Senior Test Engineer
UK
The median Senior Test Engineer daily rate in the UK is £456 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 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 11 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 537 | 669 | 803 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +132 | +134 | -118 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Senior Test Engineer | 53 | 30 | 41 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.12% | 0.052% | 0.047% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.13% | 0.055% | 0.049% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 38 | 22 | 24 |
| 10th Percentile | £365 | £441 | £336 |
| 25th Percentile | £403 | £466 | £376 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £456 | £533 | £433 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -14.32% | +23.12% | -2.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £590 | £584 | £503 |
| 90th Percentile | £608 | £618 | £568 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £550 | £380 |
| % change year-on-year | -13.64% | +44.74% | -15.56% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £59.50 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £60.63 | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £63.75 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £64.50 | - | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | - | - |
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 | 39,895 | 54,705 | 83,445 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.77% | 94.63% | 95.43% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25,959 | 38,196 | 58,620 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £410 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | +2.86% | +10.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,673 | 1,532 | 2,041 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.06 | £15.75 |
| Median hourly rate | £37.50 | £45.00 | £23.91 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.67% | +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 | £42.43 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.73% | +112.16% | +5.26% |
Senior Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Senior Test Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Senior Test Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior Test Engineer.
Senior Test Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Test Engineer over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.
Senior Test Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Senior Test Engineer.
Senior 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 Senior Test Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 11 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 | +136 | 53 | £456 | -17.05% | 30 |
| UK excluding London | +79 | 43 | £475 | -13.64% | 26 |
| Work from Home | +136 | 27 | £450 | -8.63% | 10 |
| North of England | +50 | 21 | £425 | -10.53% | 5 |
| North West | +29 | 15 | £450 | -8.86% | 4 |
| South West | +21 | 15 | £595 | +8.18% | 1 |
| London | +99 | 8 | £365 | -36.52% | 3 |
| South East | +22 | 7 | - | - | 11 |
| Yorkshire | +21 | 6 | £413 | -10.81% | 1 |
Senior Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 11 May 2024, Senior 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 Senior Test Engineer in the job title.
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Senior 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:
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