Test Engineer Jobs in West Sussex

Test Engineer
South East > West Sussex

The median Test Engineer salary in West Sussex is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 November 2024.

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

6 months to
14 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 37 52 109
Rank change year-on-year +15 +57 -10
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 11 5 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Sussex 2.70% 1.11% 0.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.82% 1.14% 0.90%
Number of salaries quoted 5 5 12
10th Percentile £40,250 - -
25th Percentile £46,250 £37,000 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £44,000 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year +7.95% +6.67% -2.94%
75th Percentile £48,750 £51,250 £51,875
90th Percentile - £52,750 £69,500
South East median annual salary £47,500 £48,750 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.56% -7.14% +9.66%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Sussex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in West Sussex. 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 West Sussex with a recognized job title 390 439 1,337
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.82% 97.34% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 226 322 674
10th Percentile £32,000 £32,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% -7.83% +15.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £53,760 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.31% -2.25% +4.76%

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Engineer in West Sussex

Test Engineer
Salary Trend in West Sussex

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

Salary trend for Test Engineer in West Sussex

Test Engineer
Job Locations in West Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Engineer within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 14 November 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
Crawley +20 6 - - 1
Horsham - 1 £37,500 - 1
Test Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 14 November 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 West Sussex region featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 10 (90.91%) Test Scripting
3 7 (63.64%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (54.55%) 5G
4 6 (54.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (54.55%) Satnav
4 6 (54.55%) Data Management
4 6 (54.55%) Degree
4 6 (54.55%) LTE
4 6 (54.55%) Bluetooth
4 6 (54.55%) GSM
4 6 (54.55%) UMTS
4 6 (54.55%) EMC
4 6 (54.55%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (54.55%) Wireless
4 6 (54.55%) Automotive
5 4 (36.36%) Regression Testing
5 4 (36.36%) Python
5 4 (36.36%) DHCP
5 4 (36.36%) DNS
5 4 (36.36%) Git
5 4 (36.36%) System Testing
5 4 (36.36%) QA
5 4 (36.36%) Integration Testing
5 4 (36.36%) Test Assurance
5 4 (36.36%) CI/CD
5 4 (36.36%) DevOps
5 4 (36.36%) pytest
6 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
6 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Office

Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Sussex 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 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 6 (54.55%) 5G
1 6 (54.55%) Bluetooth
1 6 (54.55%) GSM
1 6 (54.55%) LTE
1 6 (54.55%) UMTS
1 6 (54.55%) Wi-Fi
1 6 (54.55%) Wireless
2 4 (36.36%) DHCP
2 4 (36.36%) DNS
Development Applications
1 4 (36.36%) Git
General
1 6 (54.55%) Automotive
1 6 (54.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (9.09%) Electronics
2 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (36.36%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 6 (54.55%) Satnav
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 10 (90.91%) Test Scripting
3 7 (63.64%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (54.55%) Data Management
5 4 (36.36%) CI/CD
5 4 (36.36%) DevOps
5 4 (36.36%) Integration Testing
5 4 (36.36%) Regression Testing
5 4 (36.36%) System Testing
5 4 (36.36%) Test Assurance
6 1 (9.09%) CAD
6 1 (9.09%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (54.55%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) QA
2 1 (9.09%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) EMC
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft