Testing Engineer
UK
The median Testing Engineer daily rate in the UK is £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 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 11 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 585 | 698 | 834 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +113 | +136 | -132 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Testing Engineer | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.012% | 0.002% | 0.011% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.013% | 0.002% | 0.012% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £644 | - | £511 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £528 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £650 | - | £555 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +64.44% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £583 |
| 90th Percentile | £692 | - | £599 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | - | - |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title | 39,895 | 54,705 | 83,445 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.77% | 94.63% | 95.43% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25,959 | 38,196 | 58,620 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £410 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | +2.86% | +10.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,673 | 1,532 | 2,041 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.06 | £15.75 |
| Median hourly rate | £37.50 | £45.00 | £23.91 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.67% | +88.21% | +6.27% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.30 | £65.75 | £49.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.90 | £76.00 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.43 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.73% | +112.16% | +5.26% |
Testing Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Testing Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Testing Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Testing Engineer.
Testing Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Testing Engineer.
Testing Engineer
Top 2 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Testing Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +110 | 5 | £650 | - | 13 |
| London | +102 | 5 | £650 | - | 3 |
Testing Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 11 May 2024, Testing 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 featuring Testing Engineer in the job title.
|
|
Testing Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: