Test Engineer Contracts in Cambridge
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the 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 Test Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Engineer
Rank 26 39 24
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -15
Contract jobs requiring a Test Engineer 15 10 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 4.386% 2.392% 3.200%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.886% 2.545% 3.265%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 5
Average daily rate £303 £300 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.83% -6.25%
UK excluding London average daily rate £318 £290 £280
% change year-on-year
+9.48% +3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 2
Average hourly rate £42.50 £54.50 £18.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-22.01% +190.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £26.40 £52.50 £13.35
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £48.80 £56.50 £24.15
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		 307 393 245
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 89.77% 94.02% 98.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 145 198 124
Average daily rate £350 £310 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.90% -0.80%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £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 47 51 47
Average hourly rate £35.00 £36.25 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.44% +168.51%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.75 £10.38 £11.78
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £52.50 £37.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Test Engineer
Cambridgeshire

Test Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Test Engineer Daily Rate Trend

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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Cambridge Test Engineer Hourly Rate Histogram

Test Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 24 (61.54%) Python
2 18 (46.15%) Linux
3 17 (43.59%) Software Testing
4 15 (38.46%) C
5 14 (35.90%) HTML
6 11 (28.21%) Embedded C
6 11 (28.21%) OpenCL
7 9 (23.08%) C++
7 9 (23.08%) Windows
8 8 (20.51%) UNIX
8 8 (20.51%) C#
9 7 (17.95%) LabVIEW
10 6 (15.38%) Wireless
10 6 (15.38%) Test Automation
11 5 (12.82%) Validation
11 5 (12.82%) Shell Script
11 5 (12.82%) Java
11 5 (12.82%) SQL
12 4 (10.26%) GSM
12 4 (10.26%) 3GPP
12 4 (10.26%) UMTS
12 4 (10.26%) WCDMA
12 4 (10.26%) 3G
12 4 (10.26%) Electronics
12 4 (10.26%) Telecoms
12 4 (10.26%) Automated Testing
12 4 (10.26%) Degree
12 4 (10.26%) LTE
13 3 (7.692%) Android
13 3 (7.692%) Augmented Reality

Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 14 (35.90%) HTML
2 11 (28.21%) OpenCL
3 3 (7.692%) XML
4 2 (5.128%) .NET
5 1 (2.564%) STL
5 1 (2.564%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 1 (2.564%) iOS SDK
Applications
1 2 (5.128%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 6 (15.38%) Wireless
2 4 (10.26%) 3G
2 4 (10.26%) GSM
2 4 (10.26%) 3GPP
2 4 (10.26%) UMTS
2 4 (10.26%) WCDMA
2 4 (10.26%) LTE
3 3 (7.692%) Internet
4 2 (5.128%) VLAN
4 2 (5.128%) HTTP
4 2 (5.128%) SNMP
Development Applications
1 7 (17.95%) LabVIEW
2 1 (2.564%) JIRA
2 1 (2.564%) GoogleTest
2 1 (2.564%) JMeter
General
1 4 (10.26%) Electronics
1 4 (10.26%) Telecoms
2 3 (7.692%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.692%) Augmented Reality
2 2 (5.128%) Cryptography
2 2 (5.128%) Computer Science
3 1 (2.564%) iPhone
3 1 (2.564%) Streaming Media
3 1 (2.564%) Digital Media
3 1 (2.564%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (2.564%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 18 (46.15%) Linux
2 9 (23.08%) Windows
3 8 (20.51%) UNIX
4 3 (7.692%) Windows XP
4 3 (7.692%) Mac OS X
4 3 (7.692%) Windows Mobile
4 3 (7.692%) Android
4 3 (7.692%) Windows 7
5 2 (5.128%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (43.59%) Software Testing
2 6 (15.38%) Test Automation
3 5 (12.82%) Validation
4 4 (10.26%) Automated Testing
5 3 (7.692%) Game Development
5 3 (7.692%) Regression Testing
6 2 (5.128%) Benchmarking
6 2 (5.128%) Embedded Software Development
6 2 (5.128%) Multithreading
6 2 (5.128%) Manual Testing
6 2 (5.128%) System Testing
7 1 (2.564%) Scrum
7 1 (2.564%) Functional Testing
7 1 (2.564%) Non-Functional Testing
7 1 (2.564%) Configuration Management
7 1 (2.564%) UML
7 1 (2.564%) Performance Testing
7 1 (2.564%) Load Testing
7 1 (2.564%) Unit Testing
7 1 (2.564%) Web Testing
Programming Languages
1 24 (61.54%) Python
2 15 (38.46%) C
3 11 (28.21%) Embedded C
4 9 (23.08%) C++
5 8 (20.51%) C#
6 5 (12.82%) Java
6 5 (12.82%) Shell Script
6 5 (12.82%) SQL
7 3 (7.692%) Objective-C
8 2 (5.128%) MATLAB
9 1 (2.564%) Perl
9 1 (2.564%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 4 (10.26%) Degree
2 2 (5.128%) Security Cleared
2 2 (5.128%) ISEB
3 1 (2.564%) ISEB Practitioner
3 1 (2.564%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.692%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (2.564%) Microsoft
1 1 (2.564%) Perforce
1 1 (2.564%) Google
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