Test Engineer Contracts in Bradford

Test Engineer
West Yorkshire > Bradford

The median Test Engineer daily rate in Bradford is £435, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 July 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
18 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 14 21
Rank change year-on-year -1 +7 -
Contract jobs requiring a Test Engineer 2 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bradford 3.77% 2.22% 0.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.08% 2.27% 1.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £408 -
Median % change year-on-year +6.75% - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £430 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -21.82% +10.00% +5.26%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bradford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bradford. 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 Bradford with a recognized job title 49 44 97
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.45% 97.78% 95.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 35 70
10th Percentile £300 £300 £324
25th Percentile £403 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £450 £538
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -16.28% +34.90%
75th Percentile £596 £535 £619
90th Percentile £642 £663 £675
West Yorkshire median daily rate £490 £485 £525
% change year-on-year +1.03% -7.62% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £13.16
Median hourly rate £22.14 - £15.44
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.37%
75th Percentile - - £20.81
90th Percentile - - £26.37
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.14 £19.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year +16.53% - +1.60%

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bradford

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Engineer in Bradford

Test Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bradford

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

Daily rate trend for Test Engineer in Bradford

Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bradford

For the 6 months to 18 July 2025, 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 Bradford region featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Juniper
1 2 (100.00%) Nokia
1 2 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Bash
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) SD-WAN
2 1 (50.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) Meraki
2 1 (50.00%) Ansible
2 1 (50.00%) Test Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) CCNA
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Wireshark

Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bradford 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 2 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 2 (100.00%) SD-WAN
2 1 (50.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) Wireshark
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Bash
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CCNA
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Juniper
1 2 (100.00%) Nokia
2 1 (50.00%) Meraki
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft