Test Engineer
UK
The median Test Engineer salary in the UK is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 April 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 2 Apr 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 384 | 515 | 425 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +131 | -90 | +28 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer | 319 | 365 | 807 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.63% | 0.39% | 0.73% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.70% | 0.42% | 0.79% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 135 | 226 | 500 |
| 10th Percentile | £38,030 | £32,500 | £34,700 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,500 | £37,500 | £41,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £45,000 | £52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +22.22% | -14.29% | +5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £60,000 | £52,500 | £65,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £67,300 | £67,500 | £75,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £44,033 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +24.91% | -11.94% | +11.11% |
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 | 45,395 | 87,713 | 101,679 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 89.82% | 94.66% | 91.93% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,632 | 64,228 | 63,419 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,250 | £28,501 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £43,750 | £38,750 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £54,650 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.22% | -8.92% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £76,250 | £72,433 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £91,250 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,500 | £50,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Test Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Test Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test Engineer.
Test Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Engineer over the 6 months to 2 April 2025.
Test Engineer
Top 15 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 2 April 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 |
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| England | +132 | 286 | £55,000 | +22.22% | 350 |
| UK excluding London | +137 | 276 | £55,000 | +24.91% | 306 |
| South East | +131 | 124 | £60,000 | +41.18% | 101 |
| East of England | +54 | 53 | £55,000 | +22.22% | 46 |
| Work from Home | +97 | 42 | £55,000 | +16.07% | 136 |
| Midlands | +45 | 37 | £55,000 | +30.18% | 32 |
| East Midlands | +69 | 31 | £42,500 | +13.33% | 9 |
| London | +82 | 25 | £48,000 | -26.15% | 68 |
| South West | +78 | 23 | £34,500 | -29.77% | 33 |
| North of England | +73 | 14 | £47,500 | - | 67 |
| Scotland | +109 | 13 | £55,000 | +23.60% | 19 |
| Wales | +39 | 13 | £55,062 | +31.10% | 9 |
| North West | +39 | 11 | £47,500 | - | 36 |
| West Midlands | -5 | 6 | £57,500 | +35.29% | 23 |
| Yorkshire | +56 | 3 | £49,875 | +17.35% | 18 |
Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 2 April 2025, 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 featuring Test Engineer in the job title.
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Test 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:
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