Test Engineer Contracts in Cambridgeshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend 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 Cambridgeshire 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 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Engineer
Rank 34 47 40
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -7
Contract jobs requiring a Test Engineer 16 15 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 2.925% 2.187% 2.079%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.219% 2.290% 2.187%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 6
Average daily rate £303 £288 £293
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.21% -1.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £301 £149 £203
10% offered a daily rate of more than £362 £335 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £303 £290 £280
% change year-on-year
+4.31% +3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 2
Average hourly rate £42.50 £52.50 £18.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-19.04% +180.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £26.40 £26.25 £13.35
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £48.80 £56.50 £24.15
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £33.25 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+12.78% -5.00%
Search 11 Test Engineer jobs in Cambridgeshire
All Job Titles
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 497 655 503
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 90.86% 95.48% 95.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 229 316 238
Average daily rate £350 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £223 £225 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £443 £463 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 78 91
Average hourly rate £22.50 £19.75 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.92% +46.29%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.80 £10.50 £11.38
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £50.00 £34.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Test Engineer
East of England

Test Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire 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
Cambridge +13 14 £303 +5.21%
Test Engineer
East of England

Test Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 26 (61.90%) Python
2 20 (47.62%) Linux
2 20 (47.62%) Software Testing
3 17 (40.48%) C
4 14 (33.33%) HTML
5 11 (26.19%) C++
5 11 (26.19%) Windows
5 11 (26.19%) Embedded C
5 11 (26.19%) OpenCL
6 10 (23.81%) C#
7 8 (19.05%) UNIX
7 8 (19.05%) Test Automation
8 7 (16.67%) Degree
8 7 (16.67%) Java
8 7 (16.67%) LabVIEW
9 6 (14.29%) Wireless
9 6 (14.29%) QA
10 5 (11.90%) Android
10 5 (11.90%) Windows 7
10 5 (11.90%) Regression Testing
10 5 (11.90%) Validation
10 5 (11.90%) Games
10 5 (11.90%) Windows Mobile
10 5 (11.90%) Automated Testing
10 5 (11.90%) Objective-C
10 5 (11.90%) SQL
10 5 (11.90%) Windows XP
10 5 (11.90%) Shell Script
10 5 (11.90%) Mac OS X
11 4 (9.524%) 3G

Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 (33.33%) HTML
2 11 (26.19%) OpenCL
3 3 (7.143%) iOS SDK
3 3 (7.143%) XML
4 2 (4.762%) .NET
5 1 (2.381%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 1 (2.381%) STL
Applications
1 2 (4.762%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 6 (14.29%) Wireless
2 4 (9.524%) 3G
2 4 (9.524%) GSM
2 4 (9.524%) 3GPP
2 4 (9.524%) UMTS
2 4 (9.524%) WCDMA
2 4 (9.524%) LTE
3 3 (7.143%) Internet
4 2 (4.762%) HTTP
4 2 (4.762%) SNMP
4 2 (4.762%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 7 (16.67%) LabVIEW
2 1 (2.381%) JIRA
2 1 (2.381%) GoogleTest
2 1 (2.381%) JMeter
General
1 5 (11.90%) Games
2 4 (9.524%) Electronics
2 4 (9.524%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.524%) Computer Science
2 3 (7.143%) Augmented Reality
3 2 (4.762%) Cryptography
4 1 (2.381%) iPhone
4 1 (2.381%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (2.381%) Digital Media
4 1 (2.381%) Streaming Media
4 1 (2.381%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 20 (47.62%) Linux
2 11 (26.19%) Windows
3 8 (19.05%) UNIX
4 5 (11.90%) Android
4 5 (11.90%) Windows 7
4 5 (11.90%) Windows Mobile
4 5 (11.90%) Windows XP
4 5 (11.90%) Mac OS X
5 4 (9.524%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (47.62%) Software Testing
2 8 (19.05%) Test Automation
3 5 (11.90%) Regression Testing
3 5 (11.90%) Validation
3 5 (11.90%) Automated Testing
4 3 (7.143%) Game Development
5 2 (4.762%) Benchmarking
5 2 (4.762%) Embedded Software Development
5 2 (4.762%) Multithreading
5 2 (4.762%) Manual Testing
5 2 (4.762%) System Testing
6 1 (2.381%) Performance Testing
6 1 (2.381%) Load Testing
6 1 (2.381%) Unit Testing
6 1 (2.381%) Integration Testing
6 1 (2.381%) Web Testing
6 1 (2.381%) Test Management
6 1 (2.381%) Functional Testing
6 1 (2.381%) Non-Functional Testing
6 1 (2.381%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 26 (61.90%) Python
2 17 (40.48%) C
3 11 (26.19%) C++
3 11 (26.19%) Embedded C
4 10 (23.81%) C#
5 7 (16.67%) Java
6 5 (11.90%) Objective-C
6 5 (11.90%) SQL
6 5 (11.90%) Shell Script
7 2 (4.762%) MATLAB
8 1 (2.381%) Ruby
8 1 (2.381%) Perl
Qualifications
1 7 (16.67%) Degree
2 3 (7.143%) ISEB
3 2 (4.762%) Security Cleared
3 2 (4.762%) ISTQB
4 1 (2.381%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (2.381%) Perforce
1 1 (2.381%) Google
1 1 (2.381%) Microsoft
Test Engineer
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
The ideal candidate will have experience using a variety of automated testing tools within a cloud environment... Key Skills: List of key skills for the role; Test analyst,...
Cooper Lomaz Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £250 - 350 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
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