Test Engineer Jobs in Merseyside

Test Engineer
North West > Merseyside

The median Test Engineer salary in Merseyside is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 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
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 - 103
Rank change year-on-year - - -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 3 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 0.70% - 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.89% - 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.40%
75th Percentile - - £48,750
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £46,250 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.78% -10.00% +13.64%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Merseyside

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Merseyside. 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 Merseyside with a recognized job title 337 1,233 871
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 78.37% 94.63% 79.98%
Number of salaries quoted 194 864 440
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £62,188 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,350 £77,500 £70,060
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Engineer in Merseyside

Test Engineer
Salary Trend in Merseyside

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

Salary trend for Test Engineer in Merseyside

Test Engineer
Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Engineer within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 14 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
St Helens - 2 £40,000 - 1
Liverpool - 1 - - 1
Test Engineer
North West

Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside

For the 6 months to 14 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 Merseyside region featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Pharmaceutical
2 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (66.67%) Biopharmaceutical
2 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
2 2 (66.67%) Validation
2 2 (66.67%) Functional Testing
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) Coaching
3 1 (33.33%) Robot Framework
3 1 (33.33%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (33.33%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) Linux
3 1 (33.33%) Python
3 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
3 1 (33.33%) VPN
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) QA
3 1 (33.33%) Test Management
3 1 (33.33%) System Testing
3 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Bash
3 1 (33.33%) Cucumber
3 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity

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

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
1 1 (33.33%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Cucumber
1 1 (33.33%) Robot Framework
General
1 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
1 2 (66.67%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Biopharmaceutical
2 1 (33.33%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (66.67%) Functional Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Coaching
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) System Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Bash
1 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA