Software Test Engineer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Software Test Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

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

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 327 381 438
Rank change year-on-year +54 +57 +59
Contract jobs requiring a Software Test Engineer 9 18 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.070% 0.087% 0.100%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.076% 0.094% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 5
10th Percentile - - £230
25th Percentile - £59 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £340 £325
Median % change year-on-year - +4.62% -35.00%
75th Percentile - £488 £475
90th Percentile - £495 £513
UK median daily rate £438 £408 £350
% change year-on-year +7.36% +16.43% -22.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 10 6
10th Percentile £50.85 £59.00 £39.35
25th Percentile £52.50 £59.44 £45.94
Median hourly rate £57.50 £60.72 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.30% +15.66% +43.84%
75th Percentile £62.50 £62.00 £55.63
90th Percentile £62.75 £65.00 £58.13
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £60.72 £52.50
% change year-on-year -5.30% +15.66% +28.83%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 11,767 19,240 22,667
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.17% 92.63% 94.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,552 11,748 15,893
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £492 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £598 £595
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 829 2,243 1,165
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.45
25th Percentile £17.61 £15.75 £18.09
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%
75th Percentile £64.50 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Software Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Software 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 Software Test Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
South East +42 9 - - 26
Software Test Engineer
UK

Software Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Software 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 Software Test Engineer in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 8 (88.89%) Agile
2 8 (88.89%) Linux
2 8 (88.89%) Scrum
2 8 (88.89%) JIRA
2 8 (88.89%) Git
2 8 (88.89%) Software-Defined Radio
2 8 (88.89%) Robot Framework
3 7 (77.78%) Verification and Validation
3 7 (77.78%) GoogleTest
3 7 (77.78%) SysML
3 7 (77.78%) UML
3 7 (77.78%) HTML
3 7 (77.78%) SNMP
3 7 (77.78%) CSS
3 7 (77.78%) Validation
4 6 (66.67%) C++
4 6 (66.67%) SC Cleared
4 6 (66.67%) Security Cleared
5 5 (55.56%) Atlassian
5 5 (55.56%) Confluence
5 5 (55.56%) JavaScript
5 5 (55.56%) Software Engineering
5 5 (55.56%) Google
5 5 (55.56%) Bitbucket
5 5 (55.56%) Prototyping
6 4 (44.44%) Firmware
6 4 (44.44%) Eclipse
6 4 (44.44%) Test Automation
6 4 (44.44%) Integration Testing

Software 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (55.56%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 8 (88.89%) Software-Defined Radio
2 7 (77.78%) SNMP
3 3 (33.33%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 8 (88.89%) Git
1 8 (88.89%) JIRA
1 8 (88.89%) Robot Framework
2 7 (77.78%) GoogleTest
3 5 (55.56%) Bitbucket
4 4 (44.44%) Eclipse
5 3 (33.33%) Jenkins
6 1 (11.11%) Cucumber
6 1 (11.11%) Postman
6 1 (11.11%) Selenium
6 1 (11.11%) WebDriver
General
1 2 (22.22%) Aerospace
2 1 (11.11%) Aviation
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (77.78%) CSS
1 7 (77.78%) HTML
2 3 (33.33%) Node.js
3 1 (11.11%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (88.89%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 8 (88.89%) Agile
2 8 (88.89%) Scrum
3 7 (77.78%) SysML
3 7 (77.78%) UML
3 7 (77.78%) Validation
3 7 (77.78%) Verification and Validation
4 5 (55.56%) Prototyping
4 5 (55.56%) Software Engineering
5 4 (44.44%) Integration Testing
5 4 (44.44%) Test Automation
6 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 1 (11.11%) Code Quality
7 1 (11.11%) Exploratory Testing
7 1 (11.11%) Manual Testing
7 1 (11.11%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
7 1 (11.11%) SDLC
7 1 (11.11%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) C++
2 5 (55.56%) JavaScript
3 3 (33.33%) Python
4 1 (11.11%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 6 (66.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (44.44%) Firmware
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Atlassian
1 5 (55.56%) Google
2 1 (11.11%) Twitter