The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Test Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Senior Test Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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 South East 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Test Engineer
Rank 217 233 258
Rank change year-on-year
+16 +25
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Test Engineer 6 9 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.077% 0.089% 0.009%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.083% 0.096% 0.010%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 0
Average daily rate £350 £363 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.51% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 1
Average hourly rate - £38.75 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +84.52%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £36.25 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-46.20% +72.61%
All Job Titles
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7204 9391 9776
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 92.56% 92.35% 92.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 3605 4218 4213
Average daily rate £350 £350 £355
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -1.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £220 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 572 721 839
Average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £11.25 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Senior Test Engineer
England

Senior Test Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Senior Test Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Test Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Senior Test Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Senior Test Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Senior Test Engineer across the South East region.

South East Senior Test Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Senior 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 Senior Test Engineer within the South East region over the 3 months to 23 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
Oxfordshire - 4 - -
Hampshire -2 2 £350 -
Senior Test Engineer
England

Senior Test Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited Senior 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 Senior Test Engineer in their job title.

1 5 (50.00%) QA
1 5 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 4 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (40.00%) Test Strategy
2 4 (40.00%) Manual Testing
2 4 (40.00%) Telecoms
2 4 (40.00%) DVB
3 3 (30.00%) IPTV
3 3 (30.00%) DTV
3 3 (30.00%) Linux
3 3 (30.00%) MPEG
3 3 (30.00%) ISEB
4 2 (20.00%) Integration Testing
4 2 (20.00%) Automated Testing
4 2 (20.00%) Salesforce.com
4 2 (20.00%) Shell Script
4 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (20.00%) CRM
4 2 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (20.00%) SAP
4 2 (20.00%) Windows
4 2 (20.00%) C++
4 2 (20.00%) SQL
4 2 (20.00%) Embedded C++
4 2 (20.00%) Workflow
4 2 (20.00%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (10.00%) Requirements Analysis
5 1 (10.00%) STB
5 1 (10.00%) UPnP
5 1 (10.00%) Streaming Video

Senior Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited Senior 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 Senior Test Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (10.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (40.00%) DVB
2 1 (10.00%) UPnP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (10.00%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) ClearQuest
General
1 4 (40.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) IPTV
1 3 (30.00%) DTV
1 3 (30.00%) MPEG
2 1 (10.00%) STB
2 1 (10.00%) Streaming Video
2 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (10.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) Linux
2 2 (20.00%) Windows
2 2 (20.00%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 4 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (40.00%) Test Strategy
2 4 (40.00%) Manual Testing
3 2 (20.00%) Integration Testing
3 2 (20.00%) Automated Testing
3 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (20.00%) CRM
3 2 (20.00%) Workflow
4 1 (10.00%) Requirements Analysis
4 1 (10.00%) Test Scripting
4 1 (10.00%) Risk Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) Shell Script
1 2 (20.00%) C++
1 2 (20.00%) SQL
1 2 (20.00%) Embedded C++
2 1 (10.00%) VB
2 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (10.00%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (50.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Salesforce.com
1 2 (20.00%) SAP
2 1 (10.00%) HP
2 1 (10.00%) IBM