Test Technician
UK
The median Test Technician daily rate in the UK is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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 18 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 524 | 685 | 841 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +161 | +156 | -126 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Test Technician | 47 | 2 | 3 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.11% | 0.004% | 0.003% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.12% | 0.004% | 0.004% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £475 | - | £263 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | - | £275 |
| 75th Percentile | £525 | - | £288 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | - | £275 |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 28 | 2 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.88 | £19.25 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £17.00 | £20.75 | - |
| Median hourly rate | £25.00 | £25.50 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.96% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £27.86 | £30.25 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £29.00 | £31.75 | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £25.00 | £25.50 | - |
| % change year-on-year | -1.96% | - | - |
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 | 39,507 | 53,867 | 83,506 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.79% | 94.60% | 95.39% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25,718 | 37,620 | 58,687 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £410 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £544 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.40% | +3.52% | +9.38% |
| 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 | 2,672 | 1,498 | 2,036 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.82 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.29 | £19.13 | £15.75 |
| 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% | +5.26% |
Test Technician
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Test Technician in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Test Technician
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Technician.
Test Technician
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Technician.
Test Technician
Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Test Technician over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.
Test Technician
Top 12 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Technician within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK excluding London | +104 | 47 | £500 | - | 59 |
| England | +145 | 38 | £500 | - | 57 |
| South East | +47 | 15 | £500 | - | 25 |
| East of England | - | 14 | - | - | 10 |
| Wales | - | 7 | - | - | 5 |
| Midlands | - | 6 | - | - | 10 |
| West Midlands | - | 5 | - | - | 5 |
| North of England | +35 | 3 | - | - | 6 |
| North East | - | 2 | - | - | 1 |
| Scotland | - | 2 | - | - | 3 |
| East Midlands | - | 1 | - | - | 5 |
| North West | - | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Test Technician Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, Test Technician 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 Test Technician in the job title.
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Test Technician 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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