Hardware Test Engineer Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Hardware Test Engineer
East of England > Cambridgeshire

As of 5 September 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Hardware Test Engineer daily rate in Cambridgeshire.

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Hardware Test Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 0.28% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
East of England median daily rate £300 £43 -
% change year-on-year +597.67% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Cambridgeshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. 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 Cambridgeshire with a recognized job title 310 286 312
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 86.35% 83.87% 75.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 112 117
10th Percentile £223 £216 £223
25th Percentile £413 £379 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £509 £442
Median % change year-on-year +0.25% +15.10% -1.78%
75th Percentile £594 £604 £550
90th Percentile £671 £700 £638
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £450
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 69 87
10th Percentile £13.45 £14.35 £14.16
25th Percentile £14.22 £14.84 £14.84
Median hourly rate £15.84 £16.30 £21.37
Median % change year-on-year -2.82% -23.72% +20.60%
75th Percentile £35.00 £31.00 £28.13
90th Percentile £49.20 £56.68 £53.75
East of England median hourly rate £47.50 £40.73 £47.50
% change year-on-year +16.64% -14.26% +43.94%

Hardware Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Hardware Test Engineer job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Hardware Test Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Hardware Test Engineer job vacancies in Cambridgeshire

Hardware Test Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Hardware Test Engineer job vacancies in Cambridgeshire

Hardware Test Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Hardware Test Engineer within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 5 September 2026. 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
Cambridge - 1 - - 3
Hardware Test Engineer
East of England

Hardware Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire

For the 6 months to 5 September 2026, Hardware 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 Cambridgeshire region featuring Hardware Test Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) HP ALM
1 1 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) MSTest
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Ranorex
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing

Hardware Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MSTest
1 1 (100.00%) Ranorex
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) HP ALM
1 1 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens