Software Test Engineer Contracts in Reading

Software Test Engineer
Berkshire > Reading

The median Software Test Engineer daily rate in Reading is £340 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 98 - 95
Rank change year-on-year - - -28
Contract jobs requiring a Software Test Engineer 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.085% - 0.074%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.091% - 0.077%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £330 - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £340 - £375
75th Percentile £350 - £388
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median daily rate £340 - £375

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 1,096 981 1,292
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.96% 95.52% 95.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 628 663 879
10th Percentile £213 £363 £185
25th Percentile £413 £456 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £623 £656 £600
90th Percentile £688 £721 £656
Berkshire median daily rate £513 £525 £495
% change year-on-year -2.38% +6.06% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 23 7
10th Percentile £35.00 £45.50 £12.30
25th Percentile £52.90 £53.00 £17.63
Median hourly rate £61.60 £65.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.23% +150.00% -40.23%
75th Percentile £74.66 £74.40 £32.50
90th Percentile £87.46 £79.19 £33.50
Berkshire median hourly rate £58.65 £56.89 £21.00
% change year-on-year +3.10% +170.88% -0.24%

Software Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Test Engineer in Reading

Software Test Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Software Test Engineer in Reading

Software Test Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Test Engineer in Reading

Software Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Software 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 Reading region featuring Software Test Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving

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

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python