Test Engineer Contracts in Oxfordshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire 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 24 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 Oxfordshire 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Engineer
Rank 47 - 47
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a Test Engineer 4 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 0.877% - 0.216%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.935% - 0.225%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £303 £290 £280
% change year-on-year
+4.31% +3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £14.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £33.25 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+12.78% -5.00%
All Job Titles
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 428 594 445
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 93.86% 95.96% 96.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 234 282 199
Average daily rate £340 £350 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% +16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £217 £225 £183
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £493 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 79 66
Average hourly rate £15.00 £16.50 £14.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.09% +11.86%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.33 £11.00 £11.31
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.50 £30.00 £26.50
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 Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 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.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Oxford - 4 - -
Test Engineer
South East

Test Engineer
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 (62.50%) QA
2 4 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (50.00%) Manual Testing
2 4 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 4 (50.00%) Test Strategy
3 3 (37.50%) SQL
4 2 (25.00%) SAP
4 2 (25.00%) Windows
4 2 (25.00%) Linux
4 2 (25.00%) CRM
4 2 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (25.00%) Mac OS X
4 2 (25.00%) Salesforce.com
4 2 (25.00%) Workflow
4 2 (25.00%) Compatibility Testing
4 2 (25.00%) Degree
5 1 (12.50%) Drupal
5 1 (12.50%) Project Planning
5 1 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (12.50%) Data Management
5 1 (12.50%) IBM
5 1 (12.50%) Compuware
5 1 (12.50%) E-Commerce
5 1 (12.50%) Oracle
5 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
5 1 (12.50%) DB2

Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Drupal
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 1 (12.50%) DB2
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
1 2 (25.00%) Linux
1 2 (25.00%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 4 (50.00%) Manual Testing
1 4 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 4 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 2 (25.00%) CRM
2 2 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (25.00%) Workflow
2 2 (25.00%) Compatibility Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Project Planning
3 1 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (12.50%) Data Management
3 1 (12.50%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (62.50%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) SAP
1 2 (25.00%) Salesforce.com
2 1 (12.50%) IBM
2 1 (12.50%) Compuware
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle
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