The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Leicestershire 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 20 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 Leicestershire 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Engineer
Rank 31 27 27
Rank change year-on-year
-4 0
Contract jobs requiring a Test Engineer 5 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 2.283% 0.873% 0.469%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.370% 0.943% 0.493%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £265
% change year-on-year
- +13.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £32.50 - £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.00 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -7.14%
All Job Titles
Leicestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
211 212 203
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 96.35% 92.58% 95.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 54 80
Average daily rate £350 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £198 £190
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £550 £470
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 32 22
Average hourly rate £13.00 £12.00 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -27.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.50 £8.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £31.00 £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
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Test Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire Test Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

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 Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 20 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.

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Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Test Engineer
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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 8 (88.89%) SQL
1 8 (88.89%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 8 (88.89%) UNIX
1 8 (88.89%) Linux
1 8 (88.89%) User Acceptance Testing
2 7 (77.78%) ISO 9001
2 7 (77.78%) Windows
3 6 (66.67%) ISEB
3 6 (66.67%) TickIT
3 6 (66.67%) Logistics
4 3 (33.33%) Configuration Management
4 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
5 2 (22.22%) Software Testing
5 2 (22.22%) MS PowerPoint
5 2 (22.22%) Degree
5 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
5 2 (22.22%) Oracle
5 2 (22.22%) MS Office
5 2 (22.22%) TCP/IP
5 2 (22.22%) MS Excel
6 1 (11.11%) LabVIEW

Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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.

Applications
1 2 (22.22%) MS PowerPoint
1 2 (22.22%) MS Office
1 2 (22.22%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 8 (88.89%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 1 (11.11%) LabVIEW
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 8 (88.89%) UNIX
1 8 (88.89%) Linux
2 7 (77.78%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) User Acceptance Testing
2 6 (66.67%) Logistics
3 3 (33.33%) Configuration Management
4 2 (22.22%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (88.89%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) ISEB
2 2 (22.22%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (77.78%) ISO 9001
2 6 (66.67%) TickIT
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) Oracle
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