Systems Test Engineer Contracts in the UK excluding London

System Test Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median System Test Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £300 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 380 448 491
Rank change year-on-year +68 +43 -64
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Test Engineer 13 3 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.063% 0.013% 0.065%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.068% 0.013% 0.068%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 11
10th Percentile - £501 £256
25th Percentile £59 £511 £311
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £544 £380
Median % change year-on-year -44.83% +43.09% +24.59%
75th Percentile £350 £573 £538
90th Percentile £416 £582 £625
UK median daily rate £300 £544 £380
% change year-on-year -44.83% +43.09% +24.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 9
10th Percentile £46.90 - -
25th Percentile £59.00 £67.50 £17.00
Median hourly rate £59.44 £75.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.75% +294.74% -60.00%
75th Percentile - £82.50 £42.50
90th Percentile £61.66 - £53.75
UK median hourly rate £59.44 £75.00 £27.75
% change year-on-year -20.75% +170.27% -41.58%

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 19,031 22,516 29,597
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 94.26% 95.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,619 15,791 20,746
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 2,244 1,158 1,469
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.24
25th Percentile £15.75 £17.92 £14.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.00 £19.52
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +115.16% +2.74%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.93
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.60
% change year-on-year -18.89% +90.68% +4.89%

Systems Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

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

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

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

Systems Test Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Systems Test Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Systems Test Engineer in the UK excluding London

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

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

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

Systems Test Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Systems Test Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Systems Test Engineer in the UK excluding London

Systems 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 Systems Test Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 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
South East - 11 £300 - 6
South West +23 1 - - 2
East of England +17 1 - -
Systems Test Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Systems 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 Systems Test Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (61.54%) Software Engineering
2 4 (30.77%) Software Testing
2 4 (30.77%) Degree
3 3 (23.08%) JIRA
3 3 (23.08%) Architectural Design
3 3 (23.08%) LabVIEW
4 2 (15.38%) Scrum
4 2 (15.38%) Change Management
4 2 (15.38%) ISTQB
4 2 (15.38%) Project Planning
4 2 (15.38%) Agile
4 2 (15.38%) TDD
4 2 (15.38%) Data Management
4 2 (15.38%) TCP/IP
4 2 (15.38%) Shell Script
4 2 (15.38%) Aerospace
4 2 (15.38%) Automotive
4 2 (15.38%) Manufacturing
4 2 (15.38%) Validation
4 2 (15.38%) C
4 2 (15.38%) C++
4 2 (15.38%) SQL
4 2 (15.38%) HNC
4 2 (15.38%) Unix
4 2 (15.38%) Linux
4 2 (15.38%) End-to-End Testing
4 2 (15.38%) TestRail
4 2 (15.38%) Exploratory Testing
4 2 (15.38%) Master's Degree
4 2 (15.38%) Computer Science

Systems 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 2 (15.38%) Confluence
2 1 (7.69%) MTS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) RS-232
1 2 (15.38%) TCP/IP
2 1 (7.69%) Broadband
2 1 (7.69%) HbbTV
2 1 (7.69%) SNMP
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) JIRA
1 3 (23.08%) LabVIEW
2 2 (15.38%) TestRail
General
1 2 (15.38%) Aerospace
1 2 (15.38%) Automotive
1 2 (15.38%) Manufacturing
2 1 (7.69%) Electronics
2 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Linux
1 2 (15.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Software Engineering
2 4 (30.77%) Software Testing
3 3 (23.08%) Architectural Design
4 2 (15.38%) Agile
4 2 (15.38%) Change Management
4 2 (15.38%) Computer Science
4 2 (15.38%) Data Management
4 2 (15.38%) End-to-End Testing
4 2 (15.38%) Exploratory Testing
4 2 (15.38%) Functional Testing
4 2 (15.38%) Project Planning
4 2 (15.38%) Scrum
4 2 (15.38%) SDLC
4 2 (15.38%) TDD
4 2 (15.38%) Test Automation
4 2 (15.38%) Validation
5 1 (7.69%) Customer Requirements
5 1 (7.69%) FMEA
5 1 (7.69%) Issue Tracking
5 1 (7.69%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) C
1 2 (15.38%) C++
1 2 (15.38%) Shell Script
1 2 (15.38%) SQL
2 1 (7.69%) MATLAB
2 1 (7.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) HNC
2 2 (15.38%) ISTQB
2 2 (15.38%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 2 (15.38%) Master's Degree
3 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) QA