Software Test Engineer Contract Job Trends in Guildford

Software Test Engineer
Surrey > Guildford

As of 26 March 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Software Test Engineer daily rate in Guildford.

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Software Test Engineer 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Guildford 8.00% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 8.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Surrey median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
Median hourly rate £70.00 - -
Surrey median hourly rate £70.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Guildford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Guildford. 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 Guildford with a recognized job title 50 31 64
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 100.00% 91.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 18 53
10th Percentile £214 £241 £230
25th Percentile £323 £273 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £513
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -12.20% +0.49%
75th Percentile £491 £581 £600
90th Percentile £519 £591 £833
Surrey median daily rate £500 £470 £495
% change year-on-year +6.38% -5.05% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 6 4
10th Percentile £55.00 £22.50 -
25th Percentile £60.00 £25.75 £16.25
Median hourly rate £67.50 £28.00 £33.75
Median % change year-on-year +141.07% -17.04% -
75th Percentile £68.75 - £52.91
90th Percentile £70.00 £30.88 £58.14
Surrey median hourly rate £67.50 £25.00 £18.35
% change year-on-year +170.00% +36.24% -59.22%

Software Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Guildford

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Software Test Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Guildford.

Software Test Engineer job vacancy trend in Guildford

Software Test Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Guildford

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Software Test Engineer job vacancies in Guildford

Software Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Guildford

For the 6 months to 26 March 2026, Software Test Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Guildford region featuring Software Test Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 4 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 4 (100.00%) Exploratory Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Postman
1 4 (100.00%) REST
1 4 (100.00%) RESTful
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Scrum
1 4 (100.00%) SDLC
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 4 (100.00%) Test Management
1 4 (100.00%) User Stories

Software Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Guildford by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Postman
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) REST
1 4 (100.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Product Ownership
1 4 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 4 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 4 (100.00%) Exploratory Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Scrum
1 4 (100.00%) SDLC
1 4 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 4 (100.00%) Test Management
1 4 (100.00%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared