Senior Test Engineer Contract Job Trends in Derby

Senior Test Engineer
Derbyshire > Derby

The median Senior Test Engineer daily rate in Derby is £350, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 August 2026.

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

 6 months to
8 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Test Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Derby 0.62% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.76% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - -
Derbyshire median daily rate £350 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Derby

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Derby. 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 Derby with a recognized job title 132 79 131
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 81.48% 94.05% 98.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 44 86
10th Percentile £201 £169 £160
25th Percentile £422 £294 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £418
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% +31.74% -12.11%
75th Percentile £641 £635 £584
90th Percentile £656 £725 £600
Derbyshire median daily rate £475 £550 £425
% change year-on-year -13.64% +29.41% -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 11 9
10th Percentile £12.76 £24.25 £17.00
25th Percentile £16.80 £25.04 £20.00
Median hourly rate £19.33 £25.15 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year -23.14% +4.01% +36.46%
75th Percentile £25.75 - -
90th Percentile £26.67 - £27.88
Derbyshire median hourly rate £22.80 £25.15 £24.97
% change year-on-year -9.34% +0.71% -9.19%

Senior Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Derby

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 Derby.

Senior Test Engineer job vacancy trend in Derby

Senior Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derby

For the 6 months to 8 August 2026, 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 Derby region featuring Senior Test Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Cerner
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Data Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) Electronic Patient Records
1 1 (100.00%) Lorenzo
1 1 (100.00%) MEDITECH
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Validation

Senior Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derby 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Lorenzo
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) NHS
1 1 (100.00%) SystemC
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cerner
1 1 (100.00%) MEDITECH
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