Test Engineer Contracts in Wiltshire

Test Engineer
South West > Wiltshire

The median Test Engineer daily rate in Wiltshire is £538 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 78 81 58
Rank change year-on-year +3 -23 -10
Contract jobs requiring a Test Engineer 11 12 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wiltshire 1.16% 1.09% 2.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.27% 1.15% 2.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 6 17
10th Percentile £375 £419 £408
25th Percentile £519 £434 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £485 £475
Median % change year-on-year +10.82% +2.11% +11.76%
75th Percentile £556 £533 £500
90th Percentile £590 £560 £502
South West median daily rate £559 £495 £469
% change year-on-year +12.88% +5.60% +10.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £25.00 - -
South West median hourly rate £35.00 £75.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -53.33% +25.00% +26.32%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Wiltshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Wiltshire. 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 Wiltshire with a recognized job title 865 1,040 854
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.05% 94.20% 94.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 643 866 618
10th Percentile £263 £338 £286
25th Percentile £460 £459 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £518
Median % change year-on-year - +6.18% +9.05%
75th Percentile £650 £651 £618
90th Percentile £725 £723 £675
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +9.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 16 23
10th Percentile - £40.63 £15.00
25th Percentile £14.25 £61.13 £25.25
Median hourly rate £20.75 £65.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -68.32% +19.09% +22.22%
75th Percentile £74.00 £77.50 £69.05
90th Percentile - £83.75 £69.81
South West median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £47.00
% change year-on-year -15.38% +38.30% +9.94%

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

Job postings that featured Test Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire.

Job vacancy trend for Test Engineer in Wiltshire

Test Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Engineer in Wiltshire.

Daily rate trend for Test Engineer in Wiltshire

Test Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Wiltshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Engineer in Wiltshire over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Test Engineer in Wiltshire

Test Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Engineer in Wiltshire.

Hourly rate trend for Test Engineer in Wiltshire

Test Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Engineer within the Wiltshire region 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
Corsham -5 5 £538 -
Swindon +8 3 £400 -22.71% 1
Test Engineer
South West

Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wiltshire

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, 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 across the Wiltshire region featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (72.73%) Test Scripting
2 7 (63.64%) SC Cleared
2 7 (63.64%) Security Cleared
2 7 (63.64%) SQL
2 7 (63.64%) Military
3 6 (54.55%) VMware
3 6 (54.55%) Regression Testing
3 6 (54.55%) Windows
3 6 (54.55%) MCSE
3 6 (54.55%) MCSA
3 6 (54.55%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (54.55%) DHCP
3 6 (54.55%) DNS
3 6 (54.55%) Microsoft
3 6 (54.55%) Active Directory
3 6 (54.55%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (54.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (54.55%) Confluence
3 6 (54.55%) Agile
3 6 (54.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 6 (54.55%) PKI
3 6 (54.55%) JIRA
3 6 (54.55%) Windows Server 2012
3 6 (54.55%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (54.55%) Windows Server
3 6 (54.55%) Critical Thinking
3 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
4 3 (27.27%) Test Automation
5 2 (18.18%) System Testing
5 2 (18.18%) Aerospace

Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wiltshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (54.55%) Confluence
1 6 (54.55%) Microsoft Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 6 (54.55%) DHCP
1 6 (54.55%) DNS
Development Applications
1 6 (54.55%) JIRA
2 1 (9.09%) LabVIEW
General
1 7 (63.64%) Military
2 6 (54.55%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Aerospace
3 2 (18.18%) Automotive
4 1 (9.09%) Aviation
Miscellaneous
1 6 (54.55%) PKI
2 1 (9.09%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 6 (54.55%) Windows
1 6 (54.55%) Windows Server
1 6 (54.55%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Test Scripting
2 6 (54.55%) Agile
2 6 (54.55%) Critical Thinking
2 6 (54.55%) Regression Testing
3 3 (27.27%) Test Automation
4 2 (18.18%) System Testing
5 1 (9.09%) Project Management
5 1 (9.09%) Software Testing
5 1 (9.09%) Unit Testing
5 1 (9.09%) Validation
5 1 (9.09%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 7 (63.64%) SQL
2 1 (9.09%) C++
2 1 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (63.64%) SC Cleared
1 7 (63.64%) Security Cleared
2 6 (54.55%) MCSA
2 6 (54.55%) MCSE
2 6 (54.55%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (54.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) PMO
System Software
1 6 (54.55%) Active Directory
1 6 (54.55%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) Microsoft
1 6 (54.55%) VMware