Test Engineer Jobs in the South West

Test Engineer
England > South West

The median Test Engineer salary in the South West is £51,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 22 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
22 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 228 211 238
Rank change year-on-year -17 +27 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 58 60 81
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.62% 0.89% 0.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.64% 1.00% 1.02%
Number of salaries quoted 22 43 41
10th Percentile £40,000 £35,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,593 £43,375 £39,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £51,500 £44,039
Median % change year-on-year -0.49% +16.94% -16.12%
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £51,688
90th Percentile £72,500 £68,300 £61,250
England median annual salary £45,000 £54,164 £52,500
% change year-on-year -16.92% +3.17% +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 South West with a recognized job title 9,044 5,987 7,945
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.16% 89.07% 96.13%
Number of salaries quoted 6,631 3,692 5,125
10th Percentile £27,945 £29,250 £29,300
25th Percentile £36,365 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,975 £78,750
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Engineer in the South West

Test Engineer
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Test Engineer in the South West

Test Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Engineer in the South West over the 6 months to 22 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Engineer in the South West

Test Engineer
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Engineer within the South West region over the 6 months to 22 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
Wiltshire +12 17 £46,750 - 5
Gloucestershire -22 17 £60,000 +16.50% 8
Devon -3 13 £47,375 +18.44% 1
Somerset +5 4 £42,250 -13.50% 6
Bristol +1 4 £45,000 -12.20% 5
Dorset -27 3 £52,500 -4.55% 2
Test Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 22 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 South West region featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 26 (44.83%) Python
1 26 (44.83%) Test Automation
2 24 (41.38%) Windows
2 24 (41.38%) Degree
3 21 (36.21%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (36.21%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (34.48%) Software Testing
5 17 (29.31%) Linux
5 17 (29.31%) Microsoft
6 16 (27.59%) ISTQB
7 15 (25.86%) Software Engineering
7 15 (25.86%) Regression Testing
8 14 (24.14%) Social Skills
9 13 (22.41%) Agile
9 13 (22.41%) JIRA
9 13 (22.41%) Git
10 12 (20.69%) Self-Motivation
11 11 (18.97%) Time Management
12 10 (17.24%) Test Management
12 10 (17.24%) Microsoft Office
13 9 (15.52%) Manufacturing
13 9 (15.52%) LabVIEW
13 9 (15.52%) Confluence
13 9 (15.52%) GitHub
14 8 (13.79%) Kalman Filter
14 8 (13.79%) pytest
14 8 (13.79%) Test Strategy
14 8 (13.79%) Security Cleared
14 8 (13.79%) Electronics
14 8 (13.79%) HND

Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 9 (15.52%) Confluence
2 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (17.24%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (15.52%) GitHub
2 6 (10.34%) Azure
3 3 (5.17%) AWS
4 2 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.72%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.90%) Bluetooth
1 4 (6.90%) Wi-Fi
1 4 (6.90%) ZigBee
2 1 (1.72%) DHCP
2 1 (1.72%) DNS
2 1 (1.72%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.17%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.72%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (1.72%) Neo4j
2 1 (1.72%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (22.41%) Git
1 13 (22.41%) JIRA
2 9 (15.52%) LabVIEW
3 4 (6.90%) Cucumber
3 4 (6.90%) Cypress.io
3 4 (6.90%) Selenium
4 3 (5.17%) Jenkins
5 2 (3.45%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (1.72%) Appium
6 1 (1.72%) Gatling
6 1 (1.72%) JBehave
6 1 (1.72%) JMeter
6 1 (1.72%) JUnit
6 1 (1.72%) Moq
6 1 (1.72%) SpecFlow
6 1 (1.72%) Subversion
6 1 (1.72%) WebDriver
General
1 21 (36.21%) Analytical Skills
2 14 (24.14%) Social Skills
3 9 (15.52%) Manufacturing
4 8 (13.79%) Electronics
4 8 (13.79%) Presentation Skills
5 6 (10.34%) Finance
6 4 (6.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (5.17%) Aerospace
7 3 (5.17%) Military
7 3 (5.17%) Retail
8 2 (3.45%) Marketing
9 1 (1.72%) Aviation
9 1 (1.72%) Banking
9 1 (1.72%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (13.79%) pytest
2 2 (3.45%) Gherkin
3 1 (1.72%) .NET
3 1 (1.72%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.72%) Jest
3 1 (1.72%) MERN Stack
3 1 (1.72%) Node.js
3 1 (1.72%) Playwright
3 1 (1.72%) React
3 1 (1.72%) Vue
3 1 (1.72%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 12 (20.69%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (6.90%) Embedded Systems
2 4 (6.90%) IoT
3 2 (3.45%) Algorithms
3 2 (3.45%) Chip and PIN
4 1 (1.72%) PKI
4 1 (1.72%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.72%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 24 (41.38%) Windows
2 17 (29.31%) Linux
3 8 (13.79%) Unix
4 2 (3.45%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (1.72%) Android
5 1 (1.72%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.72%) CentOS
5 1 (1.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.72%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (44.83%) Test Automation
2 21 (36.21%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (34.48%) Software Testing
4 15 (25.86%) Regression Testing
4 15 (25.86%) Software Engineering
5 13 (22.41%) Agile
6 11 (18.97%) Time Management
7 10 (17.24%) Test Management
8 8 (13.79%) B2B
8 8 (13.79%) Kalman Filter
8 8 (13.79%) Test Strategy
9 7 (12.07%) Manual Testing
10 6 (10.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 5 (8.62%) Continuous Integration
12 4 (6.90%) Computer Science
12 4 (6.90%) DevOps
12 4 (6.90%) Energy Management
12 4 (6.90%) Software Delivery
12 4 (6.90%) Test Scripting
13 3 (5.17%) API Testing
Programming Languages
1 26 (44.83%) Python
2 8 (13.79%) MATLAB
3 4 (6.90%) Java
3 4 (6.90%) JavaScript
4 2 (3.45%) C#
4 2 (3.45%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.72%) Ruby
5 1 (1.72%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (41.38%) Degree
2 16 (27.59%) ISTQB
3 8 (13.79%) HND
3 8 (13.79%) Security Cleared
4 5 (8.62%) DV Cleared
5 3 (5.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 2 (3.45%) DBS Check
6 2 (3.45%) HNC
6 2 (3.45%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.72%) ISEB
7 1 (1.72%) MCSA
7 1 (1.72%) MCSE
7 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.72%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (12.07%) QA
2 1 (1.72%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.72%) HAZOP
2 1 (1.72%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 2 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.72%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.72%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.72%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 17 (29.31%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.45%) Thales
2 2 (3.45%) VMware
3 1 (1.72%) Atlassian
3 1 (1.72%) Red Hat