Test Engineer Contracts in Winchester

Test Engineer
Hampshire > Winchester

The median Test Engineer daily rate in Winchester is £500, 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 8 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Test Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Winchester 6.06% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 6.25% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £538 £493
% change year-on-year -2.33% +9.14% +15.88%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Winchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Winchester. 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 Winchester with a recognized job title 32 45 13
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.97% 97.83% 86.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 18 8
10th Percentile £313 £425 £149
25th Percentile £394 £464 £171
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £527 £255
Median % change year-on-year -5.03% +106.47% -41.11%
75th Percentile £544 £600 £402
90th Percentile £659 £650 £491
Hampshire median daily rate £538 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -6.52% +9.52% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 11 0
10th Percentile - £14.00 -
25th Percentile £42.50 £16.16 -
Median hourly rate £45.00 £18.97 -
Median % change year-on-year +137.22% - -
75th Percentile £47.50 £48.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £55.00 £57.35 £52.50
% change year-on-year -4.10% +9.24% +141.38%

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Winchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Engineer in Winchester

Test Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Winchester

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

Daily rate trend for Test Engineer in Winchester

Test Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Winchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Engineer in Winchester

Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Winchester

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 Winchester region featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) TDD
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 2 (100.00%) Cash Management
1 2 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 2 (100.00%) BDD
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Data Collection
2 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation

Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Winchester 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:

Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) BDD
1 2 (100.00%) Cash Management
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 2 (100.00%) Data Collection
1 2 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) TDD
1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 2 (100.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB