Test Engineer Contracts with Work from Home Options

Test Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Test Engineer daily rate in Work from Home is £425 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 232 364 390
Rank change year-on-year +132 +26 -62
Contract jobs requiring a Test Engineer 112 111 239
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.74% 0.43% 0.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.79% 0.46% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 83 168
10th Percentile £350 £328 £340
25th Percentile £375 £413 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - +5.88%
75th Percentile £538 £535 £500
90th Percentile £625 £575 £588
UK median daily rate £438 £510 £475
% change year-on-year -14.22% +7.37% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 2
10th Percentile - £53.00 £43.34
25th Percentile £26.88 £55.63 £44.59
Median hourly rate £31.50 £60.00 £47.93
Median % change year-on-year -47.50% +25.20% -1.69%
75th Percentile £61.25 £71.25 £50.01
90th Percentile £62.00 £78.00 £50.52
UK median hourly rate £44.78 £52.50 £47.93
% change year-on-year -14.71% +9.55% +6.50%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,235 24,337 42,692
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.50% 95.31% 95.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,550 17,175 30,867
10th Percentile £325 £358 £356
25th Percentile £425 £443 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £719
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 577 560 606
10th Percentile £14.27 £17.70 £13.25
25th Percentile £23.25 £25.71 £18.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £54.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.10% +55.71% +42.86%
75th Percentile £62.50 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Test Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Test Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Test Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Test Engineer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Test Engineer.

Test Engineer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Test Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Test Engineer over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Test Engineer daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Test Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Test Engineer.

Test Engineer hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Test Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Test Engineer over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Test Engineer hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 68 (60.71%) Test Automation
2 38 (33.93%) Security Cleared
3 33 (29.46%) Agile
4 31 (27.68%) Python
5 30 (26.79%) Java
5 30 (26.79%) Test Scripting
5 30 (26.79%) Selenium
6 26 (23.21%) Software Testing
7 25 (22.32%) SC Cleared
8 24 (21.43%) DevOps
8 24 (21.43%) CI/CD
9 21 (18.75%) AWS
9 21 (18.75%) Finance
10 18 (16.07%) JIRA
11 17 (15.18%) Social Skills
12 16 (14.29%) JMeter
12 16 (14.29%) JavaScript
12 16 (14.29%) Jenkins
13 15 (13.39%) Accessibility
14 14 (12.50%) SQL
14 14 (12.50%) Performance Testing
15 13 (11.61%) BDD
15 13 (11.61%) Scenario Testing
16 12 (10.71%) SDLC
16 12 (10.71%) API Testing
16 12 (10.71%) Non-Functional Testing
16 12 (10.71%) User Acceptance Testing
16 12 (10.71%) Scrum
16 12 (10.71%) Public Sector
17 11 (9.82%) Cucumber

Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 9 (8.04%) Confluence
2 1 (0.89%) CMS
2 1 (0.89%) nginx
2 1 (0.89%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (0.89%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.89%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.79%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.89%) MIS ActiveH
2 1 (0.89%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.89%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 21 (18.75%) AWS
2 10 (8.93%) Azure
3 6 (5.36%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (3.57%) GitHub
5 2 (1.79%) BrowserStack
5 2 (1.79%) GCP
5 2 (1.79%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 2 (1.79%) Salesforce Service Cloud
5 2 (1.79%) Tricentis Tosca
6 1 (0.89%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 1 (0.89%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 8 (7.14%) TCP/IP
2 2 (1.79%) 4G
2 2 (1.79%) 5G
2 2 (1.79%) BGP
2 2 (1.79%) Cisco Nexus
2 2 (1.79%) MPLS
2 2 (1.79%) Multicast
2 2 (1.79%) OSPF
3 1 (0.89%) 3G
3 1 (0.89%) Diameter Protocol
3 1 (0.89%) Modbus
3 1 (0.89%) MQTT
3 1 (0.89%) Network Security
3 1 (0.89%) VoIP
3 1 (0.89%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.57%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.89%) Data Mining
2 1 (0.89%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.89%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.89%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.89%) Power BI
2 1 (0.89%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 30 (26.79%) Selenium
2 18 (16.07%) JIRA
3 16 (14.29%) Jenkins
3 16 (14.29%) JMeter
4 11 (9.82%) Cucumber
5 9 (8.04%) Cypress.io
5 9 (8.04%) Postman
6 6 (5.36%) Bitbucket
6 6 (5.36%) Git
7 4 (3.57%) JUnit
7 4 (3.57%) NUnit
8 3 (2.68%) GitLab
8 3 (2.68%) Visual Studio
9 2 (1.79%) Appium
9 2 (1.79%) Bitbucket Server
9 2 (1.79%) HP UFT
9 2 (1.79%) REST Assured
9 2 (1.79%) TestCafe
9 2 (1.79%) TestNG
9 2 (1.79%) TestRail
General
1 21 (18.75%) Finance
2 17 (15.18%) Social Skills
3 12 (10.71%) Public Sector
4 10 (8.93%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (7.14%) Telecoms
6 7 (6.25%) Electronics
6 7 (6.25%) Manufacturing
6 7 (6.25%) Marketing
7 6 (5.36%) Banking
8 5 (4.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (3.57%) Automotive
10 3 (2.68%) Aerospace
10 3 (2.68%) Military
10 3 (2.68%) Retail
11 2 (1.79%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.89%) Aviation
12 1 (0.89%) Front Office
12 1 (0.89%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.25%) .NET
2 6 (5.36%) Playwright
3 4 (3.57%) AngularJS
4 3 (2.68%) GraphQL
4 3 (2.68%) RESTful
5 2 (1.79%) REST
5 2 (1.79%) Web Services
6 1 (0.89%) CSS
6 1 (0.89%) Gherkin
6 1 (0.89%) HTML
6 1 (0.89%) Middleware
6 1 (0.89%) Node.js
6 1 (0.89%) pytest
6 1 (0.89%) Spring
6 1 (0.89%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.57%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (2.68%) Algorithms
2 3 (2.68%) Management Information System
3 2 (1.79%) Mobile App
3 2 (1.79%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.89%) Derivative
4 1 (0.89%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.89%) Fat Client
4 1 (0.89%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (0.89%) Machine to Machine
4 1 (0.89%) Market Risk
4 1 (0.89%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 9 (8.04%) Windows
2 8 (7.14%) Linux
3 1 (0.89%) Android
3 1 (0.89%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.89%) CentOS
3 1 (0.89%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.89%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (60.71%) Test Automation
2 33 (29.46%) Agile
3 30 (26.79%) Test Scripting
4 26 (23.21%) Software Testing
5 24 (21.43%) CI/CD
5 24 (21.43%) DevOps
6 14 (12.50%) Performance Testing
7 13 (11.61%) BDD
7 13 (11.61%) Scenario Testing
8 12 (10.71%) API Testing
8 12 (10.71%) Non-Functional Testing
8 12 (10.71%) Scrum
8 12 (10.71%) SDLC
8 12 (10.71%) User Acceptance Testing
9 10 (8.93%) Manual Testing
9 10 (8.93%) Problem-Solving
9 10 (8.93%) Test Management
10 9 (8.04%) End-to-End Testing
10 9 (8.04%) Functional Testing
10 9 (8.04%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 31 (27.68%) Python
2 30 (26.79%) Java
3 16 (14.29%) JavaScript
4 14 (12.50%) SQL
5 8 (7.14%) C#
6 6 (5.36%) Bash
6 6 (5.36%) PowerShell
7 4 (3.57%) C
8 3 (2.68%) Shell Script
8 3 (2.68%) TypeScript
9 2 (1.79%) C++
10 1 (0.89%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.89%) Perl
10 1 (0.89%) PHP
10 1 (0.89%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 38 (33.93%) Security Cleared
2 25 (22.32%) SC Cleared
3 10 (8.93%) ISTQB
4 8 (7.14%) DV Cleared
5 5 (4.46%) Degree
6 3 (2.68%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (2.68%) ISEB
7 2 (1.79%) CCIE
7 2 (1.79%) CCNP
7 2 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.89%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.89%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 1 (0.89%) HNC
8 1 (0.89%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.89%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (13.39%) Accessibility
2 8 (7.14%) QA
3 4 (3.57%) WCAG
4 2 (1.79%) Def Stans
4 2 (1.79%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (6.25%) Docker
2 4 (3.57%) VMware ESXi
2 4 (3.57%) VMware NSX
2 4 (3.57%) vSphere
3 1 (0.89%) iptables
3 1 (0.89%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (5.36%) Ansible
1 6 (5.36%) Terraform
2 3 (2.68%) Grafana
2 3 (2.68%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.79%) Kibana
3 2 (1.79%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.89%) Docker Swarm
4 1 (0.89%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.89%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 7 (6.25%) SAP
2 4 (3.57%) Atlassian
2 4 (3.57%) Microsoft
3 3 (2.68%) Oracle
4 2 (1.79%) Cisco
4 2 (1.79%) Salesforce
4 2 (1.79%) Siemens
5 1 (0.89%) Dynatrace
5 1 (0.89%) IBM
5 1 (0.89%) IBM Sterling
5 1 (0.89%) NEC
5 1 (0.89%) PagerDuty
5 1 (0.89%) Splunk