The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the East of England 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 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 East of England 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 Engineer
Rank 97 95 83
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -12
Contract jobs requiring a Test Engineer 21 41 47
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.950% 1.358% 1.692%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.011% 1.448% 1.799%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 8 6
Average daily rate £326 £331 £260
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.73% +27.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £274 £218 £203
10% offered a daily rate of more than £356 £413 £308
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £275
% change year-on-year
- +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 10 13
Average hourly rate £31.00 £36.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.88% +10.76%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.45 £17.50 £14.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £48.80 £56.50 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.50 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+9.23% -7.14%
All Job Titles
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2077 2832 2612
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 93.94% 93.77% 94.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 1064 1329 1164
Average daily rate £338 £338 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £188 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £468 £460 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 239 323 328
Average hourly rate £26.00 £22.88 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.66% +30.71%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £40.00 £37.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Test Engineer
England

Test Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England Test Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Test Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Test Engineer across the East of England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

East of England Test Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

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 East of England region.

East of England 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

East of England 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 East of England 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.

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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Cambridgeshire +3 13 £350 +21.73% 11
Hertfordshire +15 7 £301 -19.80% 1
Norfolk - 1 - -
Suffolk - - - -
Essex - - - - 1
Bedfordshire - - - -
Test Engineer
England

Test Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 28 (49.12%) Python
2 23 (40.35%) Linux
3 21 (36.84%) C
4 20 (35.09%) Software Testing
5 15 (26.32%) HTML
6 13 (22.81%) C++
6 13 (22.81%) Windows
6 13 (22.81%) Test Automation
7 12 (21.05%) Java
7 12 (21.05%) C#
7 12 (21.05%) Embedded C
8 11 (19.30%) OpenCL
9 10 (17.54%) Telecoms
9 10 (17.54%) Degree
9 10 (17.54%) UNIX
10 8 (14.04%) Regression Testing
10 8 (14.04%) QA
10 8 (14.04%) Android
11 7 (12.28%) LTE
11 7 (12.28%) 3GPP
12 6 (10.53%) Windows XP
12 6 (10.53%) SQL
12 6 (10.53%) .NET
12 6 (10.53%) Wireless
12 6 (10.53%) 3G
12 6 (10.53%) Mac OS X
12 6 (10.53%) Windows Mobile
12 6 (10.53%) Electronics
12 6 (10.53%) Objective-C
12 6 (10.53%) Windows 7

Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 15 (26.32%) HTML
2 11 (19.30%) OpenCL
3 6 (10.53%) .NET
4 4 (7.018%) XML
4 4 (7.018%) iOS SDK
5 1 (1.754%) Gherkin
5 1 (1.754%) .NET Framework
5 1 (1.754%) Java EE
5 1 (1.754%) jQuery
5 1 (1.754%) ASP.NET
5 1 (1.754%) Web Services
5 1 (1.754%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 1 (1.754%) GlassFish
Applications
1 2 (3.509%) Simulink
2 1 (1.754%) MS Office
2 1 (1.754%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (12.28%) LTE
1 7 (12.28%) 3GPP
2 6 (10.53%) Wireless
2 6 (10.53%) 3G
3 4 (7.018%) Internet
3 4 (7.018%) GSM
3 4 (7.018%) HTTP
3 4 (7.018%) UMTS
3 4 (7.018%) WCDMA
4 3 (5.263%) 2G
5 2 (3.509%) MPLS
5 2 (3.509%) OSPF
5 2 (3.509%) IPv6
5 2 (3.509%) SNMP
5 2 (3.509%) VPN
5 2 (3.509%) VLAN
6 1 (1.754%) BSS
6 1 (1.754%) RNC
6 1 (1.754%) Wireshark
6 1 (1.754%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.754%) MySQL
1 1 (1.754%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 4 (7.018%) LabVIEW
2 2 (3.509%) Visual Studio
2 2 (3.509%) JMeter
2 2 (3.509%) SpecFlow
3 1 (1.754%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.754%) WatiN
3 1 (1.754%) Valgrind
3 1 (1.754%) Cucumber
3 1 (1.754%) Bugzilla
3 1 (1.754%) Subversion
3 1 (1.754%) Maven
3 1 (1.754%) JIRA
3 1 (1.754%) Selenium
3 1 (1.754%) JUnit
3 1 (1.754%) Eclipse
General
1 10 (17.54%) Telecoms
2 6 (10.53%) Electronics
3 5 (8.772%) Games
4 1 (1.754%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.772%) Computer Science
2 3 (5.263%) Augmented Reality
3 2 (3.509%) Mathematics
3 2 (3.509%) Physics
3 2 (3.509%) Cryptography
3 2 (3.509%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.754%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (1.754%) Digital Media
4 1 (1.754%) iPhone
4 1 (1.754%) Streaming Media
4 1 (1.754%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 23 (40.35%) Linux
2 13 (22.81%) Windows
3 10 (17.54%) UNIX
4 8 (14.04%) Android
5 6 (10.53%) Windows XP
5 6 (10.53%) Mac OS X
5 6 (10.53%) Windows Mobile
5 6 (10.53%) Windows 7
6 5 (8.772%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (35.09%) Software Testing
2 13 (22.81%) Test Automation
3 8 (14.04%) Regression Testing
4 5 (8.772%) TDD
5 4 (7.018%) Manual Testing
5 4 (7.018%) Automated Testing
5 4 (7.018%) BDD
6 3 (5.263%) Game Development
6 3 (5.263%) Validation
6 3 (5.263%) Scrum
7 2 (3.509%) Benchmarking
7 2 (3.509%) OO
7 2 (3.509%) System Testing
7 2 (3.509%) Web Testing
7 2 (3.509%) Unit Testing
7 2 (3.509%) Software Engineering
7 2 (3.509%) Multithreading
7 2 (3.509%) Automation Testing
7 2 (3.509%) Embedded Software Development
8 1 (1.754%) Functional Testing
Programming Languages
1 28 (49.12%) Python
2 21 (36.84%) C
3 13 (22.81%) C++
4 12 (21.05%) Java
4 12 (21.05%) C#
4 12 (21.05%) Embedded C
5 6 (10.53%) SQL
5 6 (10.53%) Objective-C
6 5 (8.772%) Shell Script
7 2 (3.509%) MATLAB
7 2 (3.509%) Ruby
8 1 (1.754%) PowerShell
8 1 (1.754%) VB
8 1 (1.754%) VB.NET
8 1 (1.754%) JavaScript
8 1 (1.754%) Perl
Qualifications
1 10 (17.54%) Degree
2 3 (5.263%) ISEB
3 2 (3.509%) ISTQB
3 2 (3.509%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.754%) JNCIP
4 1 (1.754%) JNCIE
4 1 (1.754%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (14.04%) QA
2 1 (1.754%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (3.509%) Juniper
1 2 (3.509%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.754%) Perforce
2 1 (1.754%) Huawei
2 1 (1.754%) Crossbeam
2 1 (1.754%) Cisco
2 1 (1.754%) CheckPoint
2 1 (1.754%) MKS
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
Must have Experience of working with engine test systems Experience in developing test cell data acquisition software (eg DSG DatAqPro, CP Engineering Cadet AVL Puma etc….) Proficient in...
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Rate: £200.00 - £225.00 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
Peterborough, East Anglia
Must have Experience of working with engine test systems Experience in developing test cell data acquisition software (eg DSG DatAqPro, CP Engineering Cadet AVL Puma etc .) Proficient in...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £200.00 - £225.00 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
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