Test Engineer Contract Job Trends in Basingstoke

Test Engineer
Hampshire > Basingstoke

The median Test Engineer daily rate in Basingstoke is £563, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 April 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 - 50
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Test Engineer 2 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Basingstoke 0.50% - 0.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% - 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £539 - -
25th Percentile £541 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 - £394
75th Percentile £597 - -
90th Percentile £606 - -
Hampshire median daily rate £575 £538 £538
% change year-on-year +6.98% - +9.14%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Basingstoke

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Basingstoke. 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 Basingstoke with a recognized job title 369 127 410
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.56% 94.78% 98.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 240 110 226
10th Percentile £500 £453 -
25th Percentile £538 £513 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £625
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £725 £625 £675
90th Percentile £738 £676 £738
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £545 £575
% change year-on-year +0.92% -5.22% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 15
10th Percentile £13.03 - £13.64
25th Percentile £13.38 £27.50 £27.50
Median hourly rate £17.00 £28.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -39.29% -41.05% +137.50%
75th Percentile - £28.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £18.10 - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £38.25 £56.25 £57.35
% change year-on-year -32.00% -1.92% +14.70%

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Basingstoke

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Test Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Basingstoke.

Test Engineer job vacancy trend in Basingstoke

Test Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Basingstoke

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Engineer job vacancies in Basingstoke.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Engineer job vacancies in Basingstoke

Test Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Basingstoke

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Test Engineer job vacancies in Basingstoke.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Test Engineer job vacancies in Basingstoke

Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basingstoke

For the 6 months to 15 April 2026, Test Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Basingstoke region featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (50.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (50.00%) Test Management
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Windows

Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basingstoke by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (50.00%) Test Management
1 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (50.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification