Test Engineer Jobs in South Wales

Test Engineer
Wales > South Wales

The median Test Engineer salary in South Wales is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 92 91 98
Rank change year-on-year -1 +7 -14
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 8 14 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 0.56% 1.22% 1.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.61% 1.36% 1.43%
Number of salaries quoted 7 11 18
10th Percentile £40,050 - £37,625
25th Percentile £43,125 - £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £37,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +21.62% -22.11% +5.56%
75th Percentile £56,250 £44,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £67,500 £52,991 -
Wales median annual salary £42,000 £37,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +13.51% -22.11% +11.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South Wales

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in South Wales. 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 South Wales with a recognized job title 1,306 1,026 1,399
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.63% 89.45% 97.36%
Number of salaries quoted 865 585 873
10th Percentile £27,157 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,604 £45,496 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -7.15% +8.89%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,988 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
Wales median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +11.76%

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Engineer in South Wales

Test Engineer
Salary Trend in South Wales

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

Salary trend for Test Engineer in South Wales

Test Engineer
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Engineer in South Wales over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Engineer in South Wales

Test Engineer
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Engineer within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
Cardiff +1 8 £45,000 -6.25% 2
Test Engineer
Wales

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, 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 South Wales region featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 5 (62.50%) Software Testing
2 5 (62.50%) SDLC
3 4 (50.00%) API Testing
3 4 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 4 (50.00%) Python
3 4 (50.00%) Cypress.io
3 4 (50.00%) Test Scripting
3 4 (50.00%) Manual Testing
3 4 (50.00%) BDD
3 4 (50.00%) Non-Functional Testing
4 3 (37.50%) Agile
4 3 (37.50%) Git
4 3 (37.50%) Regression Testing
4 3 (37.50%) JIRA
4 3 (37.50%) Performance Testing
4 3 (37.50%) Test Management
4 3 (37.50%) Task Automation
4 3 (37.50%) Fintech
4 3 (37.50%) CI/CD
4 3 (37.50%) GitLab
5 2 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (25.00%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (25.00%) ISTQB
5 2 (25.00%) Migration
5 2 (25.00%) Scrum
5 2 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (25.00%) ETL
5 2 (25.00%) SQL
5 2 (25.00%) Azure

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

Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
1 2 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (12.50%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 4 (50.00%) Cypress.io
2 3 (37.50%) Git
2 3 (37.50%) GitLab
2 3 (37.50%) JIRA
General
1 1 (12.50%) Finance
1 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (12.50%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 5 (62.50%) SDLC
2 5 (62.50%) Software Testing
3 4 (50.00%) API Testing
3 4 (50.00%) BDD
3 4 (50.00%) Manual Testing
3 4 (50.00%) Non-Functional Testing
3 4 (50.00%) Test Scripting
4 3 (37.50%) Agile
4 3 (37.50%) CI/CD
4 3 (37.50%) Fintech
4 3 (37.50%) Performance Testing
4 3 (37.50%) Regression Testing
4 3 (37.50%) Task Automation
4 3 (37.50%) Test Management
5 2 (25.00%) Analytics
5 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (25.00%) ETL
5 2 (25.00%) Migration
5 2 (25.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 4 (50.00%) Python
2 2 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Salesforce