Test Engineer Contracts in Brentwood

Test Engineer
Essex > Brentwood

The median Test Engineer daily rate in Brentwood is £43, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 May 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
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Test Engineer 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Brentwood 30.77% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 36.36% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £43 - -
Essex median daily rate £43 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £35.60 - -
25th Percentile £36.86 - -
Median hourly rate £40.35 - -
75th Percentile £42.46 - -
90th Percentile £42.91 - -
Essex median hourly rate £43.20 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Brentwood

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Brentwood. 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 Brentwood with a recognized job title 11 31 12
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 84.62% 96.88% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 11 5
10th Percentile £212 £300 -
25th Percentile £363 £381 £120
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £535
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -20.56% +203.55%
75th Percentile £419 £463 £553
90th Percentile £453 £563 £608
Essex median daily rate £400 £450 £478
% change year-on-year -11.11% -5.76% -3.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £35.60 - -
25th Percentile £36.86 - £70.09
Median hourly rate £40.35 £12.86 £70.18
Median % change year-on-year +213.76% -81.67% -
75th Percentile £42.46 - £70.26
90th Percentile £42.91 - -
Essex median hourly rate £30.00 £55.00 £43.63
% change year-on-year -45.45% +26.06% +81.79%

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Brentwood

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Engineer in Brentwood

Test Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Brentwood

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

Daily rate trend for Test Engineer in Brentwood

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

For the 6 months to 10 May 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 Brentwood region featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Validation
1 4 (100.00%) EMC
1 4 (100.00%) Electronics
2 3 (75.00%) Python
3 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) Test Automation

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

General
1 4 (100.00%) Electronics
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Validation
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Python
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) EMC