Lead Test Engineer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Lead Test Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

As of 3 May 2024, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Lead Test Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 399 453 503
Rank change year-on-year +54 +50 -78
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Test Engineer 4 4 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.019% 0.017% 0.065%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.021% 0.018% 0.068%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - £435 £507
25th Percentile - £450 £516
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £500 £533
Median % change year-on-year - -6.10% -7.39%
75th Percentile - £550 £549
90th Percentile - £565 £559
UK median daily rate £540 £628 £558
% change year-on-year -13.94% +12.56% -5.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 9
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £35.00 - £56.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £56.10
UK median hourly rate £35.00 - £56.00
% change year-on-year - - +12.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,132 22,540 29,612
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.57% 94.26% 95.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,680 15,813 20,744
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £398 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,253 1,158 1,481
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.21
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.01 £14.25
Median hourly rate £39.55 £42.37 £19.52
Median % change year-on-year -6.64% +117.03% +2.74%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.50
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.50
% change year-on-year -18.89% +91.49% +4.44%

Lead Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Lead Test Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Lead Test Engineer in the UK excluding London

Lead Test Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Lead Test Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Lead Test Engineer in the UK excluding London

Lead Test Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Lead Test Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Lead Test Engineer in the UK excluding London

Lead Test Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Test Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 May 2024. 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
Scotland - 2 - - 1
North of England +29 1 - - 2
North West - 1 - - 1
South East - 1 - - 1
Lead Test Engineer
UK

Lead Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, Lead 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 UK excluding London region featuring Lead Test Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (50.00%) Test Strategy
1 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (50.00%) Agile
1 2 (50.00%) ASIC
1 2 (50.00%) Electronics
1 2 (50.00%) LabVIEW
1 2 (50.00%) Yield Management
2 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) JIRA
2 1 (25.00%) QA
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Defect Tracking
2 1 (25.00%) WAN

Lead Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) WAN
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) LabVIEW
2 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (50.00%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) ASIC
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Agile
1 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (50.00%) Test Strategy
1 2 (50.00%) Yield Management
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Defect Tracking
2 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA