Junior Test Engineer Job Trends

Junior Test Engineer
UK

The median Junior Test Engineer salary in the UK is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 June 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 736 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Test Engineer 5 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.005% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.006% - -
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £24,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 - -
75th Percentile £36,000 - -
90th Percentile £37,650 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 86,325 39,559 100,041
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.91% 89.42% 94.81%
Number of salaries quoted 58,991 22,376 72,330
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -6.54%

Junior Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Junior Test Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Junior Test Engineer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Junior Test Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Junior Test Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Junior Test Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior Test Engineer over the 6 months to 9 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Junior Test Engineer in the UK

Junior Test Engineer
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior Test Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 9 June 2026. 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
England - 4 £27,000 - 2
London - 3 £24,000 -
UK excluding London - 2 £32,000 - 2
Scotland - 1 £34,000 -
Midlands - 1 £30,000 -
West Midlands - 1 £30,000 -

Junior Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 9 June 2026, Junior Test 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 featuring Junior Test Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (40.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (20.00%) .NET
3 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (20.00%) Azure
3 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) C#
3 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (20.00%) Data Validation
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) End-to-End Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Exploratory Testing
3 1 (20.00%) GraphQL
3 1 (20.00%) HND
3 1 (20.00%) LabVIEW
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Playwright
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Python
3 1 (20.00%) QA
3 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (20.00%) REST
3 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) SpecFlow
3 1 (20.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) Validation
3 1 (20.00%) Workflow

Junior Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) LabVIEW
1 1 (20.00%) SpecFlow
General
1 2 (40.00%) Electronics
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) .NET
1 1 (20.00%) GraphQL
1 1 (20.00%) Playwright
1 1 (20.00%) REST
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (40.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (20.00%) Data Validation
3 1 (20.00%) DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) End-to-End Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Exploratory Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) Validation
3 1 (20.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) C#
1 1 (20.00%) Python
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA