The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Test Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Peterborough region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Software 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 Peterborough 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
Software Test Engineer
Rank - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Software Test Engineer 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Peterborough - - -
As % of the Job Titles category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £275 -
% change year-on-year
+18.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Job Titles
Peterborough
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
93 82 100
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Peterborough 98.94% 97.62% 90.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 38 44
Average daily rate £350 £338 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.70% -3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £95 £288 £251
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £475 £466
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 9 16
Average hourly rate £13.00 £12.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -20.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.50 £12.00 £27.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Software Test Engineer
Cambridgeshire

Software Test Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Peterborough Software Test Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Software Test Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Software Test Engineer across the Peterborough region.

Peterborough Software Test Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Software Test Engineer
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Peterborough region that cited Software 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 Software Test Engineer in their job title.

1 1 (100.00%) ISEB
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) LabVIEW
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing

Software Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Peterborough region that cited Software 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 Software Test Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) LabVIEW
General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB
1 1 (100.00%) Degree