Lead Test Engineer Contracts in Cardiff

Lead Test Engineer
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Lead Test Engineer daily rate in Cardiff is £309, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Test Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff 1.25% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.30% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £306 - -
25th Percentile £307 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £309 - -
75th Percentile £310 - -
90th Percentile £311 - -
South Wales median daily rate £309 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cardiff

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cardiff. 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 Cardiff with a recognized job title 154 197 325
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.25% 92.92% 96.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 160 259
10th Percentile £184 £199 £185
25th Percentile £257 £377 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £490 £450
Median % change year-on-year -18.37% +8.89% -
75th Percentile £492 £550 £550
90th Percentile £619 £620 £626
South Wales median daily rate £400 £460 £460
% change year-on-year -13.04% - -3.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 6
10th Percentile £12.21 £11.32 £13.00
25th Percentile £13.79 £11.75 £13.81
Median hourly rate £20.51 £13.50 £17.25
Median % change year-on-year +51.89% -21.75% -7.99%
75th Percentile £23.75 £18.00 £22.34
90th Percentile £38.75 £39.45 £24.38
South Wales median hourly rate £22.50 £22.68 £18.14
% change year-on-year -0.79% +25.03% -8.89%

Lead Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Test Engineer in Cardiff

Lead Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Lead 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 Cardiff region featuring Lead Test Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) HTML
1 2 (100.00%) CSS
1 2 (100.00%) NHS
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
1 2 (100.00%) GWT
1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Product Management
1 2 (100.00%) Open Source
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) SpecFlow
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Coaching
1 2 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Blazor
1 2 (100.00%) Product Requirements

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

Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
1 2 (100.00%) SpecFlow
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Blazor
1 2 (100.00%) CSS
1 2 (100.00%) GWT
1 2 (100.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Coaching
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Open Source
1 2 (100.00%) Product Management
1 2 (100.00%) Product Requirements
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Master's Degree
9 Lead Test Engineer jobs in South Wales