Systems Test Engineer Contracts in England

System Test Engineer
UK > England

The median System Test Engineer daily rate in England is £350, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024.

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

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 506 584 751
Rank change year-on-year +78 +167 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Test Engineer 8 5 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.026% 0.012% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% 0.013% 0.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 6
10th Percentile £255 - £309
25th Percentile - £413 £376
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £425 £420
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% +1.19% +8.39%
75th Percentile £463 £438 -
90th Percentile £500 - -
UK median daily rate £350 £425 £420
% change year-on-year -17.65% +1.19% +68.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - £43.65
25th Percentile - - £49.88
Median hourly rate - £50.00 £60.50
Median % change year-on-year - -17.36% +34.44%
75th Percentile - - £65.38
90th Percentile - - £68.15
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £46.25 £45.00
% change year-on-year -8.11% +2.78% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 28,953 37,638 64,520
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.94% 93.75% 95.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,687 26,172 45,824
10th Percentile £300 £300 £313
25th Percentile £413 £418 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +7.32%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,111 1,422 1,621
10th Percentile £15.10 £15.25 £13.25
25th Percentile £21.15 £19.25 £16.69
Median hourly rate £41.50 £45.94 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.66% +53.13% +50.00%
75th Percentile £66.61 £65.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £38.00 £45.00 £27.73
% change year-on-year -15.56% +62.28% +38.65%

Systems Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Test Engineer in England

Systems Test Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Systems Test Engineer in England

Systems Test Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Systems Test Engineer in England over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Systems Test Engineer in England

Systems Test Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Systems Test Engineer in England

Systems Test Engineer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Test Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 31 October 2024. 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
South East - 7 £350 - 1
London - 1 £160 - 1
Systems Test Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 31 October 2024, Systems 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 England region featuring Systems Test Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (62.50%) Agile
1 5 (62.50%) Degree
2 4 (50.00%) ISTQB
2 4 (50.00%) TDD
2 4 (50.00%) Test Automation
3 3 (37.50%) Confluence
3 3 (37.50%) Functional Testing
3 3 (37.50%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 3 (37.50%) TestRail
3 3 (37.50%) Exploratory Testing
3 3 (37.50%) Master's Degree
3 3 (37.50%) SDLC
3 3 (37.50%) End-to-End Testing
3 3 (37.50%) JIRA
3 3 (37.50%) QA
3 3 (37.50%) Project Planning
3 3 (37.50%) Shell Script
3 3 (37.50%) SQL
3 3 (37.50%) HNC
3 3 (37.50%) Unix
3 3 (37.50%) Linux
3 3 (37.50%) TCP/IP
3 3 (37.50%) Automotive
3 3 (37.50%) Scrum
4 2 (25.00%) Avionics
4 2 (25.00%) Test Scripting
4 2 (25.00%) Software Engineering
4 2 (25.00%) Software Testing
4 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (25.00%) Data Collection

Systems Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 3 (37.50%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) JIRA
1 3 (37.50%) TestRail
General
1 3 (37.50%) Automotive
2 2 (25.00%) Avionics
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) NHS
1 1 (12.50%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Linux
1 3 (37.50%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Agile
2 4 (50.00%) TDD
2 4 (50.00%) Test Automation
3 3 (37.50%) End-to-End Testing
3 3 (37.50%) Exploratory Testing
3 3 (37.50%) Functional Testing
3 3 (37.50%) Project Planning
3 3 (37.50%) Scrum
3 3 (37.50%) SDLC
4 2 (25.00%) Cash Management
4 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (25.00%) Data Collection
4 2 (25.00%) Defect Management
4 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (25.00%) Software Engineering
4 2 (25.00%) Software Testing
4 2 (25.00%) Test Scripting
4 2 (25.00%) Waterfall
5 1 (12.50%) BDD
5 1 (12.50%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) Shell Script
1 3 (37.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) Degree
2 4 (50.00%) ISTQB
3 3 (37.50%) HNC
3 3 (37.50%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 3 (37.50%) Master's Degree
4 1 (12.50%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) QA
2 1 (12.50%) HL7