Test Engineer Contracts in Fife

Test Engineer
Scotland > Fife

As of 1 May 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 Fife.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Test Engineer 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Fife 30.00% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 33.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Scotland median daily rate £474 £364 £510
% change year-on-year +30.33% -28.73% +20.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Fife

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Fife. 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 Fife with a recognized job title 9 13 13
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.00% 100.00% 92.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 10
10th Percentile £150 £251 £159
25th Percentile £202 £289 £161
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £294 £365 £175
Median % change year-on-year -19.59% +108.57% -57.58%
75th Percentile £391 £425 £201
90th Percentile £446 £435 £446
Scotland median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +4.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
Median hourly rate £18.51 £21.64 £59.03
Median % change year-on-year -14.46% -63.34% +16.27%
Scotland median hourly rate £20.94 £33.25 £23.18
% change year-on-year -37.02% +43.44% -10.53%

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Fife

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Engineer in Fife

Test Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Fife

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

Daily rate trend for Test Engineer in Fife

Test Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Fife

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Engineer in Fife

Test Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Fife

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 Fife region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Glenrothes - 3 - -
Test Engineer
Scotland

Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Fife

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 Fife region featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (100.00%) Electronics
1 3 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 3 (100.00%) LabVIEW
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Mentor Graphics
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Schematic Capture
1 3 (100.00%) Innovative Thinking
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Analogue Electronics
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills

Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Fife 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 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) LabVIEW
General
1 3 (100.00%) Electronics
1 3 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Analogue Electronics
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Innovative Thinking
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Schematic Capture
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Mentor Graphics