Test Engineer Contracts in Leicester

Test Engineer
Leicestershire > Leicester

The median Test Engineer daily rate in Leicester is £525 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 13 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Test Engineer 7 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leicester 6.19% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 6.67% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £350 - -
25th Percentile £431 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Leicestershire median daily rate £350 £200 -
% change year-on-year +75.00% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Leicester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Leicester. 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 Leicester with a recognized job title 105 110 173
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.92% 96.49% 93.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 93 146
10th Percentile £138 £263 £273
25th Percentile £319 £326 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £499 £415 £400
Median % change year-on-year +20.24% +3.75% -5.88%
75th Percentile £600 £450 £485
90th Percentile £625 £563 £575
Leicestershire median daily rate £375 £395 £400
% change year-on-year -5.06% -1.25% +18.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 8 7
10th Percentile £14.98 £13.02 £14.17
25th Percentile £19.81 £14.54 £14.91
Median hourly rate £25.00 £20.46 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.19% +16.91% +9.38%
75th Percentile £27.81 £32.81 £45.84
90th Percentile £28.38 £62.63 £46.67
Leicestershire median hourly rate £25.00 £20.46 £18.75
% change year-on-year +22.19% +9.12% +17.19%

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicester

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Engineer in Leicester

Test Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leicester

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

Daily rate trend for Test Engineer in Leicester

Test Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Leicester

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

Daily rate histogram for Test Engineer in Leicester

Test Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Leicester

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Engineer in Leicester

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

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 Leicester region featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (71.43%) Test Scripting
1 5 (71.43%) Test Automation
2 3 (42.86%) DevOps
2 3 (42.86%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (42.86%) Performance Testing
2 3 (42.86%) Data Design
2 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) ISEB
2 3 (42.86%) JMeter
2 3 (42.86%) Scrum
2 3 (42.86%) Agile
2 3 (42.86%) Software Testing
2 3 (42.86%) ISTQB
3 2 (28.57%) QA
3 2 (28.57%) Scenario Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Traceability Matrix
3 2 (28.57%) User Experience

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

Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) JMeter
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Test Automation
1 5 (71.43%) Test Scripting
2 3 (42.86%) Agile
2 3 (42.86%) Data Design
2 3 (42.86%) DevOps
2 3 (42.86%) Performance Testing
2 3 (42.86%) Scrum
2 3 (42.86%) Software Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Scenario Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Traceability Matrix
3 2 (28.57%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) BPSS Clearance
1 3 (42.86%) ISEB
1 3 (42.86%) ISTQB
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) QA