Test Engineer Contracts in the East Midlands

Test Engineer
England > East Midlands

The median Test Engineer daily rate in the East Midlands is £255, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 53 71 87
Rank change year-on-year +18 +16 -9
Contract jobs requiring a Test Engineer 17 6 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 1.96% 0.60% 0.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.07% 0.64% 0.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 6 9
10th Percentile £213 £269 £257
25th Percentile £230 £365 £270
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £255 £375 £315
Median % change year-on-year -32.00% +19.05% -33.33%
75th Percentile £538 £397 £374
90th Percentile - £400 £428
England median daily rate £450 £520 £475
% change year-on-year -13.46% +9.47% +15.15%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. 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 East Midlands with a recognized job title 820 942 1,306
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.36% 94.96% 94.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 531 736 976
10th Percentile £180 £213 £179
25th Percentile £270 £334 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £463 £430
Median % change year-on-year -8.11% +7.56% +14.67%
75th Percentile £550 £591 £519
90th Percentile £622 £700 £595
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 50 79
10th Percentile £11.83 £13.11 £9.75
25th Percentile £14.00 £15.35 £14.72
Median hourly rate £17.60 £22.13 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.47% +10.65% +36.89%
75th Percentile £26.15 £40.25 £32.63
90th Percentile £51.91 £65.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -12.22% +87.50% +14.01%

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Engineer in the East Midlands

Test Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Engineer in the East Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Test Engineer in the East Midlands

Test Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Engineer in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 15 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Test Engineer in the East Midlands

Test Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Engineer in the East Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Test Engineer in the East Midlands

Test Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 June 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
Leicestershire +15 10 £390 +95.16% 3
Derbyshire - 7 £245 - 3
Test Engineer
England

Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 15 June 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 East Midlands region featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 12 (70.59%) Microsoft Office
1 12 (70.59%) Degree
1 12 (70.59%) Time Management
1 12 (70.59%) NVQ Level 3
1 12 (70.59%) Conflict Management
1 12 (70.59%) Self-Motivation
1 12 (70.59%) Social Skills
2 4 (23.53%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (17.65%) Data Design
3 3 (17.65%) Agile
3 3 (17.65%) Software Testing
3 3 (17.65%) ISTQB
3 3 (17.65%) ISEB
3 3 (17.65%) JMeter
3 3 (17.65%) Scrum
3 3 (17.65%) Test Automation
3 3 (17.65%) DevOps
3 3 (17.65%) Security Cleared
3 3 (17.65%) Performance Testing
3 3 (17.65%) Test Scripting
4 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.88%) Microsoft

Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Applications
1 12 (70.59%) Microsoft Office
Development Applications
1 3 (17.65%) JMeter
General
1 12 (70.59%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 12 (70.59%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (70.59%) Conflict Management
1 12 (70.59%) Time Management
2 3 (17.65%) Agile
2 3 (17.65%) Data Design
2 3 (17.65%) DevOps
2 3 (17.65%) Performance Testing
2 3 (17.65%) Scrum
2 3 (17.65%) Software Testing
2 3 (17.65%) Test Automation
2 3 (17.65%) Test Scripting
Qualifications
1 12 (70.59%) Degree
1 12 (70.59%) NVQ Level 3
2 4 (23.53%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (17.65%) ISEB
3 3 (17.65%) ISTQB
3 3 (17.65%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft