Test Engineer Contract Job Trends in Malvern

Test Engineer
Worcestershire > Malvern

The median Test Engineer daily rate in Malvern is £725, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 - 9
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Test Engineer 4 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Malvern 5.71% - 16.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.97% - 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile - - £521
25th Percentile £713 - £521
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 - £545
75th Percentile £738 - £571
90th Percentile - - £574
Worcestershire median daily rate £725 - £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £72.50
Median hourly rate - - £75.00
75th Percentile - - £77.50
90th Percentile - - -
Worcestershire median hourly rate - - £75.00

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Malvern

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Malvern. 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 Malvern with a recognized job title 67 8 24
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.71% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 7 19
10th Percentile £525 £440 £519
25th Percentile £538 £531 £570
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £700 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £738 - £667
90th Percentile £750 - £685
Worcestershire median daily rate £600 £575 £550
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £72.50
Median hourly rate - - £75.00
75th Percentile - - £77.50
90th Percentile - - -
Worcestershire median hourly rate £18.23 £21.59 £17.72
% change year-on-year -15.59% +21.84% +0.06%

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Malvern

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

Test Engineer job vacancy trend in Malvern

Test Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Malvern

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Engineer job vacancies in Malvern

Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Malvern

For the 6 months to 13 December 2025, 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 Malvern region featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Ansible
2 1 (25.00%) AWS
2 1 (25.00%) AWS Certification
2 1 (25.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Certification
2 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (25.00%) Docker
2 1 (25.00%) Functional Testing
2 1 (25.00%) GitLab
2 1 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (25.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (25.00%) TDD
2 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server

Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Malvern 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) GitLab
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Agile
1 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (25.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (25.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (25.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (25.00%) TDD
1 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) AWS Certification
2 1 (25.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Certification
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (25.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Ansible
1 1 (25.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft