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The table below looks at the demand for the Test Development Engineer role in IT contracts within the England 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 Development Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Test Development Engineer
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank505605
Rank change on same period last yearUp+100
Matching contract IT job ads1420
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.022 %0.021 %
As % of the category below0.027 %0.025 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£240-
Average daily rate£285-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£330-
UK excluding London average daily rate£285-
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted50
Average minimum hourly rate£32.00-
Average hourly rate£33.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£36.25-
% change on same period last year-
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
England
Matching contract IT job ads5225079626
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled82.30 %85.32 %
Daily rates quoted1686424512
Average minimum daily rate£366£390
Average daily rate£392£414
% change on same period last year-5.34 %
Average maximum daily rate£417£438
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£351
% change on same period last year+0.72 %
Hourly rates quoted51377273
Average minimum hourly rate£22.14£23.57
Average hourly rate£23.59£25.15
% change on same period last year-6.22 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.04£26.74
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.37£24.42
% change on same period last year-4.31 %
Test Development Engineer UKTest Development Engineer
UK

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.

Test Development Engineer
Demand Trend

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

England Test Development Engineer Demand Trend

Test Development Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Test Development Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Test Development Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Test Development Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Test Development Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Test Development Engineer across the England region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

England Test Development Engineer Hourly Rate Histogram

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 England region over the 3 months to 21 November 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.

LocationRank 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
South WestUp+336--
East of EnglandUp+375£285-
South EastUp+463--
Test Development Engineer UKTest Development Engineer
UK

Test Development Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

111 (45.83 %)LabVIEW
210 (41.67 %)C++
38 (33.33 %)C
46 (25.00 %)Manufacturing
54 (16.67 %)LabWindows
54 (16.67 %)Aerospace
54 (16.67 %)3G
54 (16.67 %)Embedded C
54 (16.67 %)Windows
63 (12.50 %)Wireless
63 (12.50 %)Automotive
72 (8.333 %)Shell Script
72 (8.333 %)Electric
72 (8.333 %)Validation
72 (8.333 %)Ab Initio
72 (8.333 %)WiMAX
72 (8.333 %)Investment Banking
72 (8.333 %)Software Engineering
72 (8.333 %)Sybase IQ
72 (8.333 %)TETRA
72 (8.333 %)Banking
72 (8.333 %)Asset Management
72 (8.333 %)Electronics
72 (8.333 %)Telecoms
72 (8.333 %)Wi-Fi
72 (8.333 %)Informatica
72 (8.333 %)Tcl
72 (8.333 %)ETL
72 (8.333 %)GSM
72 (8.333 %)Linux

Test Development Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (4.167 %)XML
11 (4.167 %)SVG
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (4.167 %)SharePoint
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (4.167 %)MS Office
11 (4.167 %)MS Excel
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (16.67 %)LabWindows
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (16.67 %)3G
23 (12.50 %)Wireless
32 (8.333 %)Wi-Fi
32 (8.333 %)GSM
32 (8.333 %)TETRA
32 (8.333 %)WiMAX
41 (4.167 %)SMS
41 (4.167 %)3GPP
41 (4.167 %)UMTS
41 (4.167 %)IPsec
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (8.333 %)ETL
12 (8.333 %)Sybase IQ
21 (4.167 %)SQL Server
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
111 (45.83 %)LabVIEW
21 (4.167 %)Visual Studio
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (25.00 %)Manufacturing
24 (16.67 %)Aerospace
33 (12.50 %)Automotive
42 (8.333 %)Electronics
42 (8.333 %)Telecoms
42 (8.333 %)Banking
42 (8.333 %)Investment Banking
42 (8.333 %)Electric
51 (4.167 %)Finance
51 (4.167 %)Construction
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (16.67 %)Windows
22 (8.333 %)Linux
22 (8.333 %)UNIX
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (8.333 %)Validation
12 (8.333 %)Asset Management
12 (8.333 %)Software Engineering
21 (4.167 %)Test Scripting
21 (4.167 %)Code Coverage
21 (4.167 %)Configuration Management
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
110 (41.67 %)C++
28 (33.33 %)C
34 (16.67 %)Embedded C
42 (8.333 %)Tcl
42 (8.333 %)Shell Script
42 (8.333 %)Java
42 (8.333 %)Perl
42 (8.333 %)SQL
51 (4.167 %)VB
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (4.167 %)Degree
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (8.333 %)Oracle
12 (8.333 %)Sybase
12 (8.333 %)Informatica
12 (8.333 %)Ab Initio
21 (4.167 %)Microsoft