The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Test Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey 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 21 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 Surrey 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Test Engineer
Rank - 95 -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Test Engineer 0 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey - 0.123% -
As % of the Job Titles category - 0.132% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £338 -
% change year-on-year
+3.70% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £40.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £36.25 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-46.20% +72.61%
All Job Titles
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1086 1510 1713
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 93.46% 93.04% 93.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 533 798 849
Average daily rate £375 £350 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £225 £255
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 87 130 79
Average hourly rate £17.00 £17.50 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% -23.91%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.60 £10.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £49.50 £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
South East

Senior Test Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey Senior Test Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Senior Test Engineer
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 2 (66.67%) Automated Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Embedded Linux
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
1 2 (66.67%) Embedded C++
1 2 (66.67%) Shell Script
1 2 (66.67%) C++
1 2 (66.67%) Integration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) Automotive
2 1 (33.33%) VMware
2 1 (33.33%) Project Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) QA

Senior Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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.

General
1 1 (33.33%) Automotive
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Embedded Linux
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Automated Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Integration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Embedded C++
1 2 (66.67%) Shell Script
1 2 (66.67%) C++
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) VMware