Test Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Test Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Test Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 433 441 356
Rank change year-on-year +8 -85 -30
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 375 369 662
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.52% 0.63% 0.91%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% 0.70% 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 211 224 440
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £33,975
25th Percentile £38,500 £39,166 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £52,500 £61,750 £56,250
90th Percentile £60,741 £72,000 £62,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +8.00% +5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 68,862 52,395 69,656
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.90% 89.16% 95.72%
Number of salaries quoted 48,635 29,827 42,609
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,250 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year -6.10% +6.13% +5.63%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Engineer in the UK excluding London

Test Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Test Engineer in the UK excluding London

Test Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Engineer in the UK excluding London

Test Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 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 +15 113 £45,000 - 53
East of England +51 58 £45,000 -30.77% 33
South West -16 58 £51,250 -0.49% 26
Midlands -26 58 £42,500 -22.73% 33
West Midlands -14 47 £42,500 -22.73% 24
North of England +7 34 £42,500 -15.00% 24
Scotland -59 33 £45,000 -16.30% 17
Yorkshire +55 19 £38,750 -8.94% 5
Wales +16 16 £42,500 +6.25% 5
North West +3 13 £46,250 -7.50% 18
East Midlands 0 11 £37,500 -31.82% 9
Northern Ireland +29 4 - - 1
North East -14 2 £57,965 +0.81% 1
Channel Islands - 1 £110,000 -
Test Engineer
UK

Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 23 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 UK excluding London region featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 171 (45.60%) Test Automation
2 134 (35.73%) Software Testing
3 111 (29.60%) Agile
4 102 (27.20%) Degree
5 71 (18.93%) Social Skills
5 71 (18.93%) Python
5 71 (18.93%) QA
6 60 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
7 56 (14.93%) Test Scripting
8 54 (14.40%) Regression Testing
9 53 (14.13%) Electronics
10 49 (13.07%) Microsoft
11 48 (12.80%) Security Cleared
12 47 (12.53%) DevOps
13 43 (11.47%) Analytical Skills
13 43 (11.47%) Manual Testing
13 43 (11.47%) Selenium
13 43 (11.47%) JIRA
14 42 (11.20%) Windows
15 41 (10.93%) SQL
15 41 (10.93%) Computer Science
16 40 (10.67%) Software Engineering
16 40 (10.67%) C#
17 38 (10.13%) Automotive
17 38 (10.13%) ISTQB
17 38 (10.13%) Azure
18 36 (9.60%) Git
19 35 (9.33%) CI/CD
20 34 (9.07%) Linux
21 33 (8.80%) API Testing

Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 24 (6.40%) Confluence
2 2 (0.53%) MTS
3 1 (0.27%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (0.27%) IIS
3 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 21 (5.60%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.33%) Simulink
4 3 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 38 (10.13%) Azure
2 19 (5.07%) AWS
3 17 (4.53%) Azure DevOps
4 12 (3.20%) GitHub
5 6 (1.60%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (1.60%) GCP
6 5 (1.33%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 4 (1.07%) Cloud Composer
7 4 (1.07%) Cloud Functions
7 4 (1.07%) dbt
7 4 (1.07%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 4 (1.07%) SaaS
7 4 (1.07%) Snowflake
8 2 (0.53%) Amazon ECS
8 2 (0.53%) Azure Functions
8 2 (0.53%) Serverless
9 1 (0.27%) Datadog
9 1 (0.27%) Firebase
9 1 (0.27%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.27%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (5.07%) Wireless
2 18 (4.80%) Bluetooth
2 18 (4.80%) Wi-Fi
3 10 (2.67%) 5G
3 10 (2.67%) GSM
3 10 (2.67%) ISDN
3 10 (2.67%) LTE
3 10 (2.67%) PSTN
3 10 (2.67%) UMTS
4 7 (1.87%) Ethernet
5 6 (1.60%) Internet
6 5 (1.33%) Network Security
6 5 (1.33%) TCP/IP
7 4 (1.07%) FlexRay
7 4 (1.07%) ZigBee
8 3 (0.80%) Wireshark
9 2 (0.53%) DHCP
9 2 (0.53%) DNS
10 1 (0.27%) Firewall
10 1 (0.27%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (5.60%) SQL Server
2 10 (2.67%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (1.60%) Relational Database
4 5 (1.33%) DynamoDB
5 4 (1.07%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 4 (1.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (1.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (1.07%) Tableau
6 2 (0.53%) MySQL
7 1 (0.27%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.27%) Neo4j
7 1 (0.27%) Redis
Development Applications
1 43 (11.47%) JIRA
1 43 (11.47%) Selenium
2 36 (9.60%) Git
3 26 (6.93%) LabVIEW
4 21 (5.60%) Postman
5 18 (4.80%) Appium
5 18 (4.80%) Cypress.io
6 17 (4.53%) MSTest
7 14 (3.73%) Bitbucket
7 14 (3.73%) Cucumber
7 14 (3.73%) JMeter
8 13 (3.47%) Jenkins
8 13 (3.47%) SpecFlow
8 13 (3.47%) Visual Studio
9 11 (2.93%) Team Foundation Server
9 11 (2.93%) UI Automator
10 10 (2.67%) JBehave
11 7 (1.87%) JUnit
11 7 (1.87%) SoapUI
11 7 (1.87%) WebDriver
General
1 71 (18.93%) Social Skills
2 53 (14.13%) Electronics
3 43 (11.47%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (10.13%) Automotive
5 28 (7.47%) Manufacturing
6 27 (7.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 21 (5.60%) Aerospace
7 21 (5.60%) Finance
8 19 (5.07%) Military
8 19 (5.07%) Retail
9 11 (2.93%) Organisational Skills
10 10 (2.67%) Marketing
10 10 (2.67%) Presentation Skills
10 10 (2.67%) Telecoms
11 7 (1.87%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (1.07%) Legal
13 3 (0.80%) Games
13 3 (0.80%) Public Sector
14 2 (0.53%) Influencing Skills
15 1 (0.27%) Wearables
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.47%) Gherkin
2 12 (3.20%) .NET
3 9 (2.40%) pytest
3 9 (2.40%) XML
4 8 (2.13%) HTML
5 7 (1.87%) Playwright
6 6 (1.60%) REST
6 6 (1.60%) Web Services
7 5 (1.33%) JSON
7 5 (1.33%) Lightning Web Components
7 5 (1.33%) SOAP
8 4 (1.07%) CSS
8 4 (1.07%) DOM
8 4 (1.07%) Middleware
8 4 (1.07%) XSLT
9 3 (0.80%) Qt
9 3 (0.80%) RESTful
10 2 (0.53%) AngularJS
10 2 (0.53%) MSMQ
10 2 (0.53%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 28 (7.47%) Self-Motivation
2 15 (4.00%) IoT
3 12 (3.20%) Mobile App
4 11 (2.93%) Embedded Systems
5 10 (2.67%) Acoustics
5 10 (2.67%) Satnav
6 7 (1.87%) Smartphone
7 6 (1.60%) Algorithms
7 6 (1.60%) Chip and PIN
7 6 (1.60%) Data Centre
7 6 (1.60%) Renewable Energy
8 5 (1.33%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.07%) NHS
9 4 (1.07%) Product Ownership
9 4 (1.07%) Robotics
10 3 (0.80%) PCIe
11 2 (0.53%) Client/Server
11 2 (0.53%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.53%) Infotainment
Operating Systems
1 42 (11.20%) Windows
2 34 (9.07%) Linux
3 15 (4.00%) Unix
4 8 (2.13%) Android
4 8 (2.13%) Mac OS
5 6 (1.60%) Windows Server
6 5 (1.33%) Windows Server 2008
7 4 (1.07%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.53%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.53%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.27%) CentOS
9 1 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (45.60%) Test Automation
2 134 (35.73%) Software Testing
3 111 (29.60%) Agile
4 60 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
5 56 (14.93%) Test Scripting
6 54 (14.40%) Regression Testing
7 47 (12.53%) DevOps
8 43 (11.47%) Manual Testing
9 41 (10.93%) Computer Science
10 40 (10.67%) Software Engineering
11 35 (9.33%) CI/CD
12 33 (8.80%) API Testing
13 31 (8.27%) Continuous Integration
13 31 (8.27%) Test Management
13 31 (8.27%) Test Strategy
14 30 (8.00%) Validation
15 22 (5.87%) BDD
15 22 (5.87%) Functional Testing
16 21 (5.60%) Non-Functional Testing
17 20 (5.33%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 71 (18.93%) Python
2 41 (10.93%) SQL
3 40 (10.67%) C#
4 25 (6.67%) JavaScript
5 24 (6.40%) Java
6 22 (5.87%) C
7 15 (4.00%) MATLAB
8 10 (2.67%) C++
9 9 (2.40%) Embedded C
9 9 (2.40%) T-SQL
10 5 (1.33%) Bash
10 5 (1.33%) Groovy
11 4 (1.07%) Ruby
12 3 (0.80%) PowerShell
12 3 (0.80%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.27%) PHP
Qualifications
1 102 (27.20%) Degree
2 48 (12.80%) Security Cleared
3 38 (10.13%) ISTQB
4 25 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (5.07%) SC Cleared
6 14 (3.73%) DV Cleared
7 12 (3.20%) DBS Check
8 10 (2.67%) HND
9 7 (1.87%) HNC
10 6 (1.60%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (1.33%) ISEB
11 5 (1.33%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (1.07%) CIPD
12 4 (1.07%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 4 (1.07%) Master's Degree
13 3 (0.80%) NVQ Level 3
14 2 (0.53%) Numerate Degree
14 2 (0.53%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 1 (0.27%) Cisco Certification
15 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (18.93%) QA
2 11 (2.93%) ISO 9001
3 7 (1.87%) Accessibility
4 3 (0.80%) COSHH
4 3 (0.80%) Def Stans
4 3 (0.80%) ISO 14001
4 3 (0.80%) JTAG
4 3 (0.80%) MISRA
5 2 (0.53%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.27%) HAZOP
System Software
1 12 (3.20%) Firmware
2 6 (1.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.07%) VMware Server
4 3 (0.80%) Embedded Firmware
5 2 (0.53%) Docker
6 1 (0.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (0.80%) Functional Safety
2 2 (0.53%) Grafana
2 2 (0.53%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.27%) Iperf
3 1 (0.27%) Kibana
3 1 (0.27%) Nmap
3 1 (0.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 49 (13.07%) Microsoft
2 11 (2.93%) Google
3 7 (1.87%) EMC
4 6 (1.60%) Thales
4 6 (1.60%) VMware
5 5 (1.33%) Salesforce
6 3 (0.80%) Atlassian
6 3 (0.80%) Conga
6 3 (0.80%) IBM
6 3 (0.80%) Lauterbach
6 3 (0.80%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 1 (0.27%) Denodo
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle
7 1 (0.27%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.27%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.27%) Splunk
7 1 (0.27%) Talend