Test Engineer Contracts in the East of England

Test Engineer
England > East of England

The median Test Engineer daily rate in the East of England is £420 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 87 98 119
Rank change year-on-year +11 +21 -21
Contract jobs requiring a Test Engineer 20 25 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 1.05% 1.18% 1.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.18% 1.29% 1.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 7 15
10th Percentile £401 £440 £217
25th Percentile £408 £450 £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £460 £400
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +15.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £475 £528 £519
90th Percentile - £549 £605
England median daily rate £430 £513 £463
% change year-on-year -16.10% +10.81% +11.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 12
10th Percentile - £45.38 £51.25
25th Percentile £26.88 £50.63 £54.81
Median hourly rate £31.50 £56.25 £56.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.00% +0.45% +32.48%
75th Percentile £47.39 £69.06 -
90th Percentile - £70.00 -
England median hourly rate £43.64 £56.25 £52.50
% change year-on-year -22.42% +7.14% +16.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the East of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title 1,701 1,933 2,430
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.48% 91.52% 93.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 795 1,184 1,397
10th Percentile £210 £185 £163
25th Percentile £315 £300 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £560 £600 £540
90th Percentile £673 £700 £638
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 568 305 380
10th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £15.25 £13.25
Median hourly rate £43.00 £35.00 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.86% +125.81% -3.13%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £39.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £70.00 £58.75
England median hourly rate £35.00 £43.86 £22.40
% change year-on-year -20.20% +95.80% -0.09%

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Engineer in the East of England

Test Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

Daily rate trend for Test Engineer in the East of England

Test Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Engineer in the East of England

Test Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Test Engineer in the East of England over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Test Engineer in the East of England

Test Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 19 April 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
Cambridgeshire +9 9 £450 - 12
Hertfordshire +3 8 £420 -8.70% 10
Essex - 2 - - 6
Bedfordshire -4 1 £375 -26.83% 7
Test Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 April 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 of England region featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 11 (55.00%) Wireless
2 9 (45.00%) Software Testing
3 6 (30.00%) C#
4 5 (25.00%) Python
5 4 (20.00%) Windows
6 3 (15.00%) Linux
6 3 (15.00%) Validation
7 2 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (10.00%) Data Acquisition
7 2 (10.00%) Signal Processing
7 2 (10.00%) Degree
7 2 (10.00%) Data Analysis
7 2 (10.00%) Automotive
7 2 (10.00%) Siemens
8 1 (5.00%) MATLAB
8 1 (5.00%) Microsoft
8 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
8 1 (5.00%) LabVIEW
8 1 (5.00%) Teamcenter
8 1 (5.00%) Supplier Management
8 1 (5.00%) Requirements Engineering
8 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
8 1 (5.00%) Security Cleared
8 1 (5.00%) LTE
8 1 (5.00%) 4G
8 1 (5.00%) Root Cause Analysis
8 1 (5.00%) FMEA
8 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
8 1 (5.00%) GNSS

Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Teamcenter
Communications & Networking
1 11 (55.00%) Wireless
2 1 (5.00%) 4G
2 1 (5.00%) LTE
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) LabVIEW
General
1 2 (10.00%) Automotive
2 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.00%) GNSS
Operating Systems
1 4 (20.00%) Windows
2 3 (15.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (45.00%) Software Testing
2 3 (15.00%) Validation
3 2 (10.00%) Data Acquisition
3 2 (10.00%) Data Analysis
3 2 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (10.00%) Signal Processing
4 1 (5.00%) FMEA
4 1 (5.00%) Requirements Engineering
4 1 (5.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (5.00%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (30.00%) C#
2 5 (25.00%) Python
3 1 (5.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 2 (10.00%) Degree
2 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (10.00%) Siemens
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft