Senior Test Engineer Contracts
 
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 Senior Test Engineer role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. 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 currently tracked.

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 529 536 583
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +47
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Test Engineer 12 29 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.026% 0.050% 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% 0.054% 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 10 1
Average daily rate £350 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 1
Average hourly rate £19.50 £36.25 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-46.20% +72.61%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £36.25 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-46.20% +72.61%
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 42697 54001 57544
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.14% 92.51% 92.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 24521 29759 31287
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2095 2581 2973
Average hourly rate £18.25 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.35% -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.88 £40.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Senior Test Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

Senior Test Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Senior Test Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Senior Test Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Senior Test Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

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 within the UK.

Senior Test Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Senior Test Engineer
Top 16 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 UK 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
England +32 11 £350 +7.69%
South East +16 6 £350 -3.51%
Oxford - 4 - -
Oxfordshire - 4 - -
Hampshire -2 2 £350 -
West Midlands - 2 £350 -
Shropshire - 2 £350 -
Telford - 2 £350 -
Southampton - 2 £350 -
London +27 1 £398 +22.30%
East of England +15 1 - -
Cambridgeshire +12 1 - -
Cambridge +10 1 - -
West Yorkshire -1 1 £325 +4.00%
Yorkshire -4 1 £325 +4.00%
Leeds -7 1 £325 -

Senior Test Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 8 (26.67%) Test Automation
2 7 (23.33%) Manual Testing
3 6 (20.00%) Telecoms
3 6 (20.00%) MPEG
3 6 (20.00%) ISEB
3 6 (20.00%) QA
3 6 (20.00%) HP Quality Center
4 5 (16.67%) Test Strategy
4 5 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
4 5 (16.67%) Integration Testing
4 5 (16.67%) Security Cleared
4 5 (16.67%) IPTV
4 5 (16.67%) Windows
4 5 (16.67%) Linux
4 5 (16.67%) DVB
5 4 (13.33%) DTV
5 4 (13.33%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (13.33%) SQL
5 4 (13.33%) VBScript
5 4 (13.33%) Web Services
5 4 (13.33%) UNIX
5 4 (13.33%) STB
5 4 (13.33%) SC Cleared
6 3 (10.00%) Computer Science
6 3 (10.00%) Automated Testing
6 3 (10.00%) Software Testing
6 3 (10.00%) ISTQB
6 3 (10.00%) Degree
6 3 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (10.00%) QuickTest Pro

Senior Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

Application Development
1 4 (13.33%) Web Services
2 1 (3.333%) Regular Expression
2 1 (3.333%) XML
Applications
1 1 (3.333%) Doxygen
1 1 (3.333%) MS Project
1 1 (3.333%) MS Office
1 1 (3.333%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.333%) Endur
Communications & Networking
1 5 (16.67%) DVB
2 3 (10.00%) Firewall
3 1 (3.333%) UPnP
3 1 (3.333%) Wireshark
3 1 (3.333%) DHCP
3 1 (3.333%) HTTP
3 1 (3.333%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.333%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (13.33%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.333%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (3.333%) Oracle BI EE
2 1 (3.333%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (3.333%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.333%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 3 (10.00%) QuickTest Pro
2 2 (6.667%) LabVIEW
3 1 (3.333%) Jenkins
3 1 (3.333%) Hudson
3 1 (3.333%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (3.333%) JUnit
3 1 (3.333%) Visual Studio
3 1 (3.333%) ClearQuest
General
1 6 (20.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (3.333%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.00%) MPEG
2 5 (16.67%) IPTV
3 4 (13.33%) DTV
3 4 (13.33%) STB
4 3 (10.00%) Computer Science
5 1 (3.333%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (3.333%) Mobile App
5 1 (3.333%) Streaming Video
5 1 (3.333%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (16.67%) Windows
1 5 (16.67%) Linux
2 4 (13.33%) UNIX
3 2 (6.667%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (26.67%) Test Automation
2 7 (23.33%) Manual Testing
3 5 (16.67%) Test Strategy
3 5 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
3 5 (16.67%) Integration Testing
4 3 (10.00%) Automated Testing
4 3 (10.00%) Software Testing
4 3 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (6.667%) Workflow
5 2 (6.667%) Validation
5 2 (6.667%) CRM
5 2 (6.667%) Test Scripting
5 2 (6.667%) Scrum
5 2 (6.667%) Automation Testing
6 1 (3.333%) MSF
6 1 (3.333%) Data Management
6 1 (3.333%) Requirements Analysis
6 1 (3.333%) Technical Architecture
6 1 (3.333%) Continuous Integration
6 1 (3.333%) ETRM
Programming Languages
1 4 (13.33%) SQL
1 4 (13.33%) VBScript
2 2 (6.667%) Shell Script
2 2 (6.667%) Embedded C++
2 2 (6.667%) Python
2 2 (6.667%) C++
2 2 (6.667%) VB
3 1 (3.333%) Bash shell
3 1 (3.333%) Java
3 1 (3.333%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.333%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (20.00%) ISEB
2 5 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 4 (13.33%) SC Cleared
4 3 (10.00%) ISTQB
4 3 (10.00%) Degree
5 1 (3.333%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (20.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 6 (20.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (10.00%) VMware
2 2 (6.667%) Salesforce.com
2 2 (6.667%) HP
2 2 (6.667%) SAP
3 1 (3.333%) Oracle
3 1 (3.333%) Informatica
3 1 (3.333%) IBM
3 1 (3.333%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.333%) MicroStrategy
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