5.26%

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Engineer in Leicestershire

Test Engineer
Salary Trend in Leicestershire

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

Salary trend for Test Engineer in Leicestershire

Test Engineer
Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Engineer within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 16 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
Lutterworth - 1 £35,000 -
Test Engineer
East Midlands

Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire

For the 6 months to 16 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 Leicestershire region featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) LDAP
1 1 (100.00%) Client/Server
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 9001
1 1 (100.00%) Smartcard
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Subversion
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) PKI
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) TestComplete
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity

Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire 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 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Subversion
1 1 (100.00%) TestComplete
General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) LDAP
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Client/Server
1 1 (100.00%) PKI
1 1 (100.00%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 9001