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 6 March 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 6 Mar 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 299 | 546 | 410 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +247 | -136 | +32 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer | 559 | 311 | 890 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.99% | 0.38% | 0.80% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 1.09% | 0.40% | 0.86% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 125 | 205 | 538 |
| 10th Percentile | £33,500 | £32,500 | £34,100 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,320 | £37,500 | £41,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £45,000 | £52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +22.22% | -14.29% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £60,000 | £55,000 | £65,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £65,150 | £70,000 | £74,125 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £45,000 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +22.22% | -10.00% | +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 | 51,402 | 77,558 | 103,858 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 91.01% | 94.80% | 93.40% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,017 | 57,951 | 64,854 |
| 10th Percentile | £32,500 | £28,600 | £32,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £39,085 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £58,500 | £55,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.36% | -8.33% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £77,500 | £72,500 | £82,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £92,500 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £54,250 | £50,000 | £52,831 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.50% | -5.36% | +5.66% |
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 6 March 2025.
Test Engineer
Top 16 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 6 March 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 | +249 | 525 | £55,000 | +22.22% | 115 |
| UK excluding London | +223 | 511 | £55,000 | +22.22% | 113 |
| South East | +164 | 224 | £60,000 | +41.18% | 36 |
| East of England | +103 | 129 | £55,000 | +22.22% | 27 |
| Midlands | +65 | 82 | £50,000 | +25.00% | 16 |
| East Midlands | +94 | 72 | £42,500 | +6.25% | 5 |
| Work from Home | +49 | 41 | £55,000 | +10.00% | 66 |
| South West | +53 | 28 | £34,500 | -29.77% | 12 |
| North of England | +32 | 24 | £47,500 | -5.00% | 17 |
| Scotland | +69 | 20 | £55,000 | +37.50% | 5 |
| London | +54 | 18 | £65,000 | - | 12 |
| North West | +18 | 17 | £47,500 | - | 9 |
| Wales | +37 | 10 | £60,000 | +41.18% | 7 |
| West Midlands | +1 | 10 | £55,000 | +29.41% | 11 |
| Yorkshire | +46 | 5 | £29,750 | -35.68% | 4 |
| North East | +32 | 2 | £65,000 | +12.14% | 4 |
Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 6 March 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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