System Test Engineer
UK

The median System Test Engineer salary in the UK is £39,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 871 922 1207
Rank change year-on-year +51 +285 -293
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Test Engineer 36 38 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.036% 0.038% 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.038% 0.042% 0.014%
Number of salaries quoted 15 16 9
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £31,000 £45,000 £38,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,500 £50,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.00% +4.17% +16.36%
75th Percentile £43,161 £72,647 £67,500
90th Percentile £60,590 - £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £34,000 £48,000 £48,000
% change year-on-year -29.17% - +20.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 94,634 91,081 154,945
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.52% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,599 57,631 84,466
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,974 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,183 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.98% +6.37% +5.26%

Systems Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Test Engineer in the UK

Systems Test Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Systems Test Engineer in the UK

Systems Test Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Test Engineer over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Test Engineer in the UK

Systems Test Engineer
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Test Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 19 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
UK excluding London +8 33 £34,000 -29.17% 9
England +69 32 £34,000 -32.00% 13
South East +3 13 £34,000 -40.87% 4
Work from Home +62 7 - - 6
East of England +6 6 £30,000 -33.33%
Midlands -3 5 - - 1
South West -8 5 £39,500 -21.00% 2
North of England +46 3 £68,484 +82.62% 2
West Midlands +9 3 - - 1
North West - 3 £68,484 - 1
East Midlands -10 2 - -
Scotland -70 1 £44,000 -8.33%

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

For the 6 months to 19 May 2024, Systems 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 featuring Systems Test Engineer in the job title.

1 13 (36.11%) Electronics
2 12 (33.33%) Degree
3 11 (30.56%) Agile
4 8 (22.22%) Aerospace
5 7 (19.44%) Validation
5 7 (19.44%) Software Testing
5 7 (19.44%) HNC
5 7 (19.44%) Security Cleared
5 7 (19.44%) Test Automation
5 7 (19.44%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (19.44%) Systems Engineering
6 6 (16.67%) DBS Check
6 6 (16.67%) Thales
6 6 (16.67%) Customer Requirements
6 6 (16.67%) Algorithms
6 6 (16.67%) System Integration Testing
6 6 (16.67%) Marketing
6 6 (16.67%) Business Development
6 6 (16.67%) Test Scripting
6 6 (16.67%) Chip and PIN
6 6 (16.67%) Retail
6 6 (16.67%) Military
7 5 (13.89%) Integration Testing
7 5 (13.89%) SDLC
8 4 (11.11%) SDET
8 4 (11.11%) Mechatronics
8 4 (11.11%) Computer Science
8 4 (11.11%) QA
8 4 (11.11%) Automotive
8 4 (11.11%) Firmware

Systems Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (5.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (5.56%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.11%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.33%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (5.56%) JIRA
1 2 (5.56%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 13 (36.11%) Electronics
2 8 (22.22%) Aerospace
3 7 (19.44%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (16.67%) Marketing
4 6 (16.67%) Military
4 6 (16.67%) Retail
5 4 (11.11%) Automotive
5 4 (11.11%) Social Skills
6 3 (8.33%) Manufacturing
7 2 (5.56%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (11.11%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 6 (16.67%) Algorithms
1 6 (16.67%) Chip and PIN
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (30.56%) Agile
2 7 (19.44%) Software Testing
2 7 (19.44%) Systems Engineering
2 7 (19.44%) Test Automation
2 7 (19.44%) Validation
3 6 (16.67%) Business Development
3 6 (16.67%) Customer Requirements
3 6 (16.67%) System Integration Testing
3 6 (16.67%) Test Scripting
4 5 (13.89%) Integration Testing
4 5 (13.89%) SDLC
5 4 (11.11%) Code Quality
5 4 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
5 4 (11.11%) Computer Science
5 4 (11.11%) Geotechnical Engineering
5 4 (11.11%) Mechatronics
5 4 (11.11%) SDET
6 3 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (8.33%) Requirements Management
6 3 (8.33%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.56%) C
1 2 (5.56%) MATLAB
1 2 (5.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (33.33%) Degree
2 7 (19.44%) HNC
2 7 (19.44%) Security Cleared
3 6 (16.67%) DBS Check
4 3 (8.33%) HND
5 2 (5.56%) Master's Degree
6 1 (2.78%) NVQ Level 3
6 1 (2.78%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.11%) QA
2 1 (2.78%) HAZOP
System Software
1 4 (11.11%) Firmware
Vendors
1 6 (16.67%) Thales
2 2 (5.56%) Microsoft