Test Engineer
UK
The median Test Engineer salary in the UK is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 December 2024.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 6 Dec 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
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| Rank | 378 | 473 | 380 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +95 | -93 | +65 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer | 493 | 274 | 1,087 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.69% | 0.51% | 0.88% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.73% | 0.54% | 0.92% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 153 | 165 | 642 |
| 10th Percentile | £36,500 | £32,603 | £36,527 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £41,750 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,000 | £50,000 | £52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -4.76% | +5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £60,000 | £58,750 | £65,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £65,877 | £72,500 | £75,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £49,104 | £46,250 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +6.17% | -7.50% | +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 | 67,099 | 50,997 | 118,430 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 93.81% | 95.45% | 95.38% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 33,726 | 37,358 | 74,226 |
| 10th Percentile | £32,500 | £31,250 | £32,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £43,116 | £42,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.17% | - | +4.35% |
| 75th Percentile | £77,000 | £80,000 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £97,500 | £98,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,500 | £52,500 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +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 6 December 2024.
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 December 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 |
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| England | +80 | 447 | £50,000 | - | 142 |
| UK excluding London | +87 | 443 | £49,104 | +6.17% | 130 |
| South East | +49 | 173 | £47,500 | - | 39 |
| East of England | +23 | 93 | £50,000 | - | 17 |
| Work from Home | -10 | 71 | £55,000 | +10.00% | 115 |
| Midlands | +18 | 67 | £52,500 | +45.83% | 17 |
| East Midlands | +14 | 49 | £42,500 | +19.72% | 8 |
| South West | -8 | 49 | £40,000 | -13.98% | 25 |
| Scotland | +14 | 32 | £46,000 | +4.47% | 9 |
| North of England | -43 | 28 | £57,965 | +15.93% | 24 |
| London | -13 | 24 | £58,750 | +11.90% | 19 |
| West Midlands | -30 | 18 | £57,732 | +15.46% | 9 |
| North West | -53 | 13 | £50,000 | +4.71% | 14 |
| North East | -31 | 8 | £57,965 | +28.81% | 4 |
| Yorkshire | +16 | 7 | £57,965 | +7.84% | 6 |
| Wales | +22 | 6 | £95,000 | +171.43% |
Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 6 December 2024, 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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