Senior Test Engineer Contract Job Trends in Slough

Senior Test Engineer
Berkshire > Slough

The median Senior Test Engineer daily rate in Slough is £415, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2026.

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

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 - 13
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Test Engineer 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Slough 2.17% - 2.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.33% - 2.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £408 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 - -
75th Percentile £423 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median daily rate £415 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Slough

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Slough. 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 Slough with a recognized job title 43 67 73
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.48% 94.37% 97.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 47 53
10th Percentile £162 £182 £280
25th Percentile £368 £225 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £375
Median % change year-on-year - +20.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £591 £538 £584
90th Percentile £650 £633 £600
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £505 £513
% change year-on-year -0.99% -1.46% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £11.79
Median hourly rate - £24.66 £19.90
Median % change year-on-year - +23.95% +3.35%
75th Percentile - - £65.25
90th Percentile - - £83.75
Berkshire median hourly rate £83.00 £63.37 £58.65
% change year-on-year +30.97% +8.05% +3.10%

Senior Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Slough

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 Slough.

Senior Test Engineer job vacancy trend in Slough

Senior Test Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Slough

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

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

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 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 Slough region featuring Senior Test Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Arista
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) F5
1 1 (100.00%) Fault Management
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) GPRS
1 1 (100.00%) GSM
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) LTE
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) UMTS
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wireshark

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

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) GPRS
1 1 (100.00%) GSM
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) LTE
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
1 1 (100.00%) UMTS
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wireshark
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Fault Management
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Arista
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) F5
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper