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The table below looks at the demand for the Test Engineer role in IT contracts within the Uxbridge region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Test Engineer
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£310£290
% change on same period last year+6.86 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.20£30.53
% change on same period last year-4.38 %
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Uxbridge
Matching contract IT job ads171175
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.269 %0.188 %
Daily rates quoted5266
Average minimum daily rate£338£291
Average daily rate£358£314
% change on same period last year+13.96 %
Average maximum daily rate£379£337
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£351
% change on same period last year+0.72 %
Hourly rates quoted1921
Average minimum hourly rate£21.04£20.36
Average hourly rate£21.98£21.53
% change on same period last year+2.05 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.92£22.71
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.37£24.42
% change on same period last year-4.31 %
Test Engineer LondonTest Engineer
London

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Test Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Test Engineer across the Uxbridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Uxbridge Test Engineer Demand Trend

Test Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Test Engineer across the Uxbridge region.

Uxbridge Test Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Test Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Uxbridge region that cited 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 Test Engineer in their job title.

12 (50.00 %)Windows
12 (50.00 %)Software Testing
12 (50.00 %)SC Cleared
12 (50.00 %)Security Cleared
21 (25.00 %)Red Hat Linux
21 (25.00 %)MS PowerPoint
21 (25.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
21 (25.00 %)Citrix Presentation Server
21 (25.00 %)BMC Performance Manager
21 (25.00 %)Integration Testing
21 (25.00 %)Test Scripting
21 (25.00 %)C++
21 (25.00 %)VBScript
21 (25.00 %)VB
21 (25.00 %)MS Office
21 (25.00 %)Linux
21 (25.00 %)MS Excel
21 (25.00 %)MS Exchange
21 (25.00 %)TCP/IP
21 (25.00 %)Cisco
21 (25.00 %)IBM
21 (25.00 %)Microsoft
21 (25.00 %)Active Directory
21 (25.00 %)Citrix
21 (25.00 %)SAN
21 (25.00 %)BMC
21 (25.00 %)Red Hat
21 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (25.00 %)Symantec
21 (25.00 %)Norton AntiVirus

Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Uxbridge region that cited 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 Test Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (25.00 %)MS Exchange
11 (25.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (25.00 %)MS Office
11 (25.00 %)MS Excel
11 (25.00 %)MS PowerPoint
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (25.00 %)TCP/IP
11 (25.00 %)SAN
11 (25.00 %)NetScreen
11 (25.00 %)Firewall
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (25.00 %)Aerospace
11 (25.00 %)Government
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (50.00 %)Windows
21 (25.00 %)Linux
21 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (25.00 %)VxWorks
21 (25.00 %)Red Hat Linux
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (50.00 %)Software Testing
12 (50.00 %)SC Cleared
12 (50.00 %)Security Cleared
21 (25.00 %)Integration Testing
21 (25.00 %)Test Scripting
21 (25.00 %)CMMI
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (25.00 %)C++
11 (25.00 %)VBScript
11 (25.00 %)VB
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (25.00 %)Active Directory
11 (25.00 %)NetBackup
11 (25.00 %)Citrix Presentation Server
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (25.00 %)Norton AntiVirus
11 (25.00 %)BMC Performance Manager
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (25.00 %)Cisco
11 (25.00 %)IBM
11 (25.00 %)Microsoft
11 (25.00 %)Citrix
11 (25.00 %)BMC
11 (25.00 %)Red Hat
11 (25.00 %)Symantec
11 (25.00 %)AppSense
11 (25.00 %)Altiris