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The table below looks at the demand for the Test Engineer role in IT contracts within the Farnborough 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 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Test Engineer
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank-21
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads03
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.003 %
As % of the category below0.000 %3.125 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£205
Average daily rate-£209
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£213
UK excluding London average daily rate£306£289
% change on same period last year+5.83 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.41£31.49
% change on same period last year-0.24 %
Farnborough IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Farnborough
Matching contract IT job ads7396
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.099 %0.095 %
Daily rates quoted3839
Average minimum daily rate£388£340
Average daily rate£397£349
% change on same period last year+13.55 %
Average maximum daily rate£406£359
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£355
% change on same period last year-0.15 %
Hourly rates quoted810
Average minimum hourly rate£15.19£28.06
Average hourly rate£16.47£29.45
% change on same period last year-44.07 %
Average maximum hourly rate£17.75£30.83
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.85£25.69
% change on same period last year-7.14 %
Test Engineer HampshireTest Engineer
Hampshire

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 Engineer
Demand Trend

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

Farnborough Test Engineer Demand Trend

Test Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Farnborough Test Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Test Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Farnborough Test Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Test Engineer
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Farnborough 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.

11 (100.00 %)GPRS
11 (100.00 %)GSM
11 (100.00 %)UMTS
11 (100.00 %)WAP
11 (100.00 %)Handset
11 (100.00 %)Multimedia

Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Farnborough 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.

Farnborough IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (100.00 %)WAP
Farnborough IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (100.00 %)GPRS
11 (100.00 %)GSM
11 (100.00 %)UMTS
Farnborough IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (100.00 %)Multimedia
Farnborough IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (100.00 %)Handset