Systems Test Engineer Contracts in England

System Test Engineer
UK > England

The median System Test Engineer daily rate in England is £300 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 528 643 768
Rank change year-on-year +115 +125 -150
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Test Engineer 14 2 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.038% 0.004% 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.041% 0.004% 0.015%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 5
10th Percentile - - £133
25th Percentile £59 £494 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £513 £263
Median % change year-on-year -41.46% +95.24% -13.93%
75th Percentile £350 £531 £375
90th Percentile £416 - £390
UK median daily rate £300 £544 £380
% change year-on-year -44.83% +43.09% +24.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 4
10th Percentile £46.90 - £39.00
25th Percentile £59.00 £67.50 £41.25
Median hourly rate £59.44 £75.00 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year -20.75% +53.85% +2.63%
75th Percentile - £82.50 £53.75
90th Percentile £61.66 - -
UK median hourly rate £59.44 £75.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -20.75% +294.74% -60.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 33,916 46,484 67,372
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.64% 95.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,507 32,994 47,972
10th Percentile £281 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £645 £663 £639
90th Percentile £750 £758 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,425 1,382 1,859
10th Percentile £12.92 £14.30 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.37
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +100.00% +2.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.45 £48.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.50 £62.80
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Systems Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Systems Test Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Systems Test Engineer in England

Systems Test Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Systems Test Engineer in England.

Daily rate trend for Systems Test Engineer in England

Systems Test Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Systems Test Engineer in England over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Systems Test Engineer in England

Systems Test Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Systems Test Engineer in England.

Hourly rate trend for Systems Test Engineer in England

Systems Test Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Systems Test Engineer in England over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Systems Test Engineer in England

Systems Test Engineer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Test Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 7 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East - 11 £300 - 4
South West +16 1 - - 2
East of England +4 1 - -
London - 1 - -
Systems Test Engineer
UK

Systems Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, Systems Test Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Systems Test Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (57.14%) Software Engineering
2 5 (35.71%) Software Testing
2 5 (35.71%) Degree
3 4 (28.57%) JIRA
4 3 (21.43%) Computer Science
4 3 (21.43%) Architectural Design
4 3 (21.43%) LabVIEW
5 2 (14.29%) Scrum
5 2 (14.29%) Aerospace
5 2 (14.29%) Automotive
5 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing
5 2 (14.29%) Validation
5 2 (14.29%) Agile
5 2 (14.29%) TDD
5 2 (14.29%) Data Management
5 2 (14.29%) Change Management
5 2 (14.29%) Broadband
5 2 (14.29%) TCP/IP
5 2 (14.29%) Shell Script
5 2 (14.29%) C
5 2 (14.29%) C++
5 2 (14.29%) SQL
5 2 (14.29%) HNC
5 2 (14.29%) Unix
5 2 (14.29%) Linux
5 2 (14.29%) End-to-End Testing
5 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (14.29%) Functional Testing
5 2 (14.29%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 2 (14.29%) Test Automation

Systems Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (14.29%) Confluence
2 1 (7.14%) MTS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) Broadband
1 2 (14.29%) HbbTV
1 2 (14.29%) RS-232
1 2 (14.29%) TCP/IP
2 1 (7.14%) SNMP
Development Applications
1 4 (28.57%) JIRA
2 3 (21.43%) LabVIEW
3 2 (14.29%) TestRail
General
1 2 (14.29%) Aerospace
1 2 (14.29%) Automotive
1 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing
2 1 (7.14%) Electronics
2 1 (7.14%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Linux
1 2 (14.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Software Engineering
2 5 (35.71%) Software Testing
3 3 (21.43%) Architectural Design
3 3 (21.43%) Computer Science
4 2 (14.29%) Agile
4 2 (14.29%) Change Management
4 2 (14.29%) Data Management
4 2 (14.29%) End-to-End Testing
4 2 (14.29%) Exploratory Testing
4 2 (14.29%) Functional Testing
4 2 (14.29%) Issue Tracking
4 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (14.29%) Project Planning
4 2 (14.29%) Scrum
4 2 (14.29%) SDLC
4 2 (14.29%) TDD
4 2 (14.29%) Test Automation
4 2 (14.29%) Validation
5 1 (7.14%) Customer Requirements
5 1 (7.14%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) C
1 2 (14.29%) C++
1 2 (14.29%) Shell Script
1 2 (14.29%) SQL
2 1 (7.14%) MATLAB
2 1 (7.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) Degree
2 2 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (14.29%) HNC
2 2 (14.29%) ISTQB
2 2 (14.29%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 2 (14.29%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) QA