Test Engineer Contracts in Hertfordshire

Test Engineer
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median Test Engineer daily rate in Hertfordshire is £420, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 63 63 56
Rank change year-on-year 0 -7 +4
Contract jobs requiring a Test Engineer 7 10 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 0.81% 1.30% 2.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.91% 1.40% 2.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 7
10th Percentile - - £204
25th Percentile £410 - £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £460 £400
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +15.00% -3.03%
75th Percentile £430 - £519
90th Percentile - - £541
East of England median daily rate £420 £480 £400
% change year-on-year -12.50% +20.00% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 10
10th Percentile - £51.00 £55.49
25th Percentile £38.40 £54.38 -
Median hourly rate £41.27 £60.00 £56.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.23% +7.14% +32.48%
75th Percentile £46.57 £65.00 -
90th Percentile £47.39 £68.00 £56.05
East of England median hourly rate £41.27 £52.50 £56.00
% change year-on-year -21.40% -6.25% +32.48%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Hertfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hertfordshire. 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 Hertfordshire with a recognized job title 767 713 716
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.19% 92.72% 90.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 307 408 453
10th Percentile £234 £210 £163
25th Percentile £313 £356 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £575 £675 £613
90th Percentile £660 £758 £700
East of England median daily rate £440 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -7.47% - +15.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 294 128 75
10th Percentile £38.40 £19.96 £16.25
25th Percentile £43.00 £49.00 £35.58
Median hourly rate £50.00 £60.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +20.00% +44.76%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £77.00 £66.00
East of England median hourly rate £43.00 £41.80 £17.50
% change year-on-year +2.87% +138.86% +9.38%

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Engineer in Hertfordshire

Test Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Test Engineer in Hertfordshire

Test Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Engineer in Hertfordshire

Test Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 21 June 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
Stevenage -9 6 - - 11
Test Engineer
East of England

Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 9 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire

For the 6 months to 21 June 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 Hertfordshire region featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Software Engineering
2 1 (14.29%) Python
2 1 (14.29%) Wireless
2 1 (14.29%) Test Automation
2 1 (14.29%) Software Testing
2 1 (14.29%) Data Analytics
2 1 (14.29%) Analytics

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

Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Wireless
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) Analytics
1 1 (14.29%) Data Analytics
1 1 (14.29%) Software Engineering
1 1 (14.29%) Software Testing
1 1 (14.29%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared