Test Engineer Contracts in the West Midlands

Test Engineer
England > West Midlands

The median Test Engineer daily rate in the West Midlands is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 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
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 112 126 165
Rank change year-on-year +14 +39 -41
Contract jobs requiring a Test Engineer 1 4 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.050% 0.18% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.054% 0.19% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £381
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% +18.11% +52.40%
75th Percentile £538 - £435
90th Percentile - - £460
England median daily rate £450 £515 £475
% change year-on-year -12.62% +8.42% +15.15%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,850 2,088 3,441
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.58% 94.39% 96.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,249 1,422 2,487
10th Percentile £250 £263 £230
25th Percentile £363 £388 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +2.56% +14.71%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 144 62 67
10th Percentile £12.16 £12.50 £12.60
25th Percentile £14.90 £14.63 £14.75
Median hourly rate £19.77 £20.25 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.37% +15.71% +16.67%
75th Percentile £40.13 £28.56 £20.00
90th Percentile £55.88 £57.13 £24.05
England median hourly rate £38.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -14.44% +87.50% +14.01%

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings that featured Test Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Test Engineer in the West Midlands

Test Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Engineer in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Test Engineer in the West Midlands

Test Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Engineer in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Test Engineer in the West Midlands

Test Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Engineer within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 10 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
Warwickshire -5 1 £525 - 2
Test Engineer
England

Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 10 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 10 June 2024, 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 West Midlands region featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) TestRail
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline

Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) TestRail
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) REST
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA