Test Engineer Contracts in Central London

Test Engineer
London > Central London

The median Test Engineer daily rate in Central London is £501 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 124 160 183
Rank change year-on-year +36 +23 -23
Contract jobs requiring a Test Engineer 9 14 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.37% 0.37% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.38% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 10 8
10th Percentile £435 £424 £381
25th Percentile £455 £452 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £471 £481
Median % change year-on-year +6.21% -2.08% -8.33%
75th Percentile £515 £541 £525
90th Percentile £533 £576 £547
London median daily rate £438 £625 £500
% change year-on-year -30.00% +25.00% +17.65%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 2,304 3,649 4,292
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.32% 95.20% 94.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,643 2,501 3,269
10th Percentile £350 £325 £360
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £560
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +5.36% +6.67%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £675
90th Percentile £800 £813 £763
London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 27 52
10th Percentile £19.92 £15.50 £13.88
25th Percentile £21.63 £19.36 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £37.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% -6.04% +107.23%
75th Percentile £27.81 £58.75 £51.00
90th Percentile £40.00 £86.32 £65.43
London median hourly rate £27.50 £35.25 £35.00
% change year-on-year -21.99% +0.71% +10.62%

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Engineer in Central London

Test Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Test Engineer in Central London

Test Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Engineer in Central London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Test Engineer in Central London

Test Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Engineer in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for Test Engineer in Central London

Test Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Engineer within the Central London region over the 6 months to 5 May 2024. 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
City of London +43 9 £501 +4.27% 1
Test Engineer
London

Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, 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 Central London region featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 7 (77.78%) Java
2 7 (77.78%) Selenium
3 5 (55.56%) Cucumber
4 4 (44.44%) Jenkins
4 4 (44.44%) Python
4 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
4 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
4 4 (44.44%) REST Assured
5 3 (33.33%) Public Sector
5 3 (33.33%) QA
5 3 (33.33%) SDET
6 2 (22.22%) Algorithms
6 2 (22.22%) Machine Learning
6 2 (22.22%) API Testing
6 2 (22.22%) BDD
6 2 (22.22%) AWS
6 2 (22.22%) Integration Testing
6 2 (22.22%) TestNG
6 2 (22.22%) Test Scripting
6 2 (22.22%) JavaScript
6 2 (22.22%) JUnit
6 2 (22.22%) CRM
6 2 (22.22%) JMeter
6 2 (22.22%) Migration
6 2 (22.22%) Artificial Intelligence
6 2 (22.22%) Logistics
6 2 (22.22%) Software Testing
6 2 (22.22%) ISTQB
6 2 (22.22%) JIRA

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) Confluence
1 1 (11.11%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) AWS
2 1 (11.11%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) MQTT
1 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) MongoDB
1 1 (11.11%) NoSQL
1 1 (11.11%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (77.78%) Selenium
2 5 (55.56%) Cucumber
3 4 (44.44%) Jenkins
3 4 (44.44%) REST Assured
4 2 (22.22%) JIRA
4 2 (22.22%) JMeter
4 2 (22.22%) JUnit
4 2 (22.22%) TestNG
5 1 (11.11%) IntelliJ
5 1 (11.11%) Maven
5 1 (11.11%) Postman
5 1 (11.11%) Serenity BDD
5 1 (11.11%) WebDriver
General
1 3 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (11.11%) Aviation
2 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) Gherkin
1 1 (11.11%) LDAP
1 1 (11.11%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Algorithms
2 1 (11.11%) Machine to Machine
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Android
1 1 (11.11%) Apple iOS
1 1 (11.11%) Linux
1 1 (11.11%) Mac OS
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (33.33%) SDET
3 2 (22.22%) API Testing
3 2 (22.22%) Artificial Intelligence
3 2 (22.22%) BDD
3 2 (22.22%) CI/CD
3 2 (22.22%) CRM
3 2 (22.22%) Data Science
3 2 (22.22%) Integration Testing
3 2 (22.22%) Logistics
3 2 (22.22%) Machine Learning
3 2 (22.22%) Migration
3 2 (22.22%) Software Testing
3 2 (22.22%) Test Scripting
4 1 (11.11%) End-to-End Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Manual Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Network Architecture
4 1 (11.11%) Performance Testing
4 1 (11.11%) QA Automation
4 1 (11.11%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (77.78%) Java
2 4 (44.44%) Python
3 2 (22.22%) JavaScript
4 1 (11.11%) Bash
4 1 (11.11%) C#
4 1 (11.11%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
1 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) ISTQB
3 1 (11.11%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) QA
2 2 (22.22%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Docker
1 1 (11.11%) iptables
1 1 (11.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Docker Swarm
1 1 (11.11%) Grafana
1 1 (11.11%) Kubernetes
1 1 (11.11%) Prometheus