Test Development Engineer Contract Job Trends in Wiltshire

Test Development Engineer
South West > Wiltshire

The median Test Development Engineer daily rate in Wiltshire is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Test Development Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wiltshire 0.15% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £425 £230 -
% change year-on-year +84.78% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Wiltshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Wiltshire. 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 Wiltshire with a recognized job title 585 392 709
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.86% 87.50% 92.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 402 262 492
10th Percentile £401 £313 £264
25th Percentile £506 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - +0.18%
75th Percentile £706 £638 £638
90th Percentile £738 £721 £725
South West median daily rate £519 £500 £526
% change year-on-year +3.85% -4.99% +0.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 3 27
10th Percentile £15.32 £22.23 £14.36
25th Percentile £19.72 £36.40 £40.85
Median hourly rate £23.16 £60.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.40% +20.00% -23.66%
75th Percentile £25.15 - £66.00
90th Percentile - - £74.00
South West median hourly rate £44.00 £65.00 £59.59
% change year-on-year -32.31% +9.08% -8.32%

Test Development Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

Test Development Engineer job vacancy trend in Wiltshire

Test Development Engineer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire

For the 6 months to 15 January 2026, Test Development 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 Wiltshire region featuring Test Development Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JBehave
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) JUnit
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) SDET
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Spring

Test Development Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire 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%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) JBehave
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) JUnit
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) SDET
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle