Test Engineer Contracts in Bedfordshire

Test Engineer
East of England > Bedfordshire

The median Test Engineer daily rate in Bedfordshire is £375 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 32 32 38
Rank change year-on-year 0 +6 -
Contract jobs requiring a Test Engineer 1 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 0.41% 0.54% 0.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 0.56% 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £363 £494 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £513 -
Median % change year-on-year -26.83% - -
75th Percentile £388 £531 -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £420 £460 £400
% change year-on-year -8.70% +15.00% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £51.25
Median hourly rate - - £52.50
75th Percentile - - £53.75
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £31.50 £56.25 £56.00
% change year-on-year -44.00% +0.45% +32.48%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bedfordshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Bedfordshire with a recognized job title 216 180 278
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.89% 97.30% 97.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 130 149
10th Percentile £263 £174 £248
25th Percentile £359 £281 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £470 £490
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% -4.08% +18.79%
75th Percentile £556 £594 £538
90th Percentile £625 £625 £628
East of England median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 6 20
10th Percentile £15.31 £18.50 £12.75
25th Percentile £15.39 £29.31 £42.50
Median hourly rate £31.80 £63.75 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.12% +15.91% +243.75%
75th Percentile £65.00 £87.50 £61.31
90th Percentile £65.75 £90.00 £68.75
East of England median hourly rate £43.00 £35.40 £15.50
% change year-on-year +21.47% +128.39% -7.32%

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Engineer in Bedfordshire

Test Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Engineer in Bedfordshire.

Daily rate trend for Test Engineer in Bedfordshire

Test Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Engineer in Bedfordshire.

Hourly rate trend for Test Engineer in Bedfordshire

Test Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Engineer within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Luton -3 1 £375 -26.83%
Test Engineer
East of England

Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, Test Engineer contract 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 contract job ads across the Bedfordshire region featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) LabVIEW
1 1 (100.00%) Teamcenter
1 1 (100.00%) Supplier Management
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector

Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Teamcenter
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) LabVIEW
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft