Software Test Engineer
UK
The median Software Test Engineer daily rate in the UK is £408 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 | 579 | 684 | 822 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +105 | +138 | -161 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Software Test Engineer | 21 | 29 | 34 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.048% | 0.049% | 0.038% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.052% | 0.051% | 0.040% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6 | 9 | 18 |
| 10th Percentile | £59 | £275 | £371 |
| 25th Percentile | £127 | £313 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £408 | £350 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +16.43% | -22.22% | +36.88% |
| 75th Percentile | £497 | £475 | £534 |
| 90th Percentile | £623 | £498 | £616 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £340 | £325 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.62% | -35.00% | +66.67% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 10 | 6 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | £59.00 | £39.35 | £33.90 |
| 25th Percentile | £59.44 | £45.94 | £34.77 |
| Median hourly rate | £60.72 | £52.50 | £40.75 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +15.66% | +28.83% | -22.38% |
| 75th Percentile | £62.00 | £55.63 | £50.63 |
| 90th Percentile | £65.00 | £58.13 | £56.25 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £60.72 | £52.50 | £36.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +15.66% | +43.84% | -30.48% |
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% |
Software Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Software Test Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Software Test Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Test Engineer.
Software Test Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Test Engineer over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.
Software Test Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Test Engineer.
Software 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 Software 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 | +99 | 21 | £408 | +20.74% | 15 |
| UK excluding London | +60 | 18 | £340 | +4.62% | 15 |
| South East | +27 | 13 | £200 | - | 3 |
| Work from Home | +107 | 5 | £500 | +53.85% | 9 |
| London | +107 | 3 | £730 | +108.57% | 1 |
| North of England | +29 | 2 | £500 | +53.85% | 2 |
| North West | +25 | 2 | £500 | +53.85% | |
| South West | +10 | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| East of England | +2 | 1 | - | - | 5 |
Software Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, Software 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 Software Test Engineer in the job title.
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Software 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: