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 9 June 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 509 494 512
Rank change year-on-year -15 +18 -71
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 375 457 963
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.40% 0.55% 0.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.42% 0.61% 0.70%
Number of salaries quoted 199 332 673
10th Percentile £32,750 £33,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £39,166 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £54,164 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.92% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £74,875 £75,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £54,082 £50,000
% change year-on-year -16.79% +8.16% +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 89,103 75,397 137,915
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.59% 91.21% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 65,080 49,497 75,489
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,402 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,250 £81,250 £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 9 June 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 9 June 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 +18 124 £45,000 - 47
South West -13 69 £49,875 -3.16% 29
East of England +36 61 £45,000 -30.77% 28
Midlands -39 59 £42,500 -22.73% 33
West Midlands -21 49 £42,500 -22.73% 18
North of England -2 36 £43,750 -12.50% 24
London -65 27 £56,250 -2.17% 23
Yorkshire +42 19 £38,750 -3.40% 4
North West -5 15 £47,500 -17.39% 16
East Midlands -29 10 £40,000 -15.79% 15
North East -23 2 £57,965 +0.81% 4
Test Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 9 June 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.

1 155 (41.33%) Test Automation
2 119 (31.73%) Software Testing
3 97 (25.87%) Agile
3 97 (25.87%) Degree
4 77 (20.53%) Python
5 61 (16.27%) Problem-Solving
6 55 (14.67%) QA
6 55 (14.67%) Test Scripting
6 55 (14.67%) Security Cleared
7 50 (13.33%) Electronics
8 48 (12.80%) Social Skills
9 45 (12.00%) C#
10 44 (11.73%) Windows
11 42 (11.20%) Microsoft
11 42 (11.20%) Software Engineering
12 41 (10.93%) Linux
12 41 (10.93%) Automotive
13 40 (10.67%) Test Strategy
14 39 (10.40%) Selenium
15 38 (10.13%) Analytical Skills
16 37 (9.87%) Regression Testing
17 36 (9.60%) JIRA
17 36 (9.60%) ISTQB
17 36 (9.60%) Manual Testing
18 35 (9.33%) Computer Science
19 34 (9.07%) Azure
19 34 (9.07%) DevOps
20 32 (8.53%) API Testing
21 30 (8.00%) CI/CD
21 30 (8.00%) Validation

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 16 (4.27%) Confluence
2 2 (0.53%) MTS
3 1 (0.27%) BizTalk Server
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
Business Applications
1 1 (0.27%) LabWindows
Cloud Services
1 34 (9.07%) Azure
2 22 (5.87%) AWS
3 17 (4.53%) GitHub
4 16 (4.27%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (1.87%) GCP
6 5 (1.33%) GitHub Actions
7 4 (1.07%) Cloud Composer
7 4 (1.07%) Cloud Functions
7 4 (1.07%) Datadog
7 4 (1.07%) dbt
7 4 (1.07%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 4 (1.07%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 4 (1.07%) Snowflake
8 3 (0.80%) SaaS
9 2 (0.53%) Amazon ECS
9 2 (0.53%) Azure Functions
9 2 (0.53%) Serverless
10 1 (0.27%) BrowserStack
10 1 (0.27%) Microsoft 365
10 1 (0.27%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (5.33%) Wireless
2 18 (4.80%) Bluetooth
2 18 (4.80%) Wi-Fi
3 11 (2.93%) 5G
4 10 (2.67%) GSM
4 10 (2.67%) ISDN
4 10 (2.67%) LTE
4 10 (2.67%) PSTN
4 10 (2.67%) UMTS
5 7 (1.87%) Ethernet
6 6 (1.60%) Internet
7 5 (1.33%) Network Security
7 5 (1.33%) TCP/IP
8 4 (1.07%) FlexRay
8 4 (1.07%) Wireshark
8 4 (1.07%) ZigBee
9 2 (0.53%) DHCP
9 2 (0.53%) DNS
10 1 (0.27%) HTTP
10 1 (0.27%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (5.87%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.13%) 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%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.53%) MySQL
7 1 (0.27%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.27%) Neo4j
7 1 (0.27%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.27%) Redis
Development Applications
1 39 (10.40%) Selenium
2 36 (9.60%) JIRA
3 30 (8.00%) LabVIEW
4 21 (5.60%) Postman
5 20 (5.33%) Git
6 16 (4.27%) Appium
7 15 (4.00%) Cucumber
8 14 (3.73%) Jenkins
9 12 (3.20%) Cypress.io
9 12 (3.20%) JMeter
9 12 (3.20%) SpecFlow
10 11 (2.93%) UI Automator
11 10 (2.67%) MSTest
12 9 (2.40%) JBehave
13 7 (1.87%) JUnit
13 7 (1.87%) SoapUI
13 7 (1.87%) Team Foundation Server
14 5 (1.33%) eggPlant
14 5 (1.33%) HP UFT
14 5 (1.33%) LoadRunner
General
1 50 (13.33%) Electronics
2 48 (12.80%) Social Skills
3 41 (10.93%) Automotive
4 38 (10.13%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (7.20%) Military
6 25 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 25 (6.67%) Manufacturing
7 21 (5.60%) Aerospace
8 20 (5.33%) Retail
9 14 (3.73%) Finance
10 12 (3.20%) Organisational Skills
11 10 (2.67%) Marketing
11 10 (2.67%) Presentation Skills
11 10 (2.67%) Telecoms
12 7 (1.87%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (1.07%) Legal
14 3 (0.80%) Aviation
14 3 (0.80%) Games
14 3 (0.80%) Public Sector
15 2 (0.53%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.47%) .NET
1 13 (3.47%) Gherkin
2 9 (2.40%) Playwright
2 9 (2.40%) pytest
2 9 (2.40%) XML
3 7 (1.87%) REST
4 5 (1.33%) JSON
4 5 (1.33%) SOAP
5 4 (1.07%) HTML
5 4 (1.07%) Lightning Web Components
5 4 (1.07%) Middleware
5 4 (1.07%) Web Services
5 4 (1.07%) XSLT
6 3 (0.80%) Node.js
6 3 (0.80%) Qt
6 3 (0.80%) RESTful
6 3 (0.80%) WebdriverIO
7 2 (0.53%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.53%) MSMQ
8 1 (0.27%) Behat
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.40%) Self-Motivation
2 14 (3.73%) Embedded Systems
3 13 (3.47%) Mobile App
4 10 (2.67%) Acoustics
4 10 (2.67%) Satnav
5 8 (2.13%) IoT
5 8 (2.13%) Smartphone
6 6 (1.60%) Algorithms
6 6 (1.60%) Chip and PIN
6 6 (1.60%) Renewable Energy
6 6 (1.60%) Robotics
7 5 (1.33%) Data Centre
7 5 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (1.33%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.07%) NHS
9 3 (0.80%) PCIe
10 2 (0.53%) Client/Server
10 2 (0.53%) Infotainment
10 2 (0.53%) Product Ownership
11 1 (0.27%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 44 (11.73%) Windows
2 41 (10.93%) Linux
3 14 (3.73%) Unix
4 9 (2.40%) Android
5 8 (2.13%) Mac OS
6 6 (1.60%) Windows Server
7 5 (1.33%) Windows Server 2008
8 4 (1.07%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.53%) Mac OS X
9 2 (0.53%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.27%) CentOS
10 1 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 155 (41.33%) Test Automation
2 119 (31.73%) Software Testing
3 97 (25.87%) Agile
4 61 (16.27%) Problem-Solving
5 55 (14.67%) Test Scripting
6 42 (11.20%) Software Engineering
7 40 (10.67%) Test Strategy
8 37 (9.87%) Regression Testing
9 36 (9.60%) Manual Testing
10 35 (9.33%) Computer Science
11 34 (9.07%) DevOps
12 32 (8.53%) API Testing
13 30 (8.00%) CI/CD
13 30 (8.00%) Validation
14 25 (6.67%) Continuous Integration
15 21 (5.60%) Coaching
15 21 (5.60%) Performance Testing
16 20 (5.33%) BDD
17 19 (5.07%) Test Management
18 18 (4.80%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 77 (20.53%) Python
2 45 (12.00%) C#
3 26 (6.93%) Java
4 23 (6.13%) C
5 22 (5.87%) SQL
6 20 (5.33%) JavaScript
7 15 (4.00%) MATLAB
8 11 (2.93%) C++
9 9 (2.40%) T-SQL
10 8 (2.13%) Embedded C
11 6 (1.60%) TypeScript
12 5 (1.33%) Bash
13 4 (1.07%) Groovy
13 4 (1.07%) Ruby
14 2 (0.53%) PowerShell
14 2 (0.53%) VB
15 1 (0.27%) Go
15 1 (0.27%) PHP
Qualifications
1 97 (25.87%) Degree
2 55 (14.67%) Security Cleared
3 36 (9.60%) ISTQB
4 21 (5.60%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (5.33%) DV Cleared
6 15 (4.00%) SC Cleared
7 12 (3.20%) DBS Check
8 8 (2.13%) HNC
8 8 (2.13%) HND
9 5 (1.33%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.33%) ISEB
9 5 (1.33%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (1.07%) CIPD
10 4 (1.07%) ISEB Practitioner
10 4 (1.07%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 4 (1.07%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.80%) CREST Certified
12 2 (0.53%) Numerate Degree
12 2 (0.53%) NVQ Level 3
12 2 (0.53%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (14.67%) QA
2 9 (2.40%) Accessibility
3 3 (0.80%) COSHH
3 3 (0.80%) Def Stans
3 3 (0.80%) ISO 14001
3 3 (0.80%) ISO 9001
3 3 (0.80%) JTAG
3 3 (0.80%) MISRA
4 2 (0.53%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.27%) HAZOP
System Software
1 15 (4.00%) Firmware
2 6 (1.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.07%) VMware Server
4 3 (0.80%) Docker
4 3 (0.80%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (0.80%) Functional Safety
2 2 (0.53%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.27%) Grafana
3 1 (0.27%) Iperf
3 1 (0.27%) Kibana
3 1 (0.27%) Nmap
Vendors
1 42 (11.20%) Microsoft
2 12 (3.20%) Google
3 9 (2.40%) EMC
4 6 (1.60%) Thales
4 6 (1.60%) VMware
5 4 (1.07%) 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 2 (0.53%) YouTube
8 1 (0.27%) Apple
8 1 (0.27%) CA Agile Central
8 1 (0.27%) Denodo
8 1 (0.27%) Oracle
8 1 (0.27%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.27%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.27%) Splunk
8 1 (0.27%) Talend