Test Engineer Contracts in the City of London

Test Engineer
Central London > City of London

The median Test Engineer daily rate in the City of 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 115 158 180
Rank change year-on-year +43 +22 -30
Contract jobs requiring a Test Engineer 9 13 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.41% 0.36% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% 0.38% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 9 8
10th Percentile £435 £443 £381
25th Percentile £455 £456 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £480 £481
Median % change year-on-year +4.27% -0.26% -8.33%
75th Percentile £515 £544 £525
90th Percentile £533 £578 £547
Central London median daily rate £501 £471 £481
% change year-on-year +6.21% -2.08% -8.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 2,066 3,434 4,005
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.08% 95.10% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,469 2,338 3,022
10th Percentile £350 £350 £363
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £600 £565
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.19% +7.62%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £675
90th Percentile £800 £820 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £590 £560
% change year-on-year -6.78% +5.36% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 23 51
10th Percentile £15.62 £15.50 £13.88
25th Percentile £20.22 £18.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £23.00 £35.00 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.29% -5.41% +108.60%
75th Percentile £27.25 £58.75 £51.25
90th Percentile £40.00 £87.64 £65.75
Central London median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £37.25
% change year-on-year -28.57% -6.04% +107.23%

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Engineer in the City of London

Test Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Engineer in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Test Engineer in the City of London

Test Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

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

Daily rate histogram for Test Engineer in the City of London

Test Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Engineer in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Test Engineer in the City of London

Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 City of 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 the City of 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