Test Engineer Contracts in Wiltshire

Test Engineer
South West > Wiltshire

The median Test Engineer daily rate in Wiltshire is £590, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 78 81
Rank change year-on-year +23 +3 -23
Contract jobs requiring a Test Engineer 2 11 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wiltshire 0.45% 1.17% 1.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 1.28% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 9 6
10th Percentile £529 £375 £419
25th Percentile £535 £519 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £538 £485
Median % change year-on-year +9.77% +10.82% +2.11%
75th Percentile £665 £556 £533
90th Percentile £683 £590 £560
South West median daily rate £538 £580 £495
% change year-on-year -7.33% +17.17% +5.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £25.00 -
South West median hourly rate - £35.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year - -53.33% +25.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 401 860 1,040
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.31% 91.10% 94.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 273 641 866
10th Percentile £270 £263 £338
25th Percentile £463 £460 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.18%
75th Percentile £626 £650 £651
90th Percentile £688 £725 £723
South West median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 24 16
10th Percentile £18.58 - £40.63
25th Percentile £18.69 £14.25 £61.13
Median hourly rate £18.87 £20.75 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.06% -68.32% +19.09%
75th Percentile £39.44 £74.00 £77.50
90th Percentile £51.77 - £83.75
South West median hourly rate £63.50 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +15.45% -15.38% +38.30%

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

Job postings that featured Test Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire.

Job vacancy trend for Test Engineer in Wiltshire

Test Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Engineer in Wiltshire.

Daily rate trend for Test Engineer in Wiltshire

Test Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Engineer in Wiltshire.

Hourly rate trend for Test Engineer in Wiltshire

Test Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire 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
Corsham +28 2 £590 +9.77% 1
Test Engineer
South West

Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wiltshire

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 Wiltshire region featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) MCSE
1 2 (100.00%) MCSA
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) DHCP
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) Military
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (100.00%) Confluence
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 2 (100.00%) PKI
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 2 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Skype

Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wiltshire 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 (100.00%) Confluence
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (50.00%) Skype for Business
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) DHCP
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
2 1 (50.00%) Skype
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Military
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) MCSA
1 2 (100.00%) MCSE
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) VMware