Test and Integration Engineer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Test and Integration Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Test and Integration Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £538 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 364 444 485
Rank change year-on-year +80 +41 -64
Contract jobs requiring a Test and Integration Engineer 30 7 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.15% 0.030% 0.072%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.032% 0.076%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 2 7
10th Percentile - £477 £365
25th Percentile £519 £491 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £530 £400
Median % change year-on-year +1.42% +32.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £625 £566 £469
90th Percentile - £579 £543
UK median daily rate £538 £530 £400
% change year-on-year +1.42% +32.50% -17.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile £30.68 - -
25th Percentile £33.57 £67.50 £51.25
Median hourly rate £41.27 £75.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -44.98% +42.86% -
75th Percentile £44.13 £82.50 £53.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £41.27 £75.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -44.98% +42.86% -

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 18,943 22,066 29,076
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.50% 94.30% 95.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,549 15,423 20,326
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,262 1,138 1,451
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.08 £14.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.00 £43.99
90th Percentile £73.98 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £37.34 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -17.02% +88.21% +6.27%

Test and Integration Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Test and Integration Engineer in the UK excluding London

Test and Integration Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Test and Integration Engineer in the UK excluding London

Test and Integration Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test and Integration Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Test and Integration Engineer in the UK excluding London

Test and Integration Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Test and Integration Engineer in the UK excluding London

Test and Integration 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 Test and Integration Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 10 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 West +26 13 £538 - 4
South East +32 12 £538 +10.82% 4
East of England - 5 - - 1
Test and Integration Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, Test and Integration 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 Test and Integration Engineer in the job title.

1 24 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 23 (76.67%) Social Skills
3 22 (73.33%) Confluence
3 22 (73.33%) JIRA
3 22 (73.33%) Windows
4 20 (66.67%) Military
4 20 (66.67%) SC Cleared
5 18 (60.00%) Test Scripting
5 18 (60.00%) Agile
5 18 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (56.67%) Windows Server
6 17 (56.67%) PKI
7 16 (53.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 16 (53.33%) VMware Infrastructure
7 16 (53.33%) VMware
7 16 (53.33%) Regression Testing
7 16 (53.33%) SQL
7 16 (53.33%) MCSE
7 16 (53.33%) MCSA
7 16 (53.33%) Microsoft Exchange
7 16 (53.33%) DHCP
7 16 (53.33%) DNS
7 16 (53.33%) Microsoft
7 16 (53.33%) Active Directory
7 16 (53.33%) Microsoft Certification
7 16 (53.33%) Windows Server 2012
7 16 (53.33%) Critical Thinking
8 5 (16.67%) Python
8 5 (16.67%) Linux
9 4 (13.33%) C

Test and Integration 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 22 (73.33%) Confluence
2 16 (53.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 16 (53.33%) DHCP
1 16 (53.33%) DNS
2 4 (13.33%) TCP/IP
3 2 (6.67%) 4G
3 2 (6.67%) 5G
4 1 (3.33%) Firewall
4 1 (3.33%) Network Security
4 1 (3.33%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 22 (73.33%) JIRA
2 4 (13.33%) Bitbucket
General
1 23 (76.67%) Social Skills
2 20 (66.67%) Military
3 18 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.67%) Automotive
5 1 (3.33%) Aerospace
5 1 (3.33%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 17 (56.67%) PKI
2 2 (6.67%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 22 (73.33%) Windows
2 17 (56.67%) Windows Server
3 16 (53.33%) Windows Server 2012
4 5 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (60.00%) Agile
1 18 (60.00%) Test Scripting
2 16 (53.33%) Critical Thinking
2 16 (53.33%) Regression Testing
3 4 (13.33%) Requirements Analysis
3 4 (13.33%) Validation
4 3 (10.00%) Integration Testing
4 3 (10.00%) System Testing
5 2 (6.67%) Business Strategy
5 2 (6.67%) Commercial Awareness
5 2 (6.67%) End-to-End Testing
5 2 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (6.67%) Software Testing
5 2 (6.67%) System Integration Testing
5 2 (6.67%) Systems Engineering
5 2 (6.67%) Technical Leadership
5 2 (6.67%) Waterfall
6 1 (3.33%) FMEA
6 1 (3.33%) Network Management
6 1 (3.33%) Security Hardening
Programming Languages
1 16 (53.33%) SQL
2 5 (16.67%) Python
3 4 (13.33%) Bash
3 4 (13.33%) C
3 4 (13.33%) PowerShell
4 1 (3.33%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 24 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 20 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 16 (53.33%) MCSA
3 16 (53.33%) MCSE
3 16 (53.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 16 (53.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 4 (13.33%) DV Cleared
5 2 (6.67%) Degree
5 2 (6.67%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.67%) Def Stans
2 1 (3.33%) NCSC
System Software
1 16 (53.33%) Active Directory
1 16 (53.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (13.33%) VMware ESXi
2 4 (13.33%) VMware NSX
2 4 (13.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (13.33%) Ansible
1 4 (13.33%) Terraform
2 1 (3.33%) Check_MK
Vendors
1 16 (53.33%) Microsoft
1 16 (53.33%) VMware
2 4 (13.33%) Atlassian
3 1 (3.33%) Cisco
3 1 (3.33%) Fortinet
3 1 (3.33%) Juniper
3 1 (3.33%) Splunk