The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Farnborough 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 17 May 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 Farnborough 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Engineer
Rank 11 12 21
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +9
Contract jobs requiring a Test Engineer 1 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Farnborough 2.941% 1.852% 1.149%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.333% 1.887% 1.389%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £275 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £318 £290 £280
% change year-on-year
+9.48% +3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £13.50 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -68.23%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Job Titles
Farnborough
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
30 53 72
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Farnborough 88.24% 98.15% 82.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 40 50
Average daily rate £325 £400 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.75% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £240 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £448 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 11
Average hourly rate £12.50 £17.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-26.47% -32.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Test Engineer
Hampshire

Test Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 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 Farnborough region.

Farnborough Test Engineer Daily Rate Trend

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 Farnborough region.

Farnborough Test Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Test Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

1 3 (75.00%) Perl
1 3 (75.00%) LTE
1 3 (75.00%) Wireless
2 2 (50.00%) HSPA
2 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) HSUPA
2 2 (50.00%) 3G
2 2 (50.00%) WCDMA
2 2 (50.00%) C
2 2 (50.00%) C++
2 2 (50.00%) CDMA
2 2 (50.00%) GPRS
2 2 (50.00%) GSM
2 2 (50.00%) 3GPP
2 2 (50.00%) ASIC
2 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (50.00%) HSDPA
2 2 (50.00%) Anite
2 2 (50.00%) Handset
3 1 (25.00%) Replication
3 1 (25.00%) IP Telephony
3 1 (25.00%) Agilent
3 1 (25.00%) 2G
3 1 (25.00%) Validation
3 1 (25.00%) UMTS
3 1 (25.00%) Java
3 1 (25.00%) C#
3 1 (25.00%) PPP
3 1 (25.00%) IPv6
3 1 (25.00%) Shell Script

Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Wireless
1 3 (75.00%) LTE
2 2 (50.00%) HSUPA
2 2 (50.00%) HSDPA
2 2 (50.00%) CDMA
2 2 (50.00%) GPRS
2 2 (50.00%) GSM
2 2 (50.00%) 3GPP
2 2 (50.00%) WCDMA
2 2 (50.00%) 3G
2 2 (50.00%) HSPA
3 1 (25.00%) UTRAN
3 1 (25.00%) PPP
3 1 (25.00%) IPv6
3 1 (25.00%) UMTS
3 1 (25.00%) 2G
3 1 (25.00%) IP Telephony
3 1 (25.00%) TDMA
3 1 (25.00%) NFC
3 1 (25.00%) OFDM
General
1 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) ASIC
1 2 (50.00%) Handset
2 1 (25.00%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Validation
1 1 (25.00%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Perl
2 2 (50.00%) C
2 2 (50.00%) C++
3 1 (25.00%) Java
3 1 (25.00%) C#
3 1 (25.00%) Python
3 1 (25.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Anite
2 1 (25.00%) Agilent
Farnborough, South East
My client are a world leader in 3G and mobile technologies currently recruiting for a Test Support Engineer who possess the following mandatory technical skills (in priority order):...
Rate: £200 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013