Test Engineer Contracts in Portsmouth

Test Engineer
Hampshire > Portsmouth

As of 1 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Test Engineer daily rate in Portsmouth.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 22 35
Rank change year-on-year +2 +13 -3
Contract jobs requiring a Test Engineer 8 24 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Portsmouth 6.50% 8.03% 2.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.96% 8.73% 2.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 13 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £538 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +7.50% +11.11%
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £538 £493
% change year-on-year -2.33% +9.14% +15.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 9 5
10th Percentile £51.75 £59.00 £47.50
25th Percentile £55.31 - £51.25
Median hourly rate £59.00 £59.44 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.74% +13.22% -
75th Percentile £62.50 £62.00 £65.59
90th Percentile £62.88 £62.60 £68.24
Hampshire median hourly rate £57.50 £59.44 £52.50
% change year-on-year -3.26% +13.22% +61.54%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Portsmouth

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Portsmouth. 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 Portsmouth with a recognized job title 115 275 234
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.50% 91.97% 95.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 115 145
10th Percentile £200 £400 £202
25th Percentile £400 £450 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £560 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.68% +12.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £588 £675 £570
90th Percentile £626 £840 £638
Hampshire median daily rate £538 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -6.52% +9.52% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 103 20
10th Percentile £25.19 £48.61 £43.00
25th Percentile £46.25 £53.40 £51.25
Median hourly rate £57.50 £59.00 £57.20
Median % change year-on-year -2.54% +3.14% +36.20%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £68.13
90th Percentile £65.00 £76.86 £70.13
Hampshire median hourly rate £55.00 £57.35 £52.50
% change year-on-year -4.10% +9.24% +141.38%

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Engineer in Portsmouth

Test Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

Daily rate trend for Test Engineer in Portsmouth

Test Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Engineer in Portsmouth

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 Portsmouth region featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 7 (87.50%) Agile
2 7 (87.50%) Linux
2 7 (87.50%) Scrum
2 7 (87.50%) JIRA
2 7 (87.50%) Git
2 7 (87.50%) Software-Defined Radio
2 7 (87.50%) Robot Framework
3 6 (75.00%) Verification and Validation
3 6 (75.00%) GoogleTest
3 6 (75.00%) SysML
3 6 (75.00%) SC Cleared
3 6 (75.00%) Security Cleared
3 6 (75.00%) UML
3 6 (75.00%) HTML
3 6 (75.00%) SNMP
3 6 (75.00%) CSS
3 6 (75.00%) Validation
4 5 (62.50%) C++
5 4 (50.00%) JavaScript
5 4 (50.00%) Software Engineering
5 4 (50.00%) Google
5 4 (50.00%) Atlassian
5 4 (50.00%) Integration Testing
5 4 (50.00%) Test Automation
5 4 (50.00%) Confluence
5 4 (50.00%) Bitbucket
5 4 (50.00%) Prototyping
6 3 (37.50%) Jenkins
6 3 (37.50%) Node.js

Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth 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 4 (50.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 7 (87.50%) Software-Defined Radio
2 6 (75.00%) SNMP
3 3 (37.50%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 7 (87.50%) Git
1 7 (87.50%) JIRA
1 7 (87.50%) Robot Framework
2 6 (75.00%) GoogleTest
3 4 (50.00%) Bitbucket
4 3 (37.50%) Eclipse
4 3 (37.50%) Jenkins
5 1 (12.50%) Cucumber
5 1 (12.50%) Postman
5 1 (12.50%) Selenium
5 1 (12.50%) WebDriver
General
1 2 (25.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (12.50%) Aviation
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (75.00%) CSS
1 6 (75.00%) HTML
2 3 (37.50%) Node.js
3 1 (12.50%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (87.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 7 (87.50%) Agile
2 7 (87.50%) Scrum
3 6 (75.00%) SysML
3 6 (75.00%) UML
3 6 (75.00%) Validation
3 6 (75.00%) Verification and Validation
4 4 (50.00%) Integration Testing
4 4 (50.00%) Prototyping
4 4 (50.00%) Software Engineering
4 4 (50.00%) Test Automation
5 1 (12.50%) Code Quality
5 1 (12.50%) Exploratory Testing
5 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (12.50%) Manual Testing
5 1 (12.50%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
5 1 (12.50%) SDLC
5 1 (12.50%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) C++
2 4 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 3 (37.50%) Python
4 1 (12.50%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (75.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Atlassian
1 4 (50.00%) Google
2 1 (12.50%) Twitter