System Test Engineer
UK
The median System Test Engineer daily rate in the UK is £300 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 May 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 6 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 564 | 713 | 845 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +149 | +132 | -162 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Systems Test Engineer | 14 | 3 | 22 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.032% | 0.005% | 0.025% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.035% | 0.005% | 0.026% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £501 | £256 |
| 25th Percentile | £59 | £511 | £311 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £300 | £544 | £380 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -44.83% | +43.09% | +24.59% |
| 75th Percentile | £350 | £573 | £538 |
| 90th Percentile | £416 | £582 | £625 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £300 | £544 | £380 |
| % change year-on-year | -44.83% | +43.09% | +24.59% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 7 | 1 | 10 |
| 10th Percentile | £46.90 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £59.00 | £67.50 | £17.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £59.44 | £75.00 | £27.75 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.75% | +170.27% | -41.58% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £82.50 | £46.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £61.66 | - | £53.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £59.44 | £75.00 | £19.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -20.75% | +294.74% | -60.00% |
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 | 40,246 | 55,892 | 84,695 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.74% | 94.62% | 95.45% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 26,216 | 39,044 | 59,517 |
| 10th Percentile | £279 | £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 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,676 | 1,569 | 2,074 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.25 | £15.72 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.50 | £45.00 | £23.91 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.89% | +88.21% | +6.27% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.30 | £65.75 | £49.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £76.00 | £64.60 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.16 | £19.52 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.11% | +115.96% | +2.74% |
Systems Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Systems Test Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Systems Test Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Systems Test Engineer.
Systems Test Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Systems Test Engineer over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.
Systems Test Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Systems Test Engineer.
Systems Test Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Systems Test Engineer over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.
Systems 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 Systems Test Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 6 May 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 | +120 | 14 | £300 | -41.46% | 15 |
| UK excluding London | +69 | 13 | £300 | -44.83% | 13 |
| South East | - | 11 | £300 | - | 6 |
| Work from Home | +131 | 2 | £300 | - | 3 |
| South West | +23 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| East of England | +9 | 1 | - | - | |
| London | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Systems Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, Systems 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 Systems Test Engineer in the job title.
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Systems 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: