Test Engineer Contract Job Trends in Exeter

Test Engineer
Devon > Exeter

As of 1 October 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Test Engineer daily rate in Exeter.

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 23 -
Rank change year-on-year +5 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Test Engineer 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Exeter 1.27% 0.99% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.39% 1.01% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £600 -
Devon median daily rate - £600 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Exeter

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Exeter. 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 Exeter with a recognized job title 72 99 120
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.14% 98.02% 93.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 70 111
10th Percentile £173 £161 £350
25th Percentile £290 £356 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £513 £575
Median % change year-on-year -17.07% -10.87% +1.55%
75th Percentile £498 £650 £674
90th Percentile £550 £685 £719
Devon median daily rate £425 £450 £535
% change year-on-year -5.56% -15.89% +1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £22.76 - -
Median hourly rate £22.84 £12.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +82.72% - -
75th Percentile £22.92 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Devon median hourly rate £24.58 £65.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -62.19% +62.50% +125.35%

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Exeter

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Engineer in Exeter

Test Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Exeter

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Engineer job vacancies in Exeter.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Engineer job vacancies in Exeter

Test Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Exeter

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Test Engineer job vacancies in Exeter.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Test Engineer job vacancies in Exeter

Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Exeter

For the 6 months to 1 October 2025, 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 Exeter region featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Military
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Load Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) Minimum Viable Product
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (100.00%) Serverless
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Serverless
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
General
1 1 (100.00%) Military
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Load Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Minimum Viable Product
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared