Senior Test Engineer Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Senior Test Engineer
Central London > City of London

The median Senior Test Engineer daily rate in the City of London is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 123 127 143
Rank change year-on-year +4 +16 +50
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Test Engineer 1 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.055% 0.093% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.059% 0.100% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £550
25th Percentile £463 £413 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £750
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -43.33% +76.47%
75th Percentile £488 £438 -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £475 £425 £750
% change year-on-year +11.76% -43.33% +76.47%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 1,694 2,005 2,526
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.54% 93.30% 94.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,184 1,229 1,795
10th Percentile £326 £363 £350
25th Percentile £413 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.65% - -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £764 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £546 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 15 13
10th Percentile £16.96 £16.60 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.18 £24.50 £18.93
Median hourly rate £28.00 £57.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.30% +59.72% -16.28%
75th Percentile £44.72 £112.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £64.11 £137.50 £72.75
Central London median hourly rate £27.04 £35.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -22.76% +34.62% -38.82%

Senior Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Senior Test Engineer job vacancy trend in the City of London

Senior Test Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Test Engineer job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Test Engineer job vacancies in the City of London

Senior Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 26 November 2025, Senior 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 City of London region featuring Senior Test Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Tricentis Tosca
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing

Senior Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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
1 1 (100.00%) Tricentis Tosca
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Fusion
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle