Systems Test Engineer Contracts in the UK excluding London

System Test Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median System Test Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £350, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 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
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 387 428 476
Rank change year-on-year +41 +48 -39
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Test Engineer 14 2 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.066% 0.009% 0.092%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.071% 0.009% 0.096%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 18
10th Percentile £59 - £256
25th Percentile £167 £563 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £575 £420
Median % change year-on-year -39.13% +36.90% -
75th Percentile - £588 £525
90th Percentile £394 - £625
UK median daily rate £350 £575 £420
% change year-on-year -39.13% +36.90% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 8
10th Percentile £43.88 - -
25th Percentile £59.11 £41.25 £17.00
Median hourly rate £59.44 £42.50 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +39.86% +123.68% -52.50%
75th Percentile - £43.75 £45.31
90th Percentile £62.22 - £53.75
UK median hourly rate £59.44 £42.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year +39.86% +123.68% -52.50%

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 19,709 21,379 29,050
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.42% 94.21% 95.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,751 14,853 20,421
10th Percentile £213 £225 £208
25th Percentile £363 £388 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £593 £600 £575
90th Percentile £680 £688 £656
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,515 1,090 1,383
10th Percentile £12.63 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.92 £18.08 £15.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%
75th Percentile £62.83 £65.00 £47.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.68 £62.45
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

Systems Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

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

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

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

Systems Test Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Systems Test Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Systems Test Engineer in the UK excluding London

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

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

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

Systems Test Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Systems Test Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

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

Systems 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 Systems Test Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 June 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 - 12 £350 - 3
East of England - 1 - - 1
South West - 1 - - 3
Systems Test Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 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 UK excluding London region featuring Systems Test Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 6 (42.86%) Degree
3 5 (35.71%) JIRA
4 4 (28.57%) ISTQB
4 4 (28.57%) Project Planning
4 4 (28.57%) Test Automation
4 4 (28.57%) Confluence
4 4 (28.57%) SDLC
4 4 (28.57%) TestRail
4 4 (28.57%) Exploratory Testing
4 4 (28.57%) Master's Degree
4 4 (28.57%) Functional Testing
4 4 (28.57%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 4 (28.57%) QA
4 4 (28.57%) End-to-End Testing
4 4 (28.57%) Agile
4 4 (28.57%) TDD
4 4 (28.57%) Automotive
4 4 (28.57%) Scrum
4 4 (28.57%) TCP/IP
4 4 (28.57%) Shell Script
4 4 (28.57%) SQL
4 4 (28.57%) HNC
4 4 (28.57%) Unix
4 4 (28.57%) Linux
5 3 (21.43%) Software Testing
6 2 (14.29%) Computer Science
6 2 (14.29%) Architectural Design
6 2 (14.29%) LabVIEW
6 2 (14.29%) Aerospace

Systems 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 4 (28.57%) Confluence
2 1 (7.14%) MTS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (28.57%) TCP/IP
2 1 (7.14%) Broadband
2 1 (7.14%) HbbTV
2 1 (7.14%) RS-232
2 1 (7.14%) SNMP
Development Applications
1 5 (35.71%) JIRA
2 4 (28.57%) TestRail
3 2 (14.29%) LabVIEW
General
1 4 (28.57%) Automotive
2 2 (14.29%) Aerospace
3 1 (7.14%) Electronics
3 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing
3 1 (7.14%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (28.57%) Linux
1 4 (28.57%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (28.57%) Agile
2 4 (28.57%) End-to-End Testing
2 4 (28.57%) Exploratory Testing
2 4 (28.57%) Functional Testing
2 4 (28.57%) Project Planning
2 4 (28.57%) Scrum
2 4 (28.57%) SDLC
2 4 (28.57%) TDD
2 4 (28.57%) Test Automation
3 3 (21.43%) Software Testing
4 2 (14.29%) Architectural Design
4 2 (14.29%) Computer Science
5 1 (7.14%) Change Management
5 1 (7.14%) Customer Requirements
5 1 (7.14%) Data Management
5 1 (7.14%) FMEA
5 1 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (7.14%) Software Delivery
5 1 (7.14%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) Shell Script
1 4 (28.57%) SQL
2 1 (7.14%) C
2 1 (7.14%) C++
2 1 (7.14%) MATLAB
2 1 (7.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) Degree
2 4 (28.57%) HNC
2 4 (28.57%) ISTQB
2 4 (28.57%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 4 (28.57%) Master's Degree
3 1 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (28.57%) QA