Test Engineer Jobs in Wales

Test Engineer
UK > Wales

The median Test Engineer salary in Wales is £42,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 102 119 121
Rank change year-on-year +17 +2 -24
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 16 12 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 0.79% 0.72% 1.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.85% 0.84% 1.10%
Number of salaries quoted 15 10 18
10th Percentile £32,400 £36,800 £38,375
25th Percentile £40,000 - £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £37,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.86% -22.11% +11.76%
75th Percentile £46,250 £46,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £64,000 £53,442 -
UK median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% +5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Wales

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Wales. 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 Wales with a recognized job title 1,880 1,435 1,814
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.57% 85.93% 94.87%
Number of salaries quoted 1,272 820 1,152
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,500 £30,050
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,080 £37,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Engineer in Wales

Test Engineer
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for Test Engineer in Wales

Test Engineer
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Engineer in Wales over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Engineer in Wales

Test Engineer
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Engineer within the Wales region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
South Wales +1 9 £45,000 +21.62% 4
West Wales - 4 £40,000 -
North Wales - 2 £28,250 - 1
Test Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 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 across the Wales region featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 10 (62.50%) Test Automation
2 7 (43.75%) Software Testing
3 6 (37.50%) Test Scripting
4 5 (31.25%) Azure
4 5 (31.25%) Non-Functional Testing
4 5 (31.25%) SDLC
4 5 (31.25%) Agile
4 5 (31.25%) JavaScript
4 5 (31.25%) Python
5 4 (25.00%) Regression Testing
5 4 (25.00%) SQL
5 4 (25.00%) API Testing
5 4 (25.00%) DevOps
5 4 (25.00%) Performance Testing
5 4 (25.00%) Test Management
5 4 (25.00%) Manual Testing
5 4 (25.00%) Cypress.io
5 4 (25.00%) Git
5 4 (25.00%) BDD
5 4 (25.00%) Social Skills
6 3 (18.75%) CI/CD
6 3 (18.75%) Task Automation
6 3 (18.75%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (18.75%) Fintech
6 3 (18.75%) GitLab
6 3 (18.75%) JIRA
7 2 (12.50%) QA
7 2 (12.50%) ISTQB
7 2 (12.50%) Scrum
7 2 (12.50%) ETL

Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (31.25%) Azure
2 3 (18.75%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (6.25%) AWS
3 1 (6.25%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 4 (25.00%) Cypress.io
1 4 (25.00%) Git
2 3 (18.75%) GitLab
2 3 (18.75%) JIRA
3 2 (12.50%) JMeter
4 1 (6.25%) MSTest
4 1 (6.25%) Robot Framework
4 1 (6.25%) Selenium
4 1 (6.25%) SpecFlow
4 1 (6.25%) Visual Studio
4 1 (6.25%) Zephyr
General
1 4 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Finance
2 1 (6.25%) Manufacturing
2 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) Lightning Web Components
1 1 (6.25%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (6.25%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Linux
1 1 (6.25%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (62.50%) Test Automation
2 7 (43.75%) Software Testing
3 6 (37.50%) Test Scripting
4 5 (31.25%) Agile
4 5 (31.25%) Non-Functional Testing
4 5 (31.25%) SDLC
5 4 (25.00%) API Testing
5 4 (25.00%) BDD
5 4 (25.00%) DevOps
5 4 (25.00%) Manual Testing
5 4 (25.00%) Performance Testing
5 4 (25.00%) Regression Testing
5 4 (25.00%) Test Management
6 3 (18.75%) CI/CD
6 3 (18.75%) Fintech
6 3 (18.75%) Task Automation
7 2 (12.50%) Analytics
7 2 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (12.50%) Customer Requirements
7 2 (12.50%) Data Reconciliation
Programming Languages
1 5 (31.25%) JavaScript
1 5 (31.25%) Python
2 4 (25.00%) SQL
3 1 (6.25%) C#
3 1 (6.25%) Groovy
3 1 (6.25%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) HND
1 2 (12.50%) ISTQB
1 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Grafana
Vendors
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft
1 1 (6.25%) Salesforce