Test Engineer Jobs in the North West

Test Engineer
England > North West

The median Test Engineer salary in the North West is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 June 2024.

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

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 294 278 284
Rank change year-on-year -16 +6 -75
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 15 12 64
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.13% 0.16% 0.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.18% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 11 11 42
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,250 £33,645
25th Percentile £38,750 £48,125 £38,947
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £57,500 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +33.72% -4.44%
75th Percentile £60,741 £60,000 £53,625
90th Percentile £68,484 £92,500 £59,589
England median annual salary £45,000 £54,164 £50,000
% change year-on-year -16.92% +8.33% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 North West with a recognized job title 10,796 6,520 9,462
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.99% 89.55% 95.95%
Number of salaries quoted 8,061 3,995 5,421
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £28,250
25th Percentile £36,500 £40,834 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,500 £81,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Engineer in the North West

Test Engineer
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Test Engineer in the North West

Test Engineer
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Engineer in the North West over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Engineer in the North West

Test Engineer
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Engineer within the North West region over the 6 months to 11 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
Manchester +9 12 £43,750 -12.50% 15
Cheshire - 2 £68,484 - 2
Lancashire -21 1 £57,965 -1.34% 3
Test Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 11 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 North West region featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 9 (60.00%) Test Automation
2 6 (40.00%) Agile
2 6 (40.00%) Selenium
2 6 (40.00%) CI/CD
3 5 (33.33%) Manual Testing
4 4 (26.67%) Non-Functional Testing
4 4 (26.67%) C#
4 4 (26.67%) Postman
5 3 (20.00%) API Testing
5 3 (20.00%) Defect Management
5 3 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (20.00%) Finance
5 3 (20.00%) JavaScript
5 3 (20.00%) Python
5 3 (20.00%) Software Engineering
5 3 (20.00%) Software Testing
5 3 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
5 3 (20.00%) Agile Testing
5 3 (20.00%) Azure
6 2 (13.33%) WebDriver
6 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
6 2 (13.33%) RESTful
6 2 (13.33%) Cypress.io
6 2 (13.33%) BDD
6 2 (13.33%) Mentoring
6 2 (13.33%) Coaching
6 2 (13.33%) QA
6 2 (13.33%) Test Scripting
6 2 (13.33%) SQL
6 2 (13.33%) Manufacturing

Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 1 (6.67%) BizTalk Server
Cloud Services
1 3 (20.00%) Azure
2 2 (13.33%) Azure Functions
2 2 (13.33%) Serverless
3 1 (6.67%) AWS
3 1 (6.67%) Firebase
3 1 (6.67%) GitHub
3 1 (6.67%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) MySQL
1 1 (6.67%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (40.00%) Selenium
2 4 (26.67%) Postman
3 2 (13.33%) Cypress.io
3 2 (13.33%) SpecFlow
3 2 (13.33%) WebDriver
4 1 (6.67%) Appium
4 1 (6.67%) Cucumber
4 1 (6.67%) Git
4 1 (6.67%) GitLab
4 1 (6.67%) Jenkins
4 1 (6.67%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 3 (20.00%) Finance
2 2 (13.33%) Manufacturing
2 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Aerospace
3 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Electronics
3 1 (6.67%) Marketing
3 1 (6.67%) Military
3 1 (6.67%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) RESTful
2 1 (6.67%) .NET
2 1 (6.67%) Playwright
2 1 (6.67%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Algorithms
1 1 (6.67%) Chip and PIN
1 1 (6.67%) Mobile App
1 1 (6.67%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Android
1 1 (6.67%) Apple iOS
1 1 (6.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Test Automation
2 6 (40.00%) Agile
2 6 (40.00%) CI/CD
3 5 (33.33%) Manual Testing
4 4 (26.67%) Non-Functional Testing
5 3 (20.00%) Agile Testing
5 3 (20.00%) API Testing
5 3 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
5 3 (20.00%) Defect Management
5 3 (20.00%) Software Engineering
5 3 (20.00%) Software Testing
6 2 (13.33%) BDD
6 2 (13.33%) Coaching
6 2 (13.33%) Context-Driven Testing
6 2 (13.33%) Manufacturing Engineering
6 2 (13.33%) Mentoring
6 2 (13.33%) Scenario Testing
6 2 (13.33%) Technical Leadership
6 2 (13.33%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 4 (26.67%) C#
2 3 (20.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (20.00%) Python
3 2 (13.33%) Java
3 2 (13.33%) SQL
4 1 (6.67%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.67%) DBS Check
2 1 (6.67%) Degree
2 1 (6.67%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) Accessibility
1 2 (13.33%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (6.67%) Thales