Test Engineer Contracts in Leicestershire

Test Engineer
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The median Test Engineer daily rate in Leicestershire is £350 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 34 -
Rank change year-on-year +22 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Test Engineer 12 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leicestershire 7.64% 0.55% -
As % of the Job Titles category 8.39% 0.56% -
Number of daily rates quoted 12 1 0
10th Percentile £213 - -
25th Percentile £244 £175 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £200 -
Median % change year-on-year +75.00% - -
75th Percentile £538 £225 -
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median daily rate £255 £375 £313
% change year-on-year -32.00% +20.00% -33.86%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Leicestershire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Leicestershire. 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 Leicestershire with a recognized job title 143 178 246
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.08% 97.80% 92.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 150 199
10th Percentile £134 £224 £150
25th Percentile £257 £325 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £395 £400
Median % change year-on-year -5.06% -1.25% +18.52%
75th Percentile £575 £450 £475
90th Percentile £635 £560 £538
East Midlands median daily rate £414 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -8.00% +5.88% +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 8 12
10th Percentile £14.98 £13.02 -
25th Percentile £19.81 £14.54 £14.82
Median hourly rate £25.00 £20.46 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year +22.19% +9.12% +17.19%
75th Percentile £27.81 £32.81 £39.38
90th Percentile £28.38 £62.63 £46.50
East Midlands median hourly rate £17.50 £20.36 £17.29
% change year-on-year -14.05% +17.74% +16.45%

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Engineer in Leicestershire

Test Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leicestershire

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

Daily rate trend for Test Engineer in Leicestershire

Test Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Leicestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Engineer in Leicestershire over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Test Engineer in Leicestershire

Test Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Leicestershire

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Engineer in Leicestershire

Test Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Engineer within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
Leicester - 7 £525 - 1
Melton Mowbray - 4 £240 -
Test Engineer
East Midlands

Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, 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 Leicestershire region featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (41.67%) Test Scripting
1 5 (41.67%) Time Management
1 5 (41.67%) NVQ Level 3
1 5 (41.67%) Test Automation
1 5 (41.67%) Degree
1 5 (41.67%) Conflict Management
1 5 (41.67%) Self-Motivation
1 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (25.00%) Performance Testing
3 3 (25.00%) Data Design
3 3 (25.00%) DevOps
3 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (25.00%) Agile
3 3 (25.00%) Software Testing
3 3 (25.00%) ISTQB
3 3 (25.00%) ISEB
3 3 (25.00%) JMeter
3 3 (25.00%) Scrum
4 2 (16.67%) User Experience
4 2 (16.67%) Scenario Testing
4 2 (16.67%) Traceability Matrix
4 2 (16.67%) QA
5 1 (8.33%) Microsoft

Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire 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:

Applications
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft Office
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) JMeter
General
1 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Conflict Management
1 5 (41.67%) Test Automation
1 5 (41.67%) Test Scripting
1 5 (41.67%) Time Management
2 3 (25.00%) Agile
2 3 (25.00%) Data Design
2 3 (25.00%) DevOps
2 3 (25.00%) Performance Testing
2 3 (25.00%) Scrum
2 3 (25.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (16.67%) Scenario Testing
3 2 (16.67%) Traceability Matrix
3 2 (16.67%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) Degree
1 5 (41.67%) NVQ Level 3
2 4 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (25.00%) ISEB
3 3 (25.00%) ISTQB
3 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft