Test Technician Jobs in the UK excluding London

Test Technician
UK > UK excluding London

The median Test Technician salary in the UK excluding London is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 September 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 422 625 839
Rank change year-on-year +203 +214 -61
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Technician 258 3 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.44% 0.008% 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 0.008% 0.004%
Number of salaries quoted 120 1 1
10th Percentile £22,000 - -
25th Percentile £25,500 £28,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £29,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -22.67% -6.25%
75th Percentile - £29,500 £41,250
90th Percentile £40,000 - -
UK median annual salary £30,000 £29,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +3.45% -22.67% -6.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 56,175 35,323 68,428
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.45% 94.08% 95.15%
Number of salaries quoted 30,795 24,269 41,326
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £38,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

Test Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Technician in the UK excluding London

Test Technician
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Test Technician in the UK excluding London

Test Technician
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Technician in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 September 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Technician in the UK excluding London

Test Technician
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 Technician within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 September 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 +48 75 £24,000 -17.24% 8
East of England - 40 £30,000 - 3
South West - 38 £30,000 - 8
Midlands +10 37 £30,000 - 9
Wales - 33 £30,000 - 2
North of England - 28 £28,000 - 5
West Midlands +1 22 £30,000 - 8
East Midlands - 15 £24,000 - 1
Yorkshire - 12 £28,000 - 3
North West - 11 £35,500 - 1
Scotland - 7 £22,500 - 2
North East - 5 - - 1
Test Technician
UK

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

For the 6 months to 20 September 2024, Test Technician 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 Technician in the job title.

1 49 (18.99%) Manufacturing
2 30 (11.63%) Electronics
3 18 (6.98%) Aviation
4 15 (5.81%) Automotive
5 13 (5.04%) HND
5 13 (5.04%) Security Cleared
6 8 (3.10%) Degree
7 6 (2.33%) Manual Testing
7 6 (2.33%) Reverse Engineering
7 6 (2.33%) Test Automation
7 6 (2.33%) Root Cause Analysis
8 5 (1.94%) Customer Requirements
8 5 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 5 (1.94%) Social Skills
8 5 (1.94%) Functional Testing
8 5 (1.94%) Linux
8 5 (1.94%) B2B
8 5 (1.94%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.55%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.55%) ERP
9 4 (1.55%) PLM
9 4 (1.55%) LabVIEW
9 4 (1.55%) Games
9 4 (1.55%) RS-232
10 2 (0.78%) Military
10 2 (0.78%) Software Testing
11 1 (0.39%) Retail
11 1 (0.39%) Document Management
11 1 (0.39%) Order Management
11 1 (0.39%) Problem-Solving

Test Technician 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.55%) RS-232
Development Applications
1 4 (1.55%) LabVIEW
General
1 49 (18.99%) Manufacturing
2 30 (11.63%) Electronics
3 18 (6.98%) Aviation
4 15 (5.81%) Automotive
5 5 (1.94%) Aerospace
5 5 (1.94%) Social Skills
6 4 (1.55%) Games
6 4 (1.55%) Telecoms
7 2 (0.78%) Military
8 1 (0.39%) Retail
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.94%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (2.33%) Manual Testing
1 6 (2.33%) Reverse Engineering
1 6 (2.33%) Root Cause Analysis
1 6 (2.33%) Test Automation
2 5 (1.94%) B2B
2 5 (1.94%) Customer Requirements
2 5 (1.94%) Functional Testing
3 4 (1.55%) ERP
3 4 (1.55%) PLM
4 2 (0.78%) Software Testing
5 1 (0.39%) Document Management
5 1 (0.39%) Order Management
5 1 (0.39%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 13 (5.04%) HND
1 13 (5.04%) Security Cleared
2 8 (3.10%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 17025