Test Engineer Contracts in Swindon

Test Engineer
Wiltshire > Swindon

The median Test Engineer daily rate in Swindon is £400 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 17 27 27
Rank change year-on-year +10 0 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Test Engineer 4 6 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Swindon 3.28% 2.64% 3.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.67% 2.65% 4.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 9
10th Percentile - £499 £453
25th Percentile £375 £505 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £518 £500
Median % change year-on-year -22.71% +3.50% +24.84%
75th Percentile £425 £533 -
90th Percentile - £540 £538
Wiltshire median daily rate £538 £485 £475
% change year-on-year +10.82% +2.11% +11.76%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Swindon

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Swindon. 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 Swindon with a recognized job title 109 226 290
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.34% 99.56% 93.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 184 204
10th Percentile £143 £200 £232
25th Percentile £200 £413 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +5.00% +13.96%
75th Percentile £541 £588 £591
90th Percentile £697 £692 £671
Wiltshire median daily rate £550 £550 £524
% change year-on-year - +5.06% +10.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 3
10th Percentile £14.25 - £15.18
25th Percentile £15.75 - £15.44
Median hourly rate £16.50 - £17.25
Median % change year-on-year - - -31.00%
75th Percentile £30.25 - £26.19
90th Percentile - - £30.73
Wiltshire median hourly rate £25.00 £65.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -61.83% +19.09% +22.22%

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Swindon

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Engineer in Swindon

Test Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Swindon

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

Daily rate trend for Test Engineer in Swindon

Test Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Swindon

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Engineer in Swindon

Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Swindon

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, 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 Swindon region featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (75.00%) Aerospace
2 3 (75.00%) Automotive
2 3 (75.00%) Test Scripting
2 3 (75.00%) System Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Unit Testing
3 2 (50.00%) C++
4 1 (25.00%) SQL
4 1 (25.00%) Python
4 1 (25.00%) LabVIEW
4 1 (25.00%) Algorithms

Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Swindon 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) LabVIEW
General
1 3 (75.00%) Aerospace
1 3 (75.00%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (75.00%) System Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Test Scripting
3 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) C++
2 1 (25.00%) Python
2 1 (25.00%) SQL