Lead Test Engineer
UK
The median Lead Test Engineer daily rate in the UK is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 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 20 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 570 | 672 | 832 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +102 | +160 | -133 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Lead Test Engineer | 9 | 22 | 31 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.021% | 0.038% | 0.035% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.023% | 0.041% | 0.037% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 19 | 11 |
| 10th Percentile | £470 | £510 | £500 |
| 25th Percentile | £481 | £538 | £514 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £628 | £565 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.32% | +11.06% | -1.74% |
| 75th Percentile | £540 | £749 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £564 | £823 | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £500 | £512 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.00% | -2.25% | +10.59% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 10th Percentile | £35.68 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £36.70 | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £41.27 | - | £56.00 |
| 75th Percentile | £44.13 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £56.10 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £41.27 | - | £56.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +12.00% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title | 39,468 | 54,175 | 84,246 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.79% | 94.61% | 95.40% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25,716 | 37,826 | 59,224 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £410 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £543 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.23% | +3.33% | +8.47% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £489 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.20% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,674 | 1,504 | 2,051 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.83 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.06 | £15.82 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.50 | £45.00 | £23.91 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.89% | +88.21% | +6.27% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.30 | £65.75 | £49.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.90 | £76.00 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.50 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.88% | +112.50% | +4.19% |
Lead Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Lead Test Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Lead Test Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Lead Test Engineer.
Lead Test Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Lead Test Engineer.
Lead Test Engineer
Top 9 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Test Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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 |
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| England | +101 | 8 | £500 | -20.32% | 17 |
| UK excluding London | +54 | 6 | £475 | -5.00% | 15 |
| Work from Home | +117 | 4 | £528 | -4.09% | 8 |
| London | +86 | 3 | £540 | -13.94% | 2 |
| North of England | +31 | 2 | £475 | - | 2 |
| East of England | - | 2 | - | - | 5 |
| North West | - | 2 | £475 | - | 1 |
| South East | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Scotland | - | 1 | - | - |
Lead Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, Lead 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 featuring Lead Test Engineer in the job title.
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Lead Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: