Lead Test Engineer
UK
The median Lead Test Engineer daily rate in the UK is £540 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 April 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 29 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 594 | 690 | 831 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +96 | +141 | -155 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Lead Test Engineer | 6 | 23 | 25 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.014% | 0.039% | 0.028% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.015% | 0.041% | 0.030% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 20 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | £508 | £518 | £500 |
| 25th Percentile | £520 | £538 | £513 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £540 | £628 | £558 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -13.94% | +12.56% | -5.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £560 | £712 | £591 |
| 90th Percentile | £572 | £823 | £644 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | £500 | £533 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -6.10% | -7.39% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £35.00 | - | £56.00 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £56.10 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £35.00 | - | £56.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +12.00% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title | 40,448 | 56,471 | 84,729 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.78% | 94.61% | 95.48% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 26,348 | 39,474 | 59,497 |
| 10th Percentile | £275 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £409 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | +2.86% | +10.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £734 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £492 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.60% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,658 | 1,569 | 2,098 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.29 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.50 | £15.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.00 | £45.00 | £23.46 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.00% | +91.86% | +3.42% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.75 | £65.75 | £48.94 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £75.75 | £63.36 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £38.50 | £42.50 | £19.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.41% | +117.95% | +2.63% |
Lead Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Lead Test Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Lead Test Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Lead Test Engineer.
Lead Test Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Lead Test Engineer.
Lead Test Engineer
Top 7 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Test Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 29 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Matching Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
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| England | +86 | 4 | £540 | -13.94% | 9 |
| Work from Home | +120 | 3 | £580 | +5.45% | 6 |
| London | +91 | 3 | £540 | -13.94% | 1 |
| UK excluding London | +65 | 3 | - | - | 9 |
| Scotland | - | 2 | - | - | 1 |
| North of England | +29 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| North West | - | 1 | - | - |
Lead Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, Lead 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 featuring Lead Test Engineer in the job title.
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Lead Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: