Test Engineer Jobs in Portsmouth

Test Engineer
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The median Test Engineer salary in Portsmouth is £45,000 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 49 57 59
Rank change year-on-year +8 +2 +10
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 6 1 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Portsmouth 1.45% 0.18% 1.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.50% 0.19% 1.33%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41,000 - £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +46.67% +15.38%
75th Percentile £50,875 - £38,750
90th Percentile £57,850 - -
Hampshire median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £41,500
% change year-on-year +16.67% +8.43% -20.95%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Portsmouth

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Portsmouth. 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 Portsmouth with a recognized job title 399 515 376
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.61% 94.15% 91.26%
Number of salaries quoted 188 446 274
10th Percentile £33,000 £24,500 £28,575
25th Percentile £47,188 £35,188 £38,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £64,638 £61,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £77,500
Hampshire median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £53,250
% change year-on-year +5.00% -6.10% +1.43%

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Engineer in Portsmouth

Test Engineer
Salary Trend in Portsmouth

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

Salary trend for Test Engineer in Portsmouth

Test Engineer
Salary Histogram in Portsmouth

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

Salary histogram for Test Engineer in Portsmouth

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

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 Portsmouth region featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (50.00%) Java
1 3 (50.00%) Python
1 3 (50.00%) QA
2 2 (33.33%) OrCAD
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Software Architecture
2 2 (33.33%) SoapUI
2 2 (33.33%) Pascal
2 2 (33.33%) CAD
2 2 (33.33%) Regression Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Electronics
2 2 (33.33%) C#
2 2 (33.33%) C++
2 2 (33.33%) VB
2 2 (33.33%) SOAP
2 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (33.33%) Test Management
2 2 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
2 2 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Postman
3 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) V-Model
3 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
3 1 (16.67%) JIRA
3 1 (16.67%) XML
3 1 (16.67%) PHP
3 1 (16.67%) SQL

Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth 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 (33.33%) OrCAD
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) SoapUI
2 1 (16.67%) Cucumber
2 1 (16.67%) Jenkins
2 1 (16.67%) JIRA
2 1 (16.67%) Postman
2 1 (16.67%) Selenium
General
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Electronics
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) SOAP
2 1 (16.67%) pytest
2 1 (16.67%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) CAD
1 2 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
1 2 (33.33%) Regression Testing
1 2 (33.33%) Software Architecture
1 2 (33.33%) Test Management
2 1 (16.67%) Agile
2 1 (16.67%) Defect Management
2 1 (16.67%) Defect Tracking
2 1 (16.67%) Fintech
2 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
2 1 (16.67%) SDLC
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
2 1 (16.67%) Test Planning
2 1 (16.67%) V-Model
2 1 (16.67%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) Java
1 3 (50.00%) Python
2 2 (33.33%) C#
2 2 (33.33%) C++
2 2 (33.33%) Pascal
2 2 (33.33%) VB
3 1 (16.67%) Go
3 1 (16.67%) PHP
3 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) QA