Test Engineer Contracts in Berkshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Test Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
 3 months to
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Engineer
Rank 92 87 80
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -7
Contract jobs requiring a Test Engineer 28 49 49
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 1.169% 1.558% 1.647%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.284% 1.705% 1.824%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 13 3
Average daily rate £245 £250 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.00% +11.11%
UK excluding London average daily rate £303 £290 £280
% change year-on-year
+4.31% +3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
Average hourly rate £88.75 - £37.50
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.75 - £35.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £147.75 - £39.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £33.25 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+12.78% -5.00%
All Job Titles
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 2180 2874 2686
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 91.02% 91.38% 90.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 900 1030 1019
Average daily rate £360 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £476 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 128 184
Average hourly rate £26.00 £19.00 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+36.84% -30.90%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £11.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Test Engineer
South East

Test Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Test Engineer across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Berkshire Test Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Test Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Test Engineer across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Test Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Test Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Test Engineer across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Berkshire Test Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

Test Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Test Engineer across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Test Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Test Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Test Engineer across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Berkshire Test Engineer Hourly Rate Histogram

Test Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Engineer within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Slough -10 3 £163 -45.83%
Newbury -3 2 - -
Reading -3 2 - -
Maidenhead - 1 £165 -
Test Engineer
South East

Test Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Test Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Test Engineer in their job title.

1 62 (79.49%) Telecoms
2 42 (53.85%) GSM
3 41 (52.56%) 3G
4 40 (51.28%) 2G
5 38 (48.72%) Ericsson
6 36 (46.15%) WCDMA
6 36 (46.15%) Radio Access Network
7 33 (42.31%) 3GPP
8 31 (39.74%) NetHawk
9 30 (38.46%) Wireshark
10 27 (34.62%) ISEB
11 24 (30.77%) Migration
12 20 (25.64%) RANAP
13 19 (24.36%) RNC
14 9 (11.54%) HP Quality Center
14 9 (11.54%) UMTS
15 8 (10.26%) UNIX
15 8 (10.26%) Degree
16 7 (8.974%) Fault Management
16 7 (8.974%) Nokia Siemens Networks
16 7 (8.974%) Performance Management
16 7 (8.974%) LTE
16 7 (8.974%) Android
16 7 (8.974%) SQL
16 7 (8.974%) Configuration Management
17 6 (7.692%) GPRS
17 6 (7.692%) MGW
18 5 (6.410%) Test Scripting
18 5 (6.410%) REST
18 5 (6.410%) ATM

Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Test Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Test Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (6.410%) REST
1 5 (6.410%) WAP
1 5 (6.410%) Web Services
2 3 (3.846%) WCF
2 3 (3.846%) XML
3 2 (2.564%) SOAP
3 2 (2.564%) soapUI
4 1 (1.282%) WebSphere
4 1 (1.282%) WML
Application Platforms
1 3 (3.846%) IIS
2 1 (1.282%) ActiveMQ
2 1 (1.282%) Apache
2 1 (1.282%) WebSphere Application Server
2 1 (1.282%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 42 (53.85%) GSM
2 41 (52.56%) 3G
3 40 (51.28%) 2G
4 36 (46.15%) WCDMA
4 36 (46.15%) Radio Access Network
5 33 (42.31%) 3GPP
6 30 (38.46%) Wireshark
7 20 (25.64%) RANAP
8 19 (24.36%) RNC
9 9 (11.54%) UMTS
10 7 (8.974%) LTE
11 6 (7.692%) GPRS
11 6 (7.692%) MGW
12 5 (6.410%) ATM
12 5 (6.410%) Ethernet
12 5 (6.410%) SDH
13 3 (3.846%) MPLS
14 2 (2.564%) TCP/IP
14 2 (2.564%) SAN
14 2 (2.564%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.564%) DbVisualizer
2 1 (1.282%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.282%) TOAD
2 1 (1.282%) MS Access
2 1 (1.282%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 3 (3.846%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.282%) JProfiler
2 1 (1.282%) Selenium
2 1 (1.282%) TestDirector
2 1 (1.282%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (1.282%) LoadRunner
General
1 62 (79.49%) Telecoms
2 3 (3.846%) Games
3 2 (2.564%) Finance
4 1 (1.282%) Billing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.128%) Handset
2 3 (3.846%) iPhone
3 2 (2.564%) Blackberry
3 2 (2.564%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
3 2 (2.564%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.282%) Statistics
4 1 (1.282%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 8 (10.26%) UNIX
2 7 (8.974%) Android
3 4 (5.128%) Apple iOS
4 2 (2.564%) Windows
5 1 (1.282%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (30.77%) Migration
2 7 (8.974%) Fault Management
2 7 (8.974%) Performance Management
2 7 (8.974%) Configuration Management
3 5 (6.410%) Test Scripting
4 4 (5.128%) Project Management
5 3 (3.846%) Game Development
5 3 (3.846%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (3.846%) System Testing
5 3 (3.846%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (3.846%) Automated Testing
6 2 (2.564%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (2.564%) Software Testing
6 2 (2.564%) Product Management
7 1 (1.282%) Test Strategy
7 1 (1.282%) Performance Testing
7 1 (1.282%) Web Testing
7 1 (1.282%) Test Management
7 1 (1.282%) Requirements Analysis
7 1 (1.282%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 7 (8.974%) SQL
2 3 (3.846%) C#
2 3 (3.846%) C++
2 3 (3.846%) Java
2 3 (3.846%) Python
3 2 (2.564%) Perl
3 2 (2.564%) Shell Script
3 2 (2.564%) Groovy
4 1 (1.282%) Bash shell
4 1 (1.282%) Ruby
4 1 (1.282%) PHP
4 1 (1.282%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (34.62%) ISEB
2 8 (10.26%) Degree
3 2 (2.564%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.282%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.564%) QA
System Software
1 2 (2.564%) NFS
Systems Management
1 9 (11.54%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (2.564%) Legato
Vendors
1 38 (48.72%) Ericsson
2 31 (39.74%) NetHawk
3 7 (8.974%) Nokia Siemens Networks
4 5 (6.410%) Citrix
5 4 (5.128%) NEC
6 3 (3.846%) HP
7 2 (2.564%) BT
7 2 (2.564%) Cisco
7 2 (2.564%) Veritas
7 2 (2.564%) Huawei
8 1 (1.282%) Informatica
8 1 (1.282%) Juniper
8 1 (1.282%) Oracle
IN Test Engineer
Newbury, Berkshire
Knowledge and Working experience in Intelligent Networks, Value Added Services (Vodafone UK- Preferred), Wireless Telecom -Network Side (GSM/GPRS)... Experience in HP Quality Centre tool for managing defects...
Anantha Limited
Posted: 20 May 2013
IN (intelligent networks) test engineers
Newbury, Berkshire
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Stott & May
Posted: 22 May 2013
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