Test Engineer Jobs in Northamptonshire

Test Engineer
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

As of 28 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Test Engineer salary in Northamptonshire.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 74 -
Rank change year-on-year +67 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 210 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 25.15% 0.24% -
As % of the Job Titles category 25.64% 0.25% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
East Midlands median annual salary £33,000 £37,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% -31.82% +22.22%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Northamptonshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Northamptonshire. 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 Northamptonshire with a recognized job title 819 793 453
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.08% 95.08% 87.62%
Number of salaries quoted 254 588 251
10th Percentile £27,900 £24,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £34,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £40,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.21% -27.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £63,500 £52,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £78,500
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 Northamptonshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Engineer in Northamptonshire

Test Engineer
Salary Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Salary trend for Test Engineer in Northamptonshire

Test Engineer
Job Locations in Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Engineer within the Northamptonshire 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
Northampton +4 8 - - 4
Towcester - 7 - -
Brackley - 6 - -
Wellingborough - 5 - -
Test Engineer
East Midlands

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

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 Northamptonshire region featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 210 (100.00%) Degree
2 187 (89.05%) Mentoring
2 187 (89.05%) Coaching
3 174 (82.86%) Test Strategy
3 174 (82.86%) LTE
3 174 (82.86%) Validation
3 174 (82.86%) HND
3 174 (82.86%) Bluetooth
3 174 (82.86%) GSM
3 174 (82.86%) UMTS
3 174 (82.86%) Wi-Fi
3 174 (82.86%) Wireless
3 174 (82.86%) Electronics
3 174 (82.86%) Driving Licence
3 174 (82.86%) 5G
3 174 (82.86%) Customer Requirements
3 174 (82.86%) Verification and Validation
4 36 (17.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 25 (11.90%) Safety Engineering
5 25 (11.90%) Microsoft Office
5 25 (11.90%) Microsoft
5 25 (11.90%) Manufacturing
6 11 (5.24%) QA
6 11 (5.24%) Test Management
6 11 (5.24%) System Testing
6 11 (5.24%) PowerShell
6 11 (5.24%) Test Automation
6 11 (5.24%) Bash
6 11 (5.24%) Cucumber
6 11 (5.24%) DevOps

Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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 25 (11.90%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 174 (82.86%) 5G
1 174 (82.86%) Bluetooth
1 174 (82.86%) GSM
1 174 (82.86%) LTE
1 174 (82.86%) UMTS
1 174 (82.86%) Wi-Fi
1 174 (82.86%) Wireless
2 11 (5.24%) TCP/IP
2 11 (5.24%) VPN
Development Applications
1 11 (5.24%) Cucumber
1 11 (5.24%) Robot Framework
General
1 174 (82.86%) Electronics
2 36 (17.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 25 (11.90%) Manufacturing
4 11 (5.24%) Social Skills
4 11 (5.24%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 174 (82.86%) Driving Licence
2 11 (5.24%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 11 (5.24%) Linux
1 11 (5.24%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 187 (89.05%) Coaching
1 187 (89.05%) Mentoring
2 174 (82.86%) Customer Requirements
2 174 (82.86%) Test Strategy
2 174 (82.86%) Validation
2 174 (82.86%) Verification and Validation
3 25 (11.90%) Safety Engineering
4 11 (5.24%) DevOps
4 11 (5.24%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (5.24%) System Testing
4 11 (5.24%) Test Automation
4 11 (5.24%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (5.24%) Bash
1 11 (5.24%) JavaScript
1 11 (5.24%) PowerShell
1 11 (5.24%) Python
Qualifications
1 210 (100.00%) Degree
2 174 (82.86%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.24%) QA
Vendors
1 25 (11.90%) Microsoft