Systems Test Engineer Contracts in Berkshire

System Test Engineer
South East > Berkshire

The median System Test Engineer daily rate in Berkshire is £379, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 June 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Test Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.088% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.095% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £365 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £379 - -
75th Percentile £394 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £379 £350 -
% change year-on-year +8.29% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,050 1,839 1,724
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.94% 93.26% 94.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 648 933 1,072
10th Percentile £313 £269 £325
25th Percentile £411 £413 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £615 £625
90th Percentile £688 £688 £706
South East median daily rate £500 £509 £500
% change year-on-year -1.77% +1.80% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 131 57
10th Percentile £14.75 £19.00 £17.34
25th Percentile £32.05 £42.00 £23.00
Median hourly rate £61.50 £61.00 £58.75
Median % change year-on-year +0.81% +3.83% +179.76%
75th Percentile £78.60 £76.12 £74.25
90th Percentile £88.87 £87.53 £79.61
South East median hourly rate £31.50 £49.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -35.71% -2.00% +138.10%

Systems Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Test Engineer in Berkshire

Systems Test Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Systems Test Engineer in Berkshire

Systems Test Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Systems Test Engineer in Berkshire

Systems Test Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 28 June 2025. 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
Slough - 1 £379 -
Systems Test Engineer
South East

Systems Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 8 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 28 June 2025, 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 across the Berkshire region featuring Systems Test Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Unix
1 1 (100.00%) Nokia
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) FCAPS
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Network Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving

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

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) FCAPS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Network Management
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Nokia