The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Test Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Software Test Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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 Cambridge 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Test Engineer
Rank 37 48 -
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -
Contract jobs requiring a Software Test Engineer 2 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.595% 0.241% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.662% 0.256% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £313 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £275 -
% change year-on-year
+18.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £51.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Job Titles
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
302 390 238
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 89.88% 93.98% 97.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 194 123
Average daily rate £350 £310 £306
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.90% +1.22%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £200 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 52 46
Average hourly rate £37.25 £35.00 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.42% +159.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £10.40 £11.63
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £52.50 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Software Test Engineer
Cambridgeshire

Software Test Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge Software Test Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Software Test Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridge Software Test Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Software Test Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridge Software Test Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Software Test Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region that cited Software 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 Software Test Engineer in their job title.

1 4 (57.14%) C#
1 4 (57.14%) C++
2 3 (42.86%) Windows
2 3 (42.86%) Python
2 3 (42.86%) Software Testing
2 3 (42.86%) Validation
2 3 (42.86%) LabVIEW
2 3 (42.86%) Degree
3 2 (28.57%) QA
3 2 (28.57%) Multithreading
3 2 (28.57%) System Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Test Automation
3 2 (28.57%) Electronics
3 2 (28.57%) Embedded Software Development
3 2 (28.57%) Internet
3 2 (28.57%) Shell Script
3 2 (28.57%) MATLAB
3 2 (28.57%) Simulink
3 2 (28.57%) VLAN
3 2 (28.57%) Cryptography
3 2 (28.57%) Automated Testing
3 2 (28.57%) SNMP
3 2 (28.57%) .NET
3 2 (28.57%) UNIX
4 1 (14.29%) C
4 1 (14.29%) STL
4 1 (14.29%) Java
4 1 (14.29%) SQL
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
4 1 (14.29%) ISEB

Software Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region that cited Software 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 Software Test Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (28.57%) .NET
2 1 (14.29%) STL
2 1 (14.29%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 1 (14.29%) iOS SDK
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) SNMP
1 2 (28.57%) Internet
1 2 (28.57%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) LabVIEW
2 1 (14.29%) GoogleTest
General
1 2 (28.57%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Cryptography
2 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
2 1 (14.29%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
2 2 (28.57%) UNIX
3 1 (14.29%) Linux
3 1 (14.29%) Windows XP
3 1 (14.29%) Mac OS X
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Mobile
3 1 (14.29%) Android
3 1 (14.29%) Windows 7
3 1 (14.29%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Validation
1 3 (42.86%) Software Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Multithreading
2 2 (28.57%) Automated Testing
2 2 (28.57%) System Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Test Automation
2 2 (28.57%) Embedded Software Development
3 1 (14.29%) UML
3 1 (14.29%) Configuration Management
3 1 (14.29%) Regression Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Manual Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Load Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) C#
1 4 (57.14%) C++
2 3 (42.86%) Python
3 2 (28.57%) Shell Script
3 2 (28.57%) MATLAB
4 1 (14.29%) Objective-C
4 1 (14.29%) Java
4 1 (14.29%) SQL
4 1 (14.29%) C
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) ISEB
2 1 (14.29%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) Google