The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Development Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Test Development Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Cambridgeshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Development Engineer
Rank - 63 57
Contract jobs requiring a Test Development Engineer 0 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire - 0.138% 0.319%
As % of the Job Titles category - 0.146% 0.340%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £350 -
UK excluding London average daily rate - £305 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £34.75 £32.00
% change year-on-year
-6.47% +8.59%
All Job Titles
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
526 685 588
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 91.96% 94.48% 93.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 247 327 279
Average daily rate £350 £338 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.70% -3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £205 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £463 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 110 101
Average hourly rate £32.50 £30.50 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.55% +125.92%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £47.50 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Test Development Engineer
East of England

Test Development Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Test Development Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Test Development Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Test Development Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Test Development Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Test Development Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Test Development 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 Development Engineer within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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.

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Test Development Engineer
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region that cited Test Development 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 Development Engineer in their job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Electronics
1 3 (75.00%) LabVIEW
2 2 (50.00%) .NET
2 2 (50.00%) C++
2 2 (50.00%) MATLAB
2 2 (50.00%) Simulink
2 2 (50.00%) Multithreading
2 2 (50.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) JIRA
3 1 (25.00%) QA
3 1 (25.00%) Test Management
3 1 (25.00%) Digital Media
3 1 (25.00%) HTML
3 1 (25.00%) SQL
3 1 (25.00%) XML
3 1 (25.00%) UNIX
3 1 (25.00%) Linux
3 1 (25.00%) Python
3 1 (25.00%) Internet
3 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Streaming Media
3 1 (25.00%) Perforce
3 1 (25.00%) Telecoms

Test Development Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region that cited Test Development 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 Development Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (50.00%) .NET
2 1 (25.00%) HTML
2 1 (25.00%) XML
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Internet
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) LabVIEW
2 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (75.00%) Electronics
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Digital Media
1 1 (25.00%) Streaming Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) UNIX
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Multithreading
2 1 (25.00%) Test Management
2 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) C++
1 2 (50.00%) MATLAB
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Perforce