Test Development Engineer Contracts in England

Test Development Engineer
UK > England

The median Test Development Engineer daily rate in England is £423 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 535 642 737
Rank change year-on-year +107 +95 -130
Contract jobs requiring a Test Development Engineer 10 17 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.027% 0.034% 0.042%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.029% 0.035% 0.044%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 12 15
10th Percentile £406 £500 £333
25th Percentile £408 £523 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £423 £600 £413
Median % change year-on-year -29.58% +45.45% -
75th Percentile £472 £675 £519
90th Percentile £475 - £560
UK median daily rate £423 £550 £444
% change year-on-year -23.18% +23.94% +7.58%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in 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 England with a recognized job title 34,467 47,939 67,846
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.73% 94.60% 95.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,885 33,999 48,181
10th Percentile £275 £310 £313
25th Percentile £411 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £640 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,421 1,437 1,912
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.28 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.96 £44.53 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% +97.91% +0.36%
75th Percentile £60.25 £65.75 £48.62
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.35 £62.24
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.09% +95.65% +0.24%

Test Development Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Development Engineer in England

Test Development Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Development Engineer in England.

Daily rate trend for Test Development Engineer in England

Test Development Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Development Engineer in England.

Hourly rate trend for Test Development Engineer in England

Test Development Engineer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Development Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 26 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
East of England - 5 £420 - 1
South East - 4 £450 - 2
London +95 1 £425 -29.17% 1
Test Development Engineer
UK

Test Development Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Test Development 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 England region featuring Test Development Engineer in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 7 (70.00%) Python
3 6 (60.00%) C#
3 6 (60.00%) Windows
3 6 (60.00%) Linux
4 5 (50.00%) Wireless
4 5 (50.00%) Test Automation
4 5 (50.00%) SDET
5 4 (40.00%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (40.00%) Bitbucket
5 4 (40.00%) Artifactory
5 4 (40.00%) Jenkins
5 4 (40.00%) RESTful
5 4 (40.00%) Open Source
5 4 (40.00%) Confluence
5 4 (40.00%) VirtualBox
5 4 (40.00%) End-to-End Testing
5 4 (40.00%) API Testing
5 4 (40.00%) Agile
5 4 (40.00%) Software Engineering
5 4 (40.00%) Embedded Linux
5 4 (40.00%) Scrum
5 4 (40.00%) Degree
5 4 (40.00%) JIRA
5 4 (40.00%) Computer Science
5 4 (40.00%) Continuous Integration
5 4 (40.00%) Manual Testing
5 4 (40.00%) Performance Management
5 4 (40.00%) Git
5 4 (40.00%) TCP/IP

Test Development Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (40.00%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 5 (50.00%) Wireless
2 4 (40.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Artifactory
1 4 (40.00%) Bitbucket
1 4 (40.00%) Git
1 4 (40.00%) Jenkins
1 4 (40.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (10.00%) Finance
1 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (40.00%) RESTful
1 4 (40.00%) SOAP
1 4 (40.00%) XML
2 1 (10.00%) Playwright
2 1 (10.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 6 (60.00%) Linux
1 6 (60.00%) Windows
2 4 (40.00%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 5 (50.00%) SDET
2 5 (50.00%) Test Automation
3 4 (40.00%) Agile
3 4 (40.00%) API Testing
3 4 (40.00%) Computer Science
3 4 (40.00%) Continuous Integration
3 4 (40.00%) End-to-End Testing
3 4 (40.00%) Manual Testing
3 4 (40.00%) Open Source
3 4 (40.00%) Performance Management
3 4 (40.00%) Scrum
3 4 (40.00%) Software Engineering
4 1 (10.00%) CI/CD
4 1 (10.00%) Fintech
4 1 (10.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (10.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 7 (70.00%) Python
2 6 (60.00%) C#
3 4 (40.00%) C++
3 4 (40.00%) SQL
4 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
4 1 (10.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 4 (40.00%) Virtual Machines
1 4 (40.00%) VirtualBox
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Oracle