Test Engineer Contract Job Trends in West End of London

Test Engineer
Central London > West End of London

As of 9 July 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Test Engineer daily rate in West End of London.

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Test Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in West End of London 1.59% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.67% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Central London median daily rate £470 £425 £482
% change year-on-year +10.59% -11.78% -3.17%

All Contract IT Job Roles
West End of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in West End of 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 West End of London with a recognized job title 60 44 56
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.24% 86.27% 88.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 37 34
10th Percentile £215 £240 £185
25th Percentile £392 £300 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £552
90th Percentile £674 £780 £668
Central London median daily rate £550 £555 £550
% change year-on-year -0.90% +0.91% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £52.93 - -
25th Percentile £55.06 £50.72 -
Median hourly rate £60.00 £51.44 -
Median % change year-on-year +16.64% - -
75th Percentile £70.00 £52.16 -
90th Percentile £81.25 - -
Central London median hourly rate £23.16 £30.04 £27.00
% change year-on-year -22.89% +11.24% -22.86%

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in West End of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Test Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West End of London.

Test Engineer job vacancy trend in West End of London

Test Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in West End of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Engineer job vacancies in West End of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Engineer job vacancies in West End of London

Test Engineer
Contract Job Locations in West End of London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Engineer within the West End of London region over the 6 months to 9 July 2026. 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
Westminster - 1 - -
Test Engineer
Central London

Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West End of London

For the 6 months to 9 July 2026, Test Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the West End of London region featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Tracking
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Gatling
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) REST Assured
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Retrospective
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement

Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West End of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (100.00%) Gatling
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) REST Assured
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
1 1 (100.00%) REST
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Tracking
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Retrospective
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) QA