Software Test Engineer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Software Test Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Software Test Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £340 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 31 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
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 385 414 502
Rank change year-on-year +29 +88 -77
Contract jobs requiring a Software Test Engineer 14 24 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.067% 0.11% 0.036%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.073% 0.11% 0.038%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 7
10th Percentile - £216 £348
25th Percentile £59 £278 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £340 £325 £450
Median % change year-on-year +4.62% -27.78% +29.50%
75th Percentile £488 £372 £526
90th Percentile £495 £434 £550
UK median daily rate £408 £325 £450
% change year-on-year +25.38% -27.78% +24.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 1
10th Percentile £59.31 £49.75 -
25th Percentile £59.44 £51.25 -
Median hourly rate £60.72 £52.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.66% -12.50% +10.09%
75th Percentile £62.00 £56.25 -
90th Percentile £62.90 £58.50 -
UK median hourly rate £60.72 £52.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year +15.66% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 19,202 21,479 29,126
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.41% 94.24% 95.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,609 14,946 20,475
10th Percentile £213 £225 £205
25th Percentile £363 £390 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +10.47%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,406 1,077 1,407
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.03 £14.91
Median hourly rate £40.00 £43.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +115.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £45.02
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.50 £61.06
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.15
% change year-on-year -16.67% +86.37% +9.75%

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
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Test Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram 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
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 May 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 +18 12 £200 - 4
North of England +25 1 £500 +53.85% 2
North West +19 1 £500 +53.85% 1
East of England -3 1 - - 1
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 May 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 10 (71.43%) Software Engineering
2 9 (64.29%) Software Testing
3 5 (35.71%) Aerospace
3 5 (35.71%) Validation
4 3 (21.43%) SNMP
4 3 (21.43%) C++
4 3 (21.43%) Git
5 2 (14.29%) Eclipse
5 2 (14.29%) GoogleTest
5 2 (14.29%) PowerShell
5 2 (14.29%) Software-Defined Radio
5 2 (14.29%) Robot Framework
5 2 (14.29%) Google
5 2 (14.29%) Linux
5 2 (14.29%) LabVIEW
5 2 (14.29%) Agile
5 2 (14.29%) Prototyping
5 2 (14.29%) Architectural Design
5 2 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (14.29%) Verification and Validation
6 1 (7.14%) Product Ownership
6 1 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (7.14%) Sprint Backlog
6 1 (7.14%) Social Skills
6 1 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (7.14%) CI/CD
6 1 (7.14%) Customer Requirements
6 1 (7.14%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (7.14%) HP ALM
6 1 (7.14%) Data Management

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 1 (7.14%) MTS
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (21.43%) SNMP
2 2 (14.29%) Software-Defined Radio
3 1 (7.14%) RS-232
Development Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Git
2 2 (14.29%) Eclipse
2 2 (14.29%) GoogleTest
2 2 (14.29%) LabVIEW
2 2 (14.29%) Robot Framework
3 1 (7.14%) ClearCase
3 1 (7.14%) ClearQuest
3 1 (7.14%) Octopus Deploy
3 1 (7.14%) Selenium
3 1 (7.14%) TeamCity
General
1 5 (35.71%) Aerospace
2 1 (7.14%) Automotive
2 1 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Electronics
2 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing
2 1 (7.14%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (7.14%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Linux
2 1 (7.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (71.43%) Software Engineering
2 9 (64.29%) Software Testing
3 5 (35.71%) Validation
4 2 (14.29%) Agile
4 2 (14.29%) Architectural Design
4 2 (14.29%) Prototyping
4 2 (14.29%) Verification and Validation
5 1 (7.14%) CI/CD
5 1 (7.14%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (7.14%) Computer Science
5 1 (7.14%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (7.14%) Customer Requirements
5 1 (7.14%) Data Management
5 1 (7.14%) Fintech
5 1 (7.14%) Kanban
5 1 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (7.14%) Sprint Backlog
5 1 (7.14%) Test Automation
5 1 (7.14%) Test Scripting
5 1 (7.14%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) C++
2 2 (14.29%) PowerShell
3 1 (7.14%) Bash
3 1 (7.14%) C
3 1 (7.14%) C#
3 1 (7.14%) Python
3 1 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) Degree
1 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Google
2 1 (7.14%) HP