Test Engineer Job Trends in Slough

Test Engineer
Berkshire > Slough

The median Test Engineer salary in Slough is £36,700 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 November 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

	6 months to 12 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	33	-	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Permanent Test Engineer jobs	7	0	0
As % of all permanent jobs in Slough	1.53%	-	-
As % of the Job Titles category	1.67%	-	-
Number of salaries quoted	2	0	0
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£36,700	-	-
Berkshire median annual salary	£36,700	£30,000	£50,000
% change year-on-year	+22.33%	-40.00%	-14.89%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Slough

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts in Slough matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.

	6 months to 12 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in Slough matching a recognised job title	418	352	87
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title	91.47%	92.15%	92.55%
Number of salaries quoted	273	104	53
10^th Percentile	£30,000	£33,982	£57,000
25^th Percentile	£41,250	£41,250	£62,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£60,000	£67,500
Median % change year-on-year	-8.33%	-11.11%	+28.57%
75^th Percentile	£70,000	£72,500	£82,500
90^th Percentile	£75,000	£80,000	-
Berkshire median annual salary	£55,000	£47,500	£60,000
% change year-on-year	+15.79%	-20.83%	+10.09%

Test Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in Slough

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Test Engineer job postings relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Slough.

Test Engineer Salary Trend in Slough

Salary distribution trend for Test Engineer job vacancies in Slough.

Test Engineer Skill Set Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Slough

For the 6 months to 12 November 2026, Test Engineer job ads cited the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent Test Engineer job ads across the Slough region.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	QMS	57.1%	4
2	Acceptance Criteria	28.6%	2
2	Agile	28.6%	2
2	AI	28.6%	2
2	AI Transformation	28.6%	2
2	API Testing	28.6%	2
2	Azure	28.6%	2
2	Azure DevOps	28.6%	2
2	Cypress.io	28.6%	2
2	DevOps	28.6%	2
2	DevSecOps	28.6%	2
2	Infrastructure as Code	28.6%	2
2	JavaScript	28.6%	2
2	Jenkins	28.6%	2
2	JIRA	28.6%	2
2	Postman	28.6%	2
2	Python	28.6%	2
2	QA	28.6%	2
2	Quality Management	28.6%	2
2	Regression Testing	28.6%	2
2	REST	28.6%	2
2	Security Testing	28.6%	2
2	Selenium	28.6%	2
2	Test Automation	28.6%	2
2	Test Management	28.6%	2
2	Test Strategy	28.6%	2
2	TestRail	28.6%	2
2	Zephyr	28.6%	2

Test Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Slough by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

Rank	Job Title	Share	Job Ads
1	Lead Test Engineer	57.1%	4
2	QA Test Engineer	28.6%	2
2	Requirements Engineer	28.6%	2