Senior Test Engineer Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Senior Test Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Senior Test Engineer daily rate in the Midlands is £480, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 January 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 166 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Test Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.031% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.034% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 - -
England median daily rate £506 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +6.58% - -9.52%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,914 2,022 2,349
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.19% 92.67% 93.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,840 1,268 1,585
10th Percentile £210 £200 £209
25th Percentile £380 £356 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £485 £460
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +5.33% -3.16%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £575
90th Percentile £660 £700 £675
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 176 81 128
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.95 £14.22
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £17.65
Median hourly rate £22.00 £23.60 £22.40
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +5.38% +27.53%
75th Percentile £26.13 £30.00 £35.25
90th Percentile £35.50 £43.75 £67.50
England median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £43.75
% change year-on-year -21.43% -20.00% +25.00%

Senior Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Senior Test Engineer job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Senior Test Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Test Engineer job vacancies in the Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Test Engineer job vacancies in the Midlands

Senior Test Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Test Engineer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 January 2026. 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
West Midlands - 1 £480 - 2
Senior Test Engineer
England

Senior Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 16 January 2026, Senior 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 Midlands region featuring Senior Test Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) OpenShift
1 1 (100.00%) pytest
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) SAS
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation

Senior Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) OpenShift
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) pytest
1 1 (100.00%) REST
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes