Test Engineer Contracts in the South West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram 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 South West 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 South West 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 92 111 97
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -14
Contract jobs requiring a Test Engineer 16 25 25
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.793% 0.773% 0.883%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.844% 0.830% 0.937%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 2
Average daily rate £274 £318 £180
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.77% +76.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £207 £254 £124
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £324 £236
UK excluding London average daily rate £303 £290 £280
% change year-on-year
+4.31% +3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 12
Average hourly rate £37.50 £34.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.29% -2.85%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £33.25 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+12.78% -5.00%
All Job Titles
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 1895 3012 2668
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 93.95% 93.11% 94.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1138 1803 1328
Average daily rate £350 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £230 £200
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 137 186 243
Average hourly rate £15.40 £22.50 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-31.55% +2.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.70 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £37.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
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 South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South West 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 South West region.

South West Test Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Test Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Test Engineer across the South West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South West Test Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

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 South West region.

South West 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 South West 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
Wiltshire +2 5 £375 -
Bristol +14 4 £290 +22.10%
Dorset +2 3 - -
Gloucestershire +23 2 £235 -27.69%
Devon +2 1 £143 -
Test Engineer
England

Test Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 11 (40.74%) Security Cleared
2 8 (29.63%) SC Cleared
3 6 (22.22%) LTE
4 5 (18.52%) Windows
5 4 (14.81%) SQL
5 4 (14.81%) Web Services
5 4 (14.81%) 3G
5 4 (14.81%) Telecoms
5 4 (14.81%) 2G
5 4 (14.81%) Test Scripting
5 4 (14.81%) Integration Testing
5 4 (14.81%) HP Quality Center
6 3 (11.11%) Nokia Siemens Networks
6 3 (11.11%) Test Strategy
6 3 (11.11%) Radio Access Network
6 3 (11.11%) Software Testing
6 3 (11.11%) Huawei
6 3 (11.11%) Automated Testing
6 3 (11.11%) Electronics
7 2 (7.407%) IPsec
7 2 (7.407%) Borland
7 2 (7.407%) Configuration Management
7 2 (7.407%) ISUP
7 2 (7.407%) INAP
7 2 (7.407%) C++
7 2 (7.407%) .NET
7 2 (7.407%) GPRS
7 2 (7.407%) FTP
7 2 (7.407%) Cisco
7 2 (7.407%) Agile Software Development

Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 Development
1 4 (14.81%) Web Services
2 2 (7.407%) .NET
3 1 (3.704%) WinForms
3 1 (3.704%) XML Schema
3 1 (3.704%) ASP.NET
3 1 (3.704%) XML
Applications
1 1 (3.704%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.704%) Taleo
Communications & Networking
1 6 (22.22%) LTE
2 4 (14.81%) 3G
2 4 (14.81%) 2G
3 3 (11.11%) Radio Access Network
4 2 (7.407%) IPsec
4 2 (7.407%) ISUP
4 2 (7.407%) INAP
4 2 (7.407%) GPRS
4 2 (7.407%) FTP
4 2 (7.407%) 4G
5 1 (3.704%) MGW
5 1 (3.704%) Wireshark
5 1 (3.704%) Firewall
5 1 (3.704%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (7.407%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (3.704%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (14.81%) Telecoms
2 3 (11.11%) Electronics
3 2 (7.407%) Aerospace
3 2 (7.407%) Avionics
4 1 (3.704%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.704%) Mobile App
1 1 (3.704%) Management Information System
1 1 (3.704%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 5 (18.52%) Windows
2 1 (3.704%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (14.81%) Test Scripting
1 4 (14.81%) Integration Testing
2 3 (11.11%) Test Strategy
2 3 (11.11%) Software Testing
2 3 (11.11%) Automated Testing
3 2 (7.407%) Configuration Management
3 2 (7.407%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (3.704%) Demand Management
4 1 (3.704%) Waterfall
4 1 (3.704%) Automation Testing
4 1 (3.704%) Test Automation
4 1 (3.704%) Manual Testing
4 1 (3.704%) Resource Management
4 1 (3.704%) Risk Analysis
4 1 (3.704%) Release Management
4 1 (3.704%) Test Management
4 1 (3.704%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.81%) SQL
2 2 (7.407%) C++
3 1 (3.704%) C#
Qualifications
1 11 (40.74%) Security Cleared
2 8 (29.63%) SC Cleared
3 2 (7.407%) Degree
4 1 (3.704%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.704%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.704%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (14.81%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (11.11%) Nokia Siemens Networks
1 3 (11.11%) Huawei
2 2 (7.407%) Borland
2 2 (7.407%) Cisco
3 1 (3.704%) Agilent
3 1 (3.704%) VMware
3 1 (3.704%) NetHawk
3 1 (3.704%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.704%) Ericsson
3 1 (3.704%) Nokia
3 1 (3.704%) Oracle
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