Test Development Engineer Jobs

Test Development Engineer
UK

The median Test Development Engineer salary in the UK is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 695 877 897
Rank change year-on-year +182 +20 +163
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Development Engineer 15 10 81
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.028% 0.010% 0.079%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.031% 0.011% 0.086%
Number of salaries quoted 13 10 57
10th Percentile £36,350 - £50,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £37,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £40,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.25% -42.86% -4.11%
75th Percentile £66,250 £67,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £96,500 £71,375 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £40,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +31.25% -33.33% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 48,816 93,552 93,960
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.39% 94.64% 91.50%
Number of salaries quoted 27,241 67,063 59,087
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,500 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,501 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -5.66% +6.00%

Test Development Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Development Engineer in the UK

Test Development Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Test Development Engineer in the UK

Test Development Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Development Engineer over the 6 months to 8 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Test Development Engineer in the UK

Test Development Engineer
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Development Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 8 May 2025. 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 +158 11 £52,500 +31.25% 26
UK excluding London +181 10 £52,500 +31.25% 28
Work from Home +170 10 £53,750 +34.38% 7
London +109 5 £65,000 -10.34% 4
South West - 4 £52,500 - 1
Scotland - 4 £55,000 - 2
East of England - 2 £39,000 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 8 May 2025, Test Development 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 featuring Test Development Engineer in the job title.

1 13 (86.67%) Test Automation
2 7 (46.67%) Software Testing
2 7 (46.67%) SDET
3 6 (40.00%) Analogue Electronics
3 6 (40.00%) Manufacturing
3 6 (40.00%) LabVIEW
3 6 (40.00%) Software Engineering
4 5 (33.33%) Test Strategy
4 5 (33.33%) Python
5 4 (26.67%) C
5 4 (26.67%) CAD
5 4 (26.67%) Embedded C
5 4 (26.67%) SOLIDWORKS
5 4 (26.67%) Agile
5 4 (26.67%) Mentoring
5 4 (26.67%) Fintech
6 3 (20.00%) CI/CD
6 3 (20.00%) Test Planning
6 3 (20.00%) SDLC
6 3 (20.00%) C#
6 3 (20.00%) Java
6 3 (20.00%) JavaScript
7 2 (13.33%) HTTP
7 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
7 2 (13.33%) SQL
7 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (13.33%) Web Services
7 2 (13.33%) CCA
7 2 (13.33%) Electronics
7 2 (13.33%) Validation

Test Development Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 4 (26.67%) SOLIDWORKS
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Project
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (40.00%) LabVIEW
2 2 (13.33%) Appium
2 2 (13.33%) Cypress.io
2 2 (13.33%) Jenkins
2 2 (13.33%) Postman
2 2 (13.33%) Selenium
2 2 (13.33%) SoapUI
2 2 (13.33%) Xcode
2 2 (13.33%) XCUITest
3 1 (6.67%) Cucumber
3 1 (6.67%) Git
3 1 (6.67%) JMeter
General
1 6 (40.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (13.33%) Electronics
2 2 (13.33%) Tech for Good
3 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) JSON
1 2 (13.33%) Playwright
1 2 (13.33%) REST
1 2 (13.33%) Web Services
2 1 (6.67%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 6 (40.00%) Analogue Electronics
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (86.67%) Test Automation
2 7 (46.67%) SDET
2 7 (46.67%) Software Testing
3 6 (40.00%) Software Engineering
4 5 (33.33%) Test Strategy
5 4 (26.67%) Agile
5 4 (26.67%) CAD
5 4 (26.67%) Fintech
5 4 (26.67%) Mentoring
6 3 (20.00%) CI/CD
6 3 (20.00%) SDLC
6 3 (20.00%) Test Planning
7 2 (13.33%) API Testing
7 2 (13.33%) Artificial Intelligence
7 2 (13.33%) BDD
7 2 (13.33%) Functional Testing
7 2 (13.33%) iOS Development
7 2 (13.33%) Schematic Capture
7 2 (13.33%) Validation
7 2 (13.33%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (33.33%) Python
2 4 (26.67%) C
2 4 (26.67%) Embedded C
3 3 (20.00%) C#
3 3 (20.00%) Java
3 3 (20.00%) JavaScript
4 2 (13.33%) SQL
4 2 (13.33%) Swift
5 1 (6.67%) Go
5 1 (6.67%) PHP
5 1 (6.67%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) CCA
1 2 (13.33%) Degree
1 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Mentor Graphics
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) Dynatrace
2 1 (6.67%) Splunk