Software Test Engineer Contract Job Trends in Stevenage

Software Test Engineer
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The median Software Test Engineer daily rate in Stevenage is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2026.

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

 6 months to
3 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Software Test Engineer 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Stevenage 0.83% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.85% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £625 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £65.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Stevenage

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Stevenage. 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 Stevenage with a recognized job title 355 116 443
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 98.07% 79.45% 89.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 21 79
10th Percentile £274 £225 £186
25th Percentile £425 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year +6.22% -18.18% +37.50%
75th Percentile £613 £525 £575
90th Percentile £768 £638 £610
Hertfordshire median daily rate £510 £525 £438
% change year-on-year -2.86% +20.00% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 223 64 267
10th Percentile £25.94 £31.64 £40.85
25th Percentile £41.88 £52.19 £43.00
Median hourly rate £61.76 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.99% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £68.75 £73.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £81.35 £75.25
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £50.00 £60.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +20.00% -20.00%

Software Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

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

Software Test Engineer job vacancy trend in Stevenage

Software Test Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Stevenage

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Software Test Engineer job vacancies in Stevenage.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Software Test Engineer job vacancies in Stevenage

Software Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stevenage

For the 6 months to 3 July 2026, Software 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 Stevenage region featuring Software Test Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) AI
2 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) End-to-End Testing
2 2 (66.67%) GitLab
2 2 (66.67%) IBM
2 2 (66.67%) JIRA
2 2 (66.67%) Linux
2 2 (66.67%) PLM
2 2 (66.67%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) Software Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Test Assurance
3 1 (33.33%) C
3 1 (33.33%) C#
3 1 (33.33%) C++
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Ethernet
3 1 (33.33%) Modbus
3 1 (33.33%) RS-232
3 1 (33.33%) RS-422
3 1 (33.33%) RS-485
3 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) TDD
3 1 (33.33%) Unit Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Windows

Software Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stevenage 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 (33.33%) Ethernet
1 1 (33.33%) Modbus
1 1 (33.33%) RS-232
1 1 (33.33%) RS-422
1 1 (33.33%) RS-485
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) GitLab
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
General
1 1 (33.33%) Electronics
1 1 (33.33%) Law
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) AI
2 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) End-to-End Testing
2 2 (66.67%) PLM
2 2 (66.67%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) Software Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Test Assurance
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) TDD
3 1 (33.33%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C
1 1 (33.33%) C#
1 1 (33.33%) C++
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) IBM
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