Test Development Engineer Job Trends in Staines

Test Development Engineer
Surrey > Staines

The median Test Development Engineer salary in Staines is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 September 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Development Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Staines 1.01% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.03% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - -
Surrey median annual salary £50,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Staines

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Staines. 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 Staines with a recognized job title 97 38 42
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.98% 97.44% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 71 33 28
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 -
25th Percentile £47,500 £56,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £44,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +40.45% -11.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £57,813
90th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £78,250
Surrey median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,250
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.09% -9.13%

Test Development Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Staines

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Test Development Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Staines.

Test Development Engineer job vacancy trend in Staines

Test Development Engineer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staines

For the 6 months to 14 September 2026, Test Development Engineer job roles required 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 job ads across the Staines region featuring Test Development Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Gherkin
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) SDET
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
1 1 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)

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

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) SDET
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
1 1 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) QA