The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Middlesex 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 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 Middlesex 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 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Engineer
Rank 23 25 38
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +13
Contract jobs requiring a Test Engineer 5 6 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 2.475% 1.899% 0.291%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.674% 2.174% 0.326%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £350 £375 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £295 £280
% change year-on-year
+10.16% +5.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 1
Average hourly rate £37.50 £12.50 £41.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+200.00% -69.51%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Job Titles
Middlesex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
187 276 307
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 92.57% 87.34% 89.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 138 141
Average daily rate £385 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.66% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 18 20
Average hourly rate £32.50 £31.50 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.17% +8.62%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.63 £15.90 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £39.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Test Engineer
South East

Test Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex Test Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Test Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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 5 (83.33%) Java
2 3 (50.00%) Linux
2 3 (50.00%) Python
2 3 (50.00%) C++
2 3 (50.00%) Ethernet
2 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) Bash shell
2 3 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
3 2 (33.33%) Military
3 2 (33.33%) Electronics
3 2 (33.33%) QA
4 1 (16.67%) Selenium
4 1 (16.67%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (16.67%) Load Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Test Scripting
4 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
4 1 (16.67%) Finance
4 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
4 1 (16.67%) Handset
4 1 (16.67%) Scrum
4 1 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (16.67%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (16.67%) Software Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Music
4 1 (16.67%) Marketing
4 1 (16.67%) JMeter
4 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (16.67%) DTV
4 1 (16.67%) C
4 1 (16.67%) MS Excel

Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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.

Application Development
1 1 (16.67%) Web Services
1 1 (16.67%) WAP
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Office
1 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) Ethernet
2 1 (16.67%) GPRS
2 1 (16.67%) GSM
2 1 (16.67%) UMTS
Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (16.67%) JMeter
2 1 (16.67%) Selenium
2 1 (16.67%) WebDriver
General
1 2 (33.33%) Electronics
1 2 (33.33%) Military
2 1 (16.67%) Music
2 1 (16.67%) Marketing
2 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) DTV
1 1 (16.67%) Handset
1 1 (16.67%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Scrum
1 1 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (16.67%) Programme Management
1 1 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (16.67%) Software Testing
1 1 (16.67%) Digital Marketing
1 1 (16.67%) Load Testing
1 1 (16.67%) Test Scripting
1 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) Java
2 3 (50.00%) Python
2 3 (50.00%) Bash shell
2 3 (50.00%) C++
3 1 (16.67%) C
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) SAP