The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Midlands 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 Midlands 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 21 31 35
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +4
Contract jobs requiring a Test Engineer 3 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 1.765% 0.364% 0.288%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.000% 0.415% 0.311%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £318 £290 £280
% change year-on-year
+9.48% +3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Average hourly rate £28.00 £32.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.84% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Job Titles
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
150 241 322
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 88.24% 87.64% 92.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 79 70
Average daily rate £450 £400 £445
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% -10.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £273 £269
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £575 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 12 71
Average hourly rate £32.00 £26.75 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+19.62% +16.30%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.20 £21.00 £18.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £40.00 £33.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Test Engineer
England

Test Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands Test Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Test Engineer
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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%) Automotive
1 3 (75.00%) Avionics
2 1 (25.00%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) MS Office
2 1 (25.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 1 (25.00%) UNIX
2 1 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Linux
2 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (25.00%) ISO 9001
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (25.00%) TickIT

Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 1 (25.00%) MS Office
1 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (25.00%) MS PowerPoint
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 3 (75.00%) Automotive
1 3 (75.00%) Avionics
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) UNIX
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) ISO 9001
1 1 (25.00%) TickIT
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft