Test Engineer Jobs in Surrey

Test Engineer
South East > Surrey

The median Test Engineer salary in Surrey is £47,500 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 143 143 183
Rank change year-on-year 0 +40 -39
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 12 21 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 0.48% 0.84% 0.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.53% 0.89% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 12 11 12
10th Percentile - £46,250 -
25th Percentile £40,000 £66,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £75,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -36.67% +42.86% +36.36%
75th Percentile £51,563 £91,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £54,750 - £64,750
South East median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Surrey

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Surrey. 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 Surrey with a recognized job title 2,284 2,360 3,335
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.10% 94.10% 96.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1,490 1,474 2,078
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,325 £31,963
25th Percentile £38,000 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £58,750 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.89% +5.86% +5.71%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £80,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Engineer in Surrey

Test Engineer
Salary Trend in Surrey

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

Salary trend for Test Engineer in Surrey

Test Engineer
Salary Histogram in Surrey

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

Salary histogram for Test Engineer in Surrey

Test Engineer
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Engineer within the Surrey 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
Guildford +26 8 £47,500 +28.38% 2
Test Engineer
South East

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

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 Surrey region featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 9 (75.00%) Test Automation
2 8 (66.67%) Software Testing
3 7 (58.33%) Degree
3 7 (58.33%) Mathematics
3 7 (58.33%) Physics
3 7 (58.33%) Computer Science
3 7 (58.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (58.33%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
5 5 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (33.33%) Bash
6 4 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (33.33%) Software Engineering
6 4 (33.33%) Manual Testing
6 4 (33.33%) Network Security
6 4 (33.33%) C
6 4 (33.33%) Linux
6 4 (33.33%) Python
6 4 (33.33%) TCP/IP
7 3 (25.00%) .NET
7 3 (25.00%) SQL Server
7 3 (25.00%) C#
7 3 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
7 3 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (25.00%) Test Strategy
7 3 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
7 3 (25.00%) Deadline-Driven
8 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
9 1 (8.33%) ISTQB
9 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared

Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey 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 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) Azure
1 1 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (33.33%) Network Security
1 4 (33.33%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (25.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Cypress.io
1 1 (8.33%) Jenkins
1 1 (8.33%) Postman
1 1 (8.33%) Protractor
1 1 (8.33%) Selenium
1 1 (8.33%) Travis CI
General
1 7 (58.33%) Organisational Skills
2 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (25.00%) .NET
2 1 (8.33%) Node.js
2 1 (8.33%) Playwright
2 1 (8.33%) Puppeteer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 4 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) Test Automation
2 8 (66.67%) Software Testing
3 7 (58.33%) Computer Science
3 7 (58.33%) Mathematics
3 7 (58.33%) Physics
4 5 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (33.33%) Manual Testing
5 4 (33.33%) Software Engineering
6 3 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
6 3 (25.00%) Deadline-Driven
6 3 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
6 3 (25.00%) Test Strategy
7 1 (8.33%) API Testing
7 1 (8.33%) DevOps
7 1 (8.33%) Mentoring
7 1 (8.33%) SDET
7 1 (8.33%) Sprint Planning
7 1 (8.33%) Sprint Retrospective
7 1 (8.33%) Sprint Review
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) Bash
1 4 (33.33%) C
1 4 (33.33%) Python
2 3 (25.00%) C#
3 1 (8.33%) C++
3 1 (8.33%) Java
3 1 (8.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (8.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 7 (58.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 7 (58.33%) Degree
2 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) DV Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) ISTQB
3 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft