Cambridgeshire Test Engineer Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Test Engineer role in IT contracts within the Cambridgeshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Abingdon Andover Avon Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bracknell Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cardiff Cheltenham Cheshire Chippenham City of London County Antrim Coventry Docklands, London Dorset East Anglia East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Farnham Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Greenford Guildford Hampshire Havant Hertfordshire Lancashire Leicestershire Liverpool London Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newport North West Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Portsmouth Reading Rugby Scotland Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West Southampton Staines Stevenage Suffolk Surrey Swindon Thames Valley UK Uxbridge Wales Warwickshire West Midlands Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Wokingham Yeovil	3 months to 21 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	52	36
Rank change on same period last year	-16
Matching contract IT job ads	10	38
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.013 %	0.038 %
As % of the category below	1.429 %	4.051 %
Daily rates quoted	2	3
Average minimum daily rate	£200	£213
Average daily rate	£250	£230
% change on same period last year	+8.69 %
Average maximum daily rate	£300	£247
UK excluding London average daily rate	£300	£311
% change on same period last year	-3.60 %
Hourly rates quoted	3	7
Average minimum hourly rate	£32.00	£32.86
Average hourly rate	£33.67	£35.00
% change on same period last year	-3.80 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£35.33	£37.14
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£31.84	£30.21
% change on same period last year	+5.38 %
Job Titles Cambridgeshire
Matching contract IT job ads	700	938
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.924 %	0.934 %
Daily rates quoted	140	192
Average minimum daily rate	£301	£316
Average daily rate	£324	£332
% change on same period last year	-2.50 %
Average maximum daily rate	£347	£349
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£354
% change on same period last year	+0.32 %
Hourly rates quoted	120	146
Average minimum hourly rate	£17.19	£26.05
Average hourly rate	£18.73	£27.53
% change on same period last year	-31.95 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£20.27	£29.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.60	£25.69
% change on same period last year	-8.13 %
Test Engineer East of England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Test Engineer across the Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

This section 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 21 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Cambridge	-7	8	£250	+8.69 %

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, 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 9 (34.62 %) Java 2 8 (30.77 %) Windows 3 6 (23.08 %) Test Scripting 3 6 (23.08 %) Manual Testing 4 5 (19.23 %) Linux 4 5 (19.23 %) C 5 4 (15.38 %) SQL 5 4 (15.38 %) J2EE 5 4 (15.38 %) SQL Server 5 4 (15.38 %) GPRS 5 4 (15.38 %) GSM 5 4 (15.38 %) Microsoft 5 4 (15.38 %) Python 5 4 (15.38 %) 3G 6 3 (11.54 %) IIS

6 3 (11.54 %) C++ 6 3 (11.54 %) Regression Testing 6 3 (11.54 %) Telecoms 6 3 (11.54 %) Validation 6 3 (11.54 %) Tomcat 6 3 (11.54 %) Handset 7 2 (7.692 %) Subversion 7 2 (7.692 %) Automated Testing 7 2 (7.692 %) Degree 7 2 (7.692 %) Perl 7 2 (7.692 %) UNIX 7 2 (7.692 %) ASIC 7 2 (7.692 %) Software Testing 8 1 (3.846 %) PKI 8 1 (3.846 %) Rational Functional Tester

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, 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 4 (15.38 %) J2EE 2 1 (3.846 %) XML 2 1 (3.846 %) HTML	Application Platforms 1 3 (11.54 %) IIS 1 3 (11.54 %) Tomcat
Communications & Networking 1 4 (15.38 %) GPRS 1 4 (15.38 %) GSM 1 4 (15.38 %) 3G 2 1 (3.846 %) 3GPP 2 1 (3.846 %) UMTS 2 1 (3.846 %) TCP/IP 2 1 (3.846 %) 2G 2 1 (3.846 %) Wireless	Database & Business Intelligence 1 4 (15.38 %) SQL Server 2 1 (3.846 %) MS Access
Development Applications 1 2 (7.692 %) Subversion 2 1 (3.846 %) Rational Functional Tester 2 1 (3.846 %) Rational Robot 2 1 (3.846 %) WinRunner 2 1 (3.846 %) PVCS 2 1 (3.846 %) TestPartner 2 1 (3.846 %) Bugzilla	General 1 3 (11.54 %) Telecoms 2 1 (3.846 %) Electric 2 1 (3.846 %) Law 2 1 (3.846 %) Manufacturing 2 1 (3.846 %) Electronics
Miscellaneous 1 3 (11.54 %) Handset 2 2 (7.692 %) ASIC 3 1 (3.846 %) PKI 3 1 (3.846 %) DTV 3 1 (3.846 %) Client/Server 3 1 (3.846 %) Computer Science 3 1 (3.846 %) Field-Programmable Gate Array 3 1 (3.846 %) STB	Operating Systems 1 8 (30.77 %) Windows 2 5 (19.23 %) Linux 3 2 (7.692 %) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies 1 6 (23.08 %) Test Scripting 1 6 (23.08 %) Manual Testing 2 3 (11.54 %) Regression Testing 2 3 (11.54 %) Validation 3 2 (7.692 %) Automated Testing 3 2 (7.692 %) Software Testing 4 1 (3.846 %) Configuration Management 4 1 (3.846 %) UML 4 1 (3.846 %) Resource Management 4 1 (3.846 %) Performance Testing 4 1 (3.846 %) Stress Testing	Programming Languages 1 9 (34.62 %) Java 2 5 (19.23 %) C 3 4 (15.38 %) SQL 3 4 (15.38 %) Python 4 3 (11.54 %) C++ 5 2 (7.692 %) Perl 6 1 (3.846 %) Assembly Language 6 1 (3.846 %) Tcl 6 1 (3.846 %) C# 6 1 (3.846 %) JavaScript
Qualifications 1 2 (7.692 %) Degree 2 1 (3.846 %) ISEB	Vendors 1 4 (15.38 %) Microsoft 2 1 (3.846 %) Compuware 2 1 (3.846 %) HP 2 1 (3.846 %) Oracle 2 1 (3.846 %) MKS