Senior Test Engineer
UK
The median Senior Test Engineer daily rate in the UK is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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 25 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 541 | 686 | 788 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +145 | +102 | -128 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Senior Test Engineer | 45 | 36 | 43 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.10% | 0.060% | 0.049% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.11% | 0.063% | 0.051% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 36 | 26 | 27 |
| 10th Percentile | £363 | £440 | £263 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £458 | £364 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £511 | £440 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.98% | +16.19% | +15.03% |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | £575 | £550 |
| 90th Percentile | £613 | £617 | £569 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £450 | £550 | £380 |
| % change year-on-year | -18.18% | +44.74% | -15.56% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £59.50 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £60.63 | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £63.75 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £64.50 | - | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | - | - |
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 | 40,482 | 56,783 | 84,604 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.77% | 94.58% | 95.49% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 26,407 | 39,621 | 59,331 |
| 10th Percentile | £275 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £408 | £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 | £725 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,642 | 1,607 | 2,111 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.28 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.45 | £15.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.68 | £45.00 | £23.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.71% | +95.65% | +1.41% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.00 | £65.75 | £48.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £75.60 | £63.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £37.50 | £42.50 | £19.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -11.76% | +117.95% | +2.63% |
Senior Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Senior Test Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Senior Test Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior Test Engineer.
Senior Test Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Test Engineer over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.
Senior Test Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Senior Test Engineer.
Senior Test Engineer
Top 9 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Test Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 25 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 | +138 | 45 | £450 | -18.18% | 31 |
| UK excluding London | +89 | 36 | £450 | -18.18% | 27 |
| Work from Home | +142 | 26 | £450 | +2.27% | 10 |
| North of England | +50 | 21 | £425 | -10.53% | 3 |
| North West | +29 | 15 | £450 | -8.86% | 1 |
| South West | +28 | 13 | £600 | +9.09% | 2 |
| London | +103 | 8 | £373 | -32.27% | 5 |
| Yorkshire | +31 | 6 | £413 | -10.81% | 1 |
| South East | +11 | 2 | - | - | 13 |
Senior Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Senior 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 Senior Test Engineer in the job title.
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Senior 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:
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