Test Engineer Jobs in the West Midlands

Test Engineer
England > West Midlands

The median Test Engineer salary in the West Midlands is £42,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 196 201 241
Rank change year-on-year +5 +40 -71
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 47 73 46
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.65% 1.08% 0.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.70% 1.20% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 15 21 33
10th Percentile £40,400 £36,250 £34,825
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £38,899
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +15.79% +26.67%
75th Percentile £59,375 £65,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £61,346 - £55,350
England median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 6,747 6,095 6,853
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.00% 89.96% 94.67%
Number of salaries quoted 5,135 3,356 4,780
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,966 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £62,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.74% +0.83% +9.09%

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Engineer in the West Midlands

Test Engineer
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Test Engineer in the West Midlands

Test Engineer
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Engineer in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Engineer in the West Midlands

Test Engineer
Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 23 April 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
Warwickshire +47 31 £42,500 -10.53% 2
Coventry +32 6 £40,000 -38.46% 4
Birmingham -5 4 £47,500 -12.04%
Shropshire -2 2 £60,250 +9.55%
Staffordshire -12 2 £36,250 +3.57% 6
Test Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 April 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 West Midlands region featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 25 (53.19%) Automotive
2 20 (42.55%) Test Automation
3 14 (29.79%) Agile
4 13 (27.66%) Degree
5 12 (25.53%) API Testing
6 10 (21.28%) Test Scripting
6 10 (21.28%) Software Testing
7 9 (19.15%) Validation
7 9 (19.15%) Microsoft
8 7 (14.89%) Python
8 7 (14.89%) Electronics
8 7 (14.89%) Test Strategy
8 7 (14.89%) Non-Functional Testing
8 7 (14.89%) Data Acquisition
8 7 (14.89%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (14.89%) Systems Engineering
8 7 (14.89%) Postman
8 7 (14.89%) Social Skills
9 6 (12.77%) Roadmaps
9 6 (12.77%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
9 6 (12.77%) Functional Testing
9 6 (12.77%) DevOps
9 6 (12.77%) Azure
9 6 (12.77%) C
9 6 (12.77%) SQL
10 5 (10.64%) T-SQL
10 5 (10.64%) C#
10 5 (10.64%) SOAP
10 5 (10.64%) XML
10 5 (10.64%) SQL Server

Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.26%) MTS
Applications
1 3 (6.38%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.26%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 6 (12.77%) Azure
2 5 (10.64%) AWS
3 1 (2.13%) GitHub
3 1 (2.13%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (2.13%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.51%) Bluetooth
1 4 (8.51%) Ethernet
1 4 (8.51%) FlexRay
1 4 (8.51%) Wi-Fi
1 4 (8.51%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.64%) DynamoDB
1 5 (10.64%) Relational Database
1 5 (10.64%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.13%) Redis
Development Applications
1 7 (14.89%) Postman
2 5 (10.64%) MSTest
2 5 (10.64%) SoapUI
3 4 (8.51%) Git
4 1 (2.13%) Cypress.io
4 1 (2.13%) GitLab
4 1 (2.13%) Selenium
4 1 (2.13%) Zephyr
General
1 25 (53.19%) Automotive
2 7 (14.89%) Electronics
2 7 (14.89%) Social Skills
3 2 (4.26%) Aerospace
3 2 (4.26%) Finance
3 2 (4.26%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (4.26%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (10.64%) JSON
1 5 (10.64%) REST
1 5 (10.64%) SOAP
1 5 (10.64%) XML
2 1 (2.13%) Node.js
2 1 (2.13%) Playwright
2 1 (2.13%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.89%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (10.64%) Management Information System
3 4 (8.51%) Embedded Systems
3 4 (8.51%) IoT
4 2 (4.26%) Infotainment
5 1 (2.13%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.13%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (42.55%) Test Automation
2 14 (29.79%) Agile
3 12 (25.53%) API Testing
4 10 (21.28%) Software Testing
4 10 (21.28%) Test Scripting
5 9 (19.15%) Validation
6 7 (14.89%) Data Acquisition
6 7 (14.89%) Non-Functional Testing
6 7 (14.89%) Systems Engineering
6 7 (14.89%) Test Strategy
7 6 (12.77%) DevOps
7 6 (12.77%) Functional Testing
7 6 (12.77%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
7 6 (12.77%) Roadmaps
8 5 (10.64%) Data Analysis
8 5 (10.64%) Process Improvement
8 5 (10.64%) Project Management
8 5 (10.64%) Risk Management
8 5 (10.64%) Scrum
8 5 (10.64%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (14.89%) Python
2 6 (12.77%) C
2 6 (12.77%) SQL
3 5 (10.64%) C#
3 5 (10.64%) T-SQL
4 3 (6.38%) MATLAB
5 2 (4.26%) JavaScript
6 1 (2.13%) Java
Qualifications
1 13 (27.66%) Degree
2 3 (6.38%) Security Cleared
3 2 (4.26%) Master's Degree
3 2 (4.26%) NVQ Level 3
3 2 (4.26%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.26%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 1 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.64%) QA
2 3 (6.38%) COSHH
2 3 (6.38%) ISO 14001
2 3 (6.38%) JTAG
3 2 (4.26%) Data Quality
3 2 (4.26%) ISO 9001
4 1 (2.13%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (2.13%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.13%) Grafana
1 1 (2.13%) Kibana
Vendors
1 9 (19.15%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.38%) EMC
2 3 (6.38%) Lauterbach
3 1 (2.13%) Denodo
3 1 (2.13%) Google
3 1 (2.13%) Oracle
3 1 (2.13%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.13%) Splunk
3 1 (2.13%) Talend