Software Test Engineer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Software Test Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

As of 31 October 2024, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Software Test Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 363 389 490
Rank change year-on-year +26 +101 +3
Contract jobs requiring a Software Test Engineer 6 24 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.036% 0.11% 0.057%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.039% 0.12% 0.059%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 6 6
10th Percentile - £247 £549
25th Percentile - £319 £648
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £440 £700
Median % change year-on-year - -37.14% +47.37%
75th Percentile - £517 -
90th Percentile - £619 -
UK median daily rate - £440 £630
% change year-on-year - -30.16% +32.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 8
10th Percentile £32.84 £39.00 £53.00
25th Percentile £46.84 £41.25 £57.50
Median hourly rate £59.88 £45.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +33.06% -25.00% +30.43%
75th Percentile £62.50 £53.75 £64.69
90th Percentile - £68.00 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £59.88 £45.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +33.06% -25.00% +30.43%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 15,430 19,609 28,575
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.10% 93.93% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,847 13,032 20,128
10th Percentile £220 £213 £215
25th Percentile £375 £381 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £588
90th Percentile £675 £688 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,078 1,268 1,341
10th Percentile £14.73 £14.25 £12.48
25th Percentile £19.41 £18.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £37.50 £44.50 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.73% +89.36% +31.43%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.50 £70.30
UK median hourly rate £38.00 £45.00 £27.73
% change year-on-year -15.56% +62.28% +38.65%

Software Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Software Test Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Software Test Engineer in the UK excluding London

Software Test Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Test Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Software Test Engineer in the UK excluding London

Software Test Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Test Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Software Test Engineer in the UK excluding London

Software Test Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Software Test Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Software Test Engineer in the UK excluding London

Software Test Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Test Engineer within the UK excluding London 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 +39 5 - - 6
Midlands +5 1 - - 3
East Midlands - 1 - - 2
Software Test Engineer
UK

Software Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 31 October 2024, Software 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 UK excluding London region featuring Software Test Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 5 (83.33%) Software Engineering
3 3 (50.00%) Agile
3 3 (50.00%) Verification and Validation
3 3 (50.00%) JIRA
3 3 (50.00%) Atlassian
3 3 (50.00%) Git
3 3 (50.00%) Confluence
3 3 (50.00%) GoogleTest
3 3 (50.00%) Bitbucket
3 3 (50.00%) Software-Defined Radio
3 3 (50.00%) Robot Framework
3 3 (50.00%) Prototyping
3 3 (50.00%) Google
3 3 (50.00%) Validation
3 3 (50.00%) Scrum
3 3 (50.00%) C++
3 3 (50.00%) HTML
3 3 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 3 (50.00%) CSS
3 3 (50.00%) Linux
3 3 (50.00%) Eclipse
3 3 (50.00%) SNMP
4 2 (33.33%) Firmware
4 2 (33.33%) UML
4 2 (33.33%) SysML
4 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
4 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
4 2 (33.33%) Avionics

Software Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (50.00%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) SNMP
1 3 (50.00%) Software-Defined Radio
Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Bitbucket
1 3 (50.00%) Eclipse
1 3 (50.00%) Git
1 3 (50.00%) GoogleTest
1 3 (50.00%) JIRA
1 3 (50.00%) Robot Framework
General
1 2 (33.33%) Avionics
2 1 (16.67%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (50.00%) CSS
1 3 (50.00%) HTML
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 5 (83.33%) Software Engineering
3 3 (50.00%) Agile
3 3 (50.00%) Prototyping
3 3 (50.00%) Scrum
3 3 (50.00%) Validation
3 3 (50.00%) Verification and Validation
4 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (33.33%) SysML
4 2 (33.33%) UML
5 1 (16.67%) Budget Management
5 1 (16.67%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) C++
1 3 (50.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Atlassian
1 3 (50.00%) Google