Test Engineer Contracts in Hampshire

Test Engineer
South East > Hampshire

The median Test Engineer daily rate in Hampshire is £538 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 66 94 105
Rank change year-on-year +28 +11 -31
Contract jobs requiring a Test Engineer 33 9 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 2.07% 0.63% 1.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.30% 0.67% 1.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 2 12
10th Percentile £357 £471 £351
25th Percentile £399 £476 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £493 £413
Median % change year-on-year +9.14% +19.39% +22.22%
75th Percentile £566 £502 £467
90th Percentile £654 £502 £499
South East median daily rate £425 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% +15.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 4
10th Percentile £59.00 £47.50 £30.73
25th Percentile - £51.25 £31.06
Median hourly rate £59.44 £52.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.22% +61.54% -18.75%
75th Percentile £62.00 £65.59 £33.75
90th Percentile £62.60 £68.24 -
South East median hourly rate £59.44 £52.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +13.22% +61.54% -27.78%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Hampshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Hampshire. 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 Hampshire with a recognized job title 1,437 1,341 2,014
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.98% 94.04% 94.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 815 871 1,215
10th Percentile £363 £231 £250
25th Percentile £450 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% +5.00% +9.71%
75th Percentile £675 £615 £600
90th Percentile £738 £700 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 174 108 163
10th Percentile £13.48 £18.25 £13.50
25th Percentile £34.06 £22.36 £16.25
Median hourly rate £57.35 £52.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.24% +138.64% -22.50%
75th Percentile £62.50 £67.50 £44.48
90th Percentile £76.86 £75.00 £62.15
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £21.00
% change year-on-year -1.86% +130.48% -13.40%

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Engineer in Hampshire

Test Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Daily rate trend for Test Engineer in Hampshire

Test Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Engineer in Hampshire over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Test Engineer in Hampshire

Test Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Engineer in Hampshire

Test Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire 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
Portsmouth +14 24 £538 +7.50% 10
Aldershot - 3 £400 - 1
Basingstoke - 3 £394 -
Test Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 26 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 Hampshire region featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 17 (51.52%) Security Cleared
2 16 (48.48%) Agile
3 14 (42.42%) JIRA
3 14 (42.42%) Test Scripting
3 14 (42.42%) SC Cleared
4 13 (39.39%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (36.36%) Social Skills
6 11 (33.33%) Military
6 11 (33.33%) Software Engineering
6 11 (33.33%) PKI
6 11 (33.33%) Confluence
7 10 (30.30%) VMware Infrastructure
7 10 (30.30%) Software Testing
7 10 (30.30%) VMware
7 10 (30.30%) Windows
8 9 (27.27%) MCSE
8 9 (27.27%) MCSA
8 9 (27.27%) SQL
8 9 (27.27%) Microsoft Exchange
8 9 (27.27%) DHCP
8 9 (27.27%) DNS
8 9 (27.27%) Microsoft
8 9 (27.27%) Active Directory
8 9 (27.27%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (27.27%) Regression Testing
8 9 (27.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 9 (27.27%) Windows Server 2012
8 9 (27.27%) Windows Server
8 9 (27.27%) Critical Thinking
9 8 (24.24%) Validation

Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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 11 (33.33%) Confluence
2 9 (27.27%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (3.03%) MTS
Cloud Services
1 4 (12.12%) AWS
2 1 (3.03%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 9 (27.27%) DHCP
1 9 (27.27%) DNS
2 3 (9.09%) SNMP
3 2 (6.06%) RS-232
3 2 (6.06%) Software-Defined Radio
Development Applications
1 14 (42.42%) JIRA
2 3 (9.09%) LabVIEW
3 2 (6.06%) ClearCase
3 2 (6.06%) ClearQuest
3 2 (6.06%) Eclipse
3 2 (6.06%) Git
3 2 (6.06%) GoogleTest
3 2 (6.06%) Robot Framework
General
1 13 (39.39%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (36.36%) Social Skills
3 11 (33.33%) Military
4 5 (15.15%) Aerospace
5 2 (6.06%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (3.03%) Electronics
6 1 (3.03%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 11 (33.33%) PKI
2 3 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (9.09%) Management Information System
3 2 (6.06%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (30.30%) Windows
2 9 (27.27%) Windows Server
2 9 (27.27%) Windows Server 2012
3 3 (9.09%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (48.48%) Agile
2 14 (42.42%) Test Scripting
3 11 (33.33%) Software Engineering
4 10 (30.30%) Software Testing
5 9 (27.27%) Critical Thinking
5 9 (27.27%) Regression Testing
6 8 (24.24%) Validation
7 4 (12.12%) Business Strategy
7 4 (12.12%) Commercial Awareness
7 4 (12.12%) End-to-End Testing
7 4 (12.12%) Integration Testing
7 4 (12.12%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (12.12%) System Integration Testing
7 4 (12.12%) Technical Leadership
8 3 (9.09%) Architectural Design
8 3 (9.09%) Customer Requirements
8 3 (9.09%) Data Protection
8 3 (9.09%) Defect Tracking
8 3 (9.09%) Scrum
8 3 (9.09%) Sprint Backlog
Programming Languages
1 9 (27.27%) SQL
2 4 (12.12%) C++
3 2 (6.06%) C
Qualifications
1 17 (51.52%) Security Cleared
2 14 (42.42%) SC Cleared
3 9 (27.27%) MCSA
3 9 (27.27%) MCSE
3 9 (27.27%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (27.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 6 (18.18%) Degree
5 3 (9.09%) DV Cleared
6 2 (6.06%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.06%) Def Stans
System Software
1 10 (30.30%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (27.27%) Active Directory
3 1 (3.03%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (6.06%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 10 (30.30%) VMware
2 9 (27.27%) Microsoft
3 2 (6.06%) Google
3 2 (6.06%) HP