Test Engineer Jobs in England

Test Engineer
UK > England

The median Test Engineer salary in England is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 517 481 491
Rank change year-on-year -36 +10 -43
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 335 529 952
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.39% 0.60% 0.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 0.65% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 182 371 684
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,625 £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £76,250 £75,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £54,164 £50,000
% change year-on-year -16.92% +8.33% +5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 81,786 81,001 131,568
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.57% 91.55% 96.04%
Number of salaries quoted 60,839 51,644 75,317
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Engineer in England

Test Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Test Engineer in England

Test Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Engineer in England over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Engineer in England

Test Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 20 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 East +7 107 £45,000 - 69
South West -23 59 £52,500 +1.94% 29
Midlands -24 58 £42,500 -22.73% 32
East of England +46 56 £45,000 -30.77% 39
West Midlands -8 47 £42,500 -22.73% 25
North of England +5 35 £42,500 -15.00% 31
London -63 21 £65,000 +13.04% 29
Yorkshire +54 19 £38,750 -8.94% 9
North West +4 14 £45,000 -10.00% 22
East Midlands -13 11 £37,500 -21.05% 7
North East -9 2 £57,965 +0.81%
Test Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 20 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 England region featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 147 (43.88%) Test Automation
2 111 (33.13%) Software Testing
3 96 (28.66%) Agile
4 90 (26.87%) Degree
5 69 (20.60%) Python
6 59 (17.61%) Problem-Solving
7 54 (16.12%) Test Scripting
8 52 (15.52%) QA
9 50 (14.93%) Electronics
10 49 (14.63%) Social Skills
11 45 (13.43%) Security Cleared
12 42 (12.54%) Windows
13 40 (11.94%) C#
13 40 (11.94%) Microsoft
13 40 (11.94%) Software Engineering
14 38 (11.34%) Selenium
14 38 (11.34%) Automotive
14 38 (11.34%) Regression Testing
15 37 (11.04%) Linux
15 37 (11.04%) Analytical Skills
16 35 (10.45%) ISTQB
16 35 (10.45%) Manual Testing
17 34 (10.15%) Computer Science
17 34 (10.15%) Test Strategy
18 32 (9.55%) DevOps
18 32 (9.55%) JIRA
18 32 (9.55%) Azure
19 30 (8.96%) CI/CD
20 29 (8.66%) Validation
21 28 (8.36%) API Testing

Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 14 (4.18%) Confluence
2 2 (0.60%) MTS
3 1 (0.30%) Apache
3 1 (0.30%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 20 (5.97%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.49%) Simulink
4 3 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.30%) LabWindows
Cloud Services
1 32 (9.55%) Azure
2 22 (6.57%) AWS
3 18 (5.37%) GitHub
4 13 (3.88%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (2.09%) GCP
6 5 (1.49%) GitHub Actions
6 5 (1.49%) SaaS
7 4 (1.19%) Cloud Composer
7 4 (1.19%) Cloud Functions
7 4 (1.19%) Datadog
7 4 (1.19%) dbt
7 4 (1.19%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 4 (1.19%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 4 (1.19%) Snowflake
8 2 (0.60%) Amazon ECS
8 2 (0.60%) Azure Functions
8 2 (0.60%) Serverless
9 1 (0.30%) Firebase
9 1 (0.30%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.30%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (5.97%) Wireless
2 18 (5.37%) Bluetooth
2 18 (5.37%) Wi-Fi
3 11 (3.28%) 5G
4 10 (2.99%) GSM
4 10 (2.99%) ISDN
4 10 (2.99%) LTE
4 10 (2.99%) PSTN
4 10 (2.99%) UMTS
5 7 (2.09%) Ethernet
6 6 (1.79%) Internet
7 5 (1.49%) Network Security
7 5 (1.49%) TCP/IP
8 4 (1.19%) FlexRay
8 4 (1.19%) Wireshark
8 4 (1.19%) ZigBee
9 2 (0.60%) DHCP
9 2 (0.60%) DNS
10 1 (0.30%) 3G
10 1 (0.30%) 3GPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (5.97%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.39%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (1.79%) Relational Database
4 5 (1.49%) DynamoDB
5 4 (1.19%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 4 (1.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (1.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (1.19%) Tableau
6 2 (0.60%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.60%) MySQL
7 1 (0.30%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.30%) Neo4j
7 1 (0.30%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.30%) Redis
Development Applications
1 38 (11.34%) Selenium
2 32 (9.55%) JIRA
3 27 (8.06%) LabVIEW
4 21 (6.27%) Postman
5 20 (5.97%) Git
6 17 (5.07%) Cucumber
7 16 (4.78%) Appium
7 16 (4.78%) Jenkins
8 12 (3.58%) JMeter
8 12 (3.58%) SpecFlow
9 11 (3.28%) UI Automator
10 10 (2.99%) Cypress.io
10 10 (2.99%) JBehave
10 10 (2.99%) MSTest
11 7 (2.09%) JUnit
11 7 (2.09%) SoapUI
11 7 (2.09%) Team Foundation Server
12 6 (1.79%) TeamCity
13 5 (1.49%) HP UFT
13 5 (1.49%) LoadRunner
General
1 50 (14.93%) Electronics
2 49 (14.63%) Social Skills
3 38 (11.34%) Automotive
4 37 (11.04%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (7.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 22 (6.57%) Manufacturing
7 19 (5.67%) Aerospace
8 18 (5.37%) Retail
9 16 (4.78%) Military
10 14 (4.18%) Finance
11 11 (3.28%) Organisational Skills
12 10 (2.99%) Marketing
12 10 (2.99%) Presentation Skills
12 10 (2.99%) Telecoms
13 7 (2.09%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (1.19%) Legal
15 3 (0.90%) Games
15 3 (0.90%) Public Sector
16 2 (0.60%) Influencing Skills
16 2 (0.60%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.88%) Gherkin
2 12 (3.58%) .NET
3 9 (2.69%) pytest
3 9 (2.69%) XML
4 8 (2.39%) Playwright
5 7 (2.09%) REST
6 5 (1.49%) HTML
6 5 (1.49%) JSON
6 5 (1.49%) SOAP
7 4 (1.19%) Lightning Web Components
7 4 (1.19%) Middleware
7 4 (1.19%) Web Services
7 4 (1.19%) XSLT
8 3 (0.90%) Node.js
8 3 (0.90%) Qt
8 3 (0.90%) RESTful
9 2 (0.60%) AngularJS
9 2 (0.60%) MSMQ
9 2 (0.60%) WebdriverIO
9 2 (0.60%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 25 (7.46%) Self-Motivation
2 12 (3.58%) Mobile App
3 11 (3.28%) Embedded Systems
4 10 (2.99%) Acoustics
4 10 (2.99%) Satnav
5 8 (2.39%) IoT
5 8 (2.39%) Smartphone
6 6 (1.79%) Algorithms
6 6 (1.79%) Chip and PIN
6 6 (1.79%) Data Centre
6 6 (1.79%) Renewable Energy
7 5 (1.49%) Management Information System
7 5 (1.49%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.19%) NHS
8 4 (1.19%) Robotics
9 3 (0.90%) PCIe
10 2 (0.60%) Client/Server
10 2 (0.60%) Infotainment
11 1 (0.30%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 42 (12.54%) Windows
2 37 (11.04%) Linux
3 14 (4.18%) Unix
4 9 (2.69%) Android
5 8 (2.39%) Mac OS
6 5 (1.49%) Windows Server
7 4 (1.19%) Apple iOS
7 4 (1.19%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (0.60%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.60%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.30%) CentOS
9 1 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (43.88%) Test Automation
2 111 (33.13%) Software Testing
3 96 (28.66%) Agile
4 59 (17.61%) Problem-Solving
5 54 (16.12%) Test Scripting
6 40 (11.94%) Software Engineering
7 38 (11.34%) Regression Testing
8 35 (10.45%) Manual Testing
9 34 (10.15%) Computer Science
9 34 (10.15%) Test Strategy
10 32 (9.55%) DevOps
11 30 (8.96%) CI/CD
12 29 (8.66%) Validation
13 28 (8.36%) API Testing
14 25 (7.46%) Continuous Integration
15 22 (6.57%) Coaching
16 20 (5.97%) BDD
17 18 (5.37%) Performance Testing
18 17 (5.07%) Functional Testing
18 17 (5.07%) Non-Functional Testing
Programming Languages
1 69 (20.60%) Python
2 40 (11.94%) C#
3 23 (6.87%) SQL
4 22 (6.57%) C
4 22 (6.57%) Java
5 19 (5.67%) JavaScript
6 15 (4.48%) MATLAB
7 9 (2.69%) Embedded C
7 9 (2.69%) T-SQL
8 7 (2.09%) C++
9 5 (1.49%) Bash
9 5 (1.49%) TypeScript
10 4 (1.19%) Groovy
10 4 (1.19%) Ruby
11 2 (0.60%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.30%) Go
12 1 (0.30%) PHP
Qualifications
1 90 (26.87%) Degree
2 45 (13.43%) Security Cleared
3 35 (10.45%) ISTQB
4 20 (5.97%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (4.78%) DV Cleared
6 14 (4.18%) SC Cleared
7 12 (3.58%) DBS Check
8 8 (2.39%) HND
9 6 (1.79%) HNC
10 5 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (1.49%) ISEB
10 5 (1.49%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (1.19%) CIPD
11 4 (1.19%) ISEB Practitioner
11 4 (1.19%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 4 (1.19%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.90%) CREST Certified
13 2 (0.60%) NVQ Level 3
13 2 (0.60%) Six Sigma Green Belt
14 1 (0.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (15.52%) QA
2 9 (2.69%) Accessibility
3 3 (0.90%) COSHH
3 3 (0.90%) Def Stans
3 3 (0.90%) ISO 14001
3 3 (0.90%) ISO 9001
3 3 (0.90%) JTAG
3 3 (0.90%) MISRA
4 2 (0.60%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.30%) HAZOP
System Software
1 13 (3.88%) Firmware
2 6 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.19%) VMware Server
4 3 (0.90%) Docker
4 3 (0.90%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.30%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (0.90%) Functional Safety
2 2 (0.60%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.30%) Grafana
3 1 (0.30%) Iperf
3 1 (0.30%) Kibana
3 1 (0.30%) Nmap
Vendors
1 40 (11.94%) Microsoft
2 12 (3.58%) Google
3 7 (2.09%) EMC
4 6 (1.79%) Thales
4 6 (1.79%) VMware
5 4 (1.19%) Salesforce
6 3 (0.90%) Atlassian
6 3 (0.90%) Conga
6 3 (0.90%) IBM
6 3 (0.90%) Lauterbach
6 3 (0.90%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 2 (0.60%) YouTube
8 1 (0.30%) Apple
8 1 (0.30%) CA Agile Central
8 1 (0.30%) Denodo
8 1 (0.30%) Oracle
8 1 (0.30%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.30%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.30%) Splunk
8 1 (0.30%) Talend