Systems Test Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

System Test Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median System Test Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £34,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 May 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 729 728 838
Rank change year-on-year -1 +110 -160
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Test Engineer 32 23 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.045% 0.038% 0.018%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.048% 0.043% 0.019%
Number of salaries quoted 11 11 4
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,750 £40,756
25th Percentile £30,500 £39,375 £43,484
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £48,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.17% - +20.00%
75th Percentile £41,750 £55,000 £51,000
90th Percentile £68,484 £61,250 -
UK median annual salary £36,750 £57,500 £48,000
% change year-on-year -36.09% +19.79% +20.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 66,781 53,729 68,078
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.80% 89.16% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 47,253 30,499 42,724
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,251 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Systems Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Systems Test Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Systems Test Engineer in the UK excluding London

Systems Test Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Test Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Systems Test Engineer in the UK excluding London

Systems Test Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Test Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Test Engineer in the UK excluding London

Systems Test Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Test Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 7 May 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
South East +28 12 £34,000 -40.87% 4
East of England +21 6 £30,000 -33.33%
Midlands -2 5 - - 2
South West -29 5 £39,500 -21.00% 2
North of England +45 3 £68,484 +82.62% 3
West Midlands +12 3 - - 2
North West - 3 £68,484 - 2
East Midlands -14 2 - -
Scotland -62 1 £44,000 -8.33%
Systems Test Engineer
UK

Systems Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, Systems 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 UK excluding London region featuring Systems Test Engineer in the job title.

1 12 (37.50%) Electronics
1 12 (37.50%) Degree
2 8 (25.00%) Agile
2 8 (25.00%) Aerospace
3 7 (21.88%) Security Cleared
4 6 (18.75%) Test Scripting
4 6 (18.75%) Algorithms
4 6 (18.75%) System Integration Testing
4 6 (18.75%) DBS Check
4 6 (18.75%) Thales
4 6 (18.75%) Customer Requirements
4 6 (18.75%) Systems Engineering
4 6 (18.75%) Marketing
4 6 (18.75%) Business Development
4 6 (18.75%) Retail
4 6 (18.75%) Validation
4 6 (18.75%) Military
4 6 (18.75%) Chip and PIN
5 4 (12.50%) Firmware
5 4 (12.50%) Middleware
5 4 (12.50%) Automotive
5 4 (12.50%) Wireless
5 4 (12.50%) Software Testing
5 4 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (12.50%) SDET
5 4 (12.50%) Mechatronics
5 4 (12.50%) Computer Science
5 4 (12.50%) QA
5 4 (12.50%) Test Automation
5 4 (12.50%) Geotechnical Engineering

Systems Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (6.25%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.50%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (6.25%) JIRA
1 2 (6.25%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 12 (37.50%) Electronics
2 8 (25.00%) Aerospace
3 6 (18.75%) Marketing
3 6 (18.75%) Military
3 6 (18.75%) Retail
4 4 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (12.50%) Automotive
5 3 (9.38%) Manufacturing
6 2 (6.25%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (12.50%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.75%) Algorithms
1 6 (18.75%) Chip and PIN
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (25.00%) Agile
2 6 (18.75%) Business Development
2 6 (18.75%) Customer Requirements
2 6 (18.75%) System Integration Testing
2 6 (18.75%) Systems Engineering
2 6 (18.75%) Test Scripting
2 6 (18.75%) Validation
3 4 (12.50%) Code Quality
3 4 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
3 4 (12.50%) Computer Science
3 4 (12.50%) Geotechnical Engineering
3 4 (12.50%) Mechatronics
3 4 (12.50%) SDET
3 4 (12.50%) Software Testing
3 4 (12.50%) Test Automation
4 2 (6.25%) OO
4 2 (6.25%) OOP
4 2 (6.25%) Project Management
4 2 (6.25%) SDLC
4 2 (6.25%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.25%) C
1 2 (6.25%) MATLAB
1 2 (6.25%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (37.50%) Degree
2 7 (21.88%) Security Cleared
3 6 (18.75%) DBS Check
4 3 (9.38%) HNC
5 2 (6.25%) Master's Degree
6 1 (3.13%) NVQ Level 3
6 1 (3.13%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.50%) QA
2 1 (3.13%) HAZOP
System Software
1 4 (12.50%) Firmware
Vendors
1 6 (18.75%) Thales
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft