Test Engineer Jobs in West Wales

Test Engineer
Wales > West Wales

The median Test Engineer salary in West Wales is £50,124 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 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
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 30 -
Rank change year-on-year +18 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 5 4 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Wales 7.69% 1.91% -
As % of the Job Titles category 8.62% 1.92% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46,486 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,124 £40,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +25.31% - -
75th Percentile £53,762 £40,202 -
90th Percentile - £40,566 -
Wales median annual salary £55,062 £42,500 £38,500
% change year-on-year +29.56% +10.39% -18.95%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in West 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 West Wales with a recognized job title 58 208 214
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.23% 99.52% 87.70%
Number of salaries quoted 27 185 170
10th Percentile £21,250 £30,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,375 £31,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,733 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.15% +12.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £53,762 £53,004 £51,625
90th Percentile £59,857 £64,500 £61,250
Wales median annual salary £47,683 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.96% - -5.26%

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in West Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Engineer in West Wales

Test Engineer
Salary Trend in West Wales

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

Salary trend for Test Engineer in West Wales

Test Engineer
Job Locations in West 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 West Wales region over the 6 months to 15 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
Swansea +15 5 £50,124 +25.31% 1
Test Engineer
Wales

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

For the 6 months to 15 May 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 across the West Wales region featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) QA
1 5 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
1 5 (100.00%) DevOps
1 5 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (60.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 3 (60.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (60.00%) Performance Engineering
2 3 (60.00%) Business Transformation
2 3 (60.00%) Grafana
2 3 (60.00%) AWS
2 3 (60.00%) Groovy
2 3 (60.00%) Performance Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) Unix
2 3 (60.00%) Linux
2 3 (60.00%) SQL
2 3 (60.00%) JMeter
3 2 (40.00%) Scrum
3 2 (40.00%) ADO
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (40.00%) Regression Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Software Engineering
3 2 (40.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (40.00%) ISTQB
3 2 (40.00%) Security Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Test Management
3 2 (40.00%) Risk Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) Use Case

Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West 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 (100.00%) Azure
2 3 (60.00%) AWS
3 2 (40.00%) Power Platform
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) JMeter
2 2 (40.00%) Postman
2 2 (40.00%) SoapUI
General
1 5 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (60.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Linux
1 3 (60.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) DevOps
1 5 (100.00%) Test Scripting
2 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) Business Transformation
2 3 (60.00%) Performance Engineering
2 3 (60.00%) Performance Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (40.00%) API Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 2 (40.00%) Customer Requirements
3 2 (40.00%) Non-Functional Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (40.00%) Regression Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Risk Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) Scrum
3 2 (40.00%) Security Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Software Engineering
3 2 (40.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Test Management
3 2 (40.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Groovy
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) QA
2 2 (40.00%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Grafana
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft