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 £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 236 342 390
Rank change year-on-year +106 +48 -61
Contract jobs requiring a Test Engineer 110 112 235
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.75% 0.45% 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.80% 0.48% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 80 169
10th Percentile £350 £339 £345
25th Percentile £375 £413 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.78%
75th Percentile £538 £527 £500
90th Percentile £625 £589 £588
UK median daily rate £450 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +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 13,806 23,471 42,177
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.52% 95.27% 95.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,297 16,589 30,510
10th Percentile £325 £363 £356
25th Percentile £425 £448 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +9.38%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £544 £525
% change year-on-year -3.40% +3.52% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 559 538 592
10th Percentile £14.27 £17.44 £13.50
25th Percentile £22.61 £25.71 £19.33
Median hourly rate £44.00 £52.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.19% +50.00% +45.83%
75th Percentile £64.14 £67.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £79.43 £68.70
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 18 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 18 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 18 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 65 (59.09%) Test Automation
2 38 (34.55%) Security Cleared
3 35 (31.82%) Test Scripting
4 34 (30.91%) Agile
5 29 (26.36%) Java
6 28 (25.45%) Python
6 28 (25.45%) Software Testing
7 27 (24.55%) DevOps
8 26 (23.64%) Selenium
9 25 (22.73%) SC Cleared
10 21 (19.09%) CI/CD
11 19 (17.27%) AWS
11 19 (17.27%) JIRA
12 18 (16.36%) JavaScript
12 18 (16.36%) Social Skills
13 17 (15.45%) SQL
14 16 (14.55%) JMeter
14 16 (14.55%) Performance Testing
14 16 (14.55%) Finance
15 15 (13.64%) Accessibility
16 14 (12.73%) Azure
16 14 (12.73%) Non-Functional Testing
16 14 (12.73%) Jenkins
17 13 (11.82%) SDLC
17 13 (11.82%) API Testing
17 13 (11.82%) Windows
17 13 (11.82%) Public Sector
17 13 (11.82%) Scenario Testing
18 12 (10.91%) C#
18 12 (10.91%) User Acceptance Testing

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 10 (9.09%) Confluence
2 1 (0.91%) CMS
2 1 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.91%) nginx
2 1 (0.91%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (0.91%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.91%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.82%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.91%) MIS ActiveH
2 1 (0.91%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.91%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 19 (17.27%) AWS
2 14 (12.73%) Azure
3 9 (8.18%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (3.64%) GitHub
5 2 (1.82%) BrowserStack
5 2 (1.82%) GCP
5 2 (1.82%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 2 (1.82%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 1 (0.91%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 1 (0.91%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.91%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 8 (7.27%) TCP/IP
2 2 (1.82%) 4G
2 2 (1.82%) 5G
2 2 (1.82%) BGP
2 2 (1.82%) Cisco Nexus
2 2 (1.82%) MPLS
2 2 (1.82%) Multicast
2 2 (1.82%) OSPF
3 1 (0.91%) 3G
3 1 (0.91%) DHCP
3 1 (0.91%) Diameter Protocol
3 1 (0.91%) DNS
3 1 (0.91%) Modbus
3 1 (0.91%) MQTT
3 1 (0.91%) Network Security
3 1 (0.91%) VoIP
3 1 (0.91%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.64%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (1.82%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.91%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.91%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.91%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.91%) Power BI
3 1 (0.91%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 26 (23.64%) Selenium
2 19 (17.27%) JIRA
3 16 (14.55%) JMeter
4 14 (12.73%) Jenkins
5 10 (9.09%) Cypress.io
5 10 (9.09%) Postman
6 9 (8.18%) Git
7 6 (5.45%) Bitbucket
7 6 (5.45%) Cucumber
8 5 (4.55%) Visual Studio
9 4 (3.64%) JUnit
9 4 (3.64%) NUnit
10 3 (2.73%) GitLab
10 3 (2.73%) TestRail
11 2 (1.82%) Appium
11 2 (1.82%) Bitbucket Server
11 2 (1.82%) HP UFT
11 2 (1.82%) REST Assured
11 2 (1.82%) TestCafe
11 2 (1.82%) TestNG
General
1 18 (16.36%) Social Skills
2 16 (14.55%) Finance
3 13 (11.82%) Public Sector
4 12 (10.91%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (8.18%) Telecoms
6 7 (6.36%) Electronics
6 7 (6.36%) Manufacturing
6 7 (6.36%) Marketing
7 5 (4.55%) Automotive
7 5 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (3.64%) Aerospace
8 4 (3.64%) Banking
8 4 (3.64%) Military
9 3 (2.73%) Retail
10 2 (1.82%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.91%) Aviation
11 1 (0.91%) Front Office
11 1 (0.91%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (9.09%) .NET
2 9 (8.18%) Playwright
3 5 (4.55%) REST
4 4 (3.64%) AngularJS
5 3 (2.73%) GraphQL
5 3 (2.73%) SOAP
6 2 (1.82%) Web Services
6 2 (1.82%) WinForms
6 2 (1.82%) WPF
7 1 (0.91%) CSS
7 1 (0.91%) Gherkin
7 1 (0.91%) HTML
7 1 (0.91%) Middleware
7 1 (0.91%) Node.js
7 1 (0.91%) RESTful
7 1 (0.91%) Spring
7 1 (0.91%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.64%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (2.73%) Algorithms
2 3 (2.73%) Management Information System
3 2 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (1.82%) Mobile App
4 1 (0.91%) Derivative
4 1 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.91%) Fat Client
4 1 (0.91%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (0.91%) Machine to Machine
4 1 (0.91%) Market Risk
4 1 (0.91%) PKI
4 1 (0.91%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.91%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 1 (0.91%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 13 (11.82%) Windows
2 8 (7.27%) Linux
3 1 (0.91%) Android
3 1 (0.91%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.91%) CentOS
3 1 (0.91%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.91%) Unix
3 1 (0.91%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.91%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (59.09%) Test Automation
2 35 (31.82%) Test Scripting
3 34 (30.91%) Agile
4 28 (25.45%) Software Testing
5 27 (24.55%) DevOps
6 21 (19.09%) CI/CD
7 16 (14.55%) Performance Testing
8 14 (12.73%) Non-Functional Testing
9 13 (11.82%) API Testing
9 13 (11.82%) Scenario Testing
9 13 (11.82%) SDLC
10 12 (10.91%) User Acceptance Testing
11 11 (10.00%) BDD
12 10 (9.09%) Functional Testing
12 10 (9.09%) Manual Testing
12 10 (9.09%) Regression Testing
12 10 (9.09%) Scrum
12 10 (9.09%) Test Management
12 10 (9.09%) Test Strategy
13 9 (8.18%) End-to-End Testing
Programming Languages
1 29 (26.36%) Java
2 28 (25.45%) Python
3 18 (16.36%) JavaScript
4 17 (15.45%) SQL
5 12 (10.91%) C#
6 6 (5.45%) Bash
6 6 (5.45%) PowerShell
7 4 (3.64%) C
7 4 (3.64%) TypeScript
8 3 (2.73%) C++
8 3 (2.73%) Shell Script
9 2 (1.82%) VB
9 2 (1.82%) VB6
10 1 (0.91%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.91%) Perl
10 1 (0.91%) PHP
10 1 (0.91%) Ruby
10 1 (0.91%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 38 (34.55%) Security Cleared
2 25 (22.73%) SC Cleared
3 10 (9.09%) ISTQB
4 8 (7.27%) DV Cleared
5 6 (5.45%) Degree
6 3 (2.73%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (2.73%) ISEB
7 2 (1.82%) CCIE
7 2 (1.82%) CCNP
7 2 (1.82%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.91%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.91%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.91%) HNC
8 1 (0.91%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.91%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.91%) MCSA
8 1 (0.91%) MCSE
8 1 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.91%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (13.64%) Accessibility
2 12 (10.91%) QA
3 3 (2.73%) WCAG
4 2 (1.82%) Def Stans
4 2 (1.82%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (6.36%) Docker
2 4 (3.64%) VMware ESXi
2 4 (3.64%) VMware NSX
2 4 (3.64%) vSphere
3 1 (0.91%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.91%) iptables
3 1 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.91%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (5.45%) Ansible
1 6 (5.45%) Terraform
2 3 (2.73%) Grafana
2 3 (2.73%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.82%) Kibana
3 2 (1.82%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.91%) Docker Swarm
4 1 (0.91%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.91%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.91%) Opsgenie
4 1 (0.91%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (6.36%) SAP
2 4 (3.64%) Atlassian
2 4 (3.64%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.64%) Oracle
3 2 (1.82%) Cisco
3 2 (1.82%) Infragistics
3 2 (1.82%) Salesforce
3 2 (1.82%) Siemens
4 1 (0.91%) Dynatrace
4 1 (0.91%) NEC
4 1 (0.91%) PagerDuty
4 1 (0.91%) Splunk
4 1 (0.91%) VMware