Test Engineer Contracts with Work from Home Options

Test Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Test Engineer daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 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
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 238 341 414
Rank change year-on-year +103 +73 -83
Contract jobs requiring a Test Engineer 104 116 216
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.70% 0.49% 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.75% 0.51% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 81 162
10th Percentile £350 £325 £350
25th Percentile £375 £413 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.88%
75th Percentile £538 £519 £500
90th Percentile £621 £588 £576
UK median daily rate £450 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +15.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 2
10th Percentile - £45.25 £43.34
25th Percentile £26.88 £51.25 £44.59
Median hourly rate £31.50 £52.50 £47.93
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +9.55% -1.69%
75th Percentile £61.25 £55.00 £50.01
90th Percentile £62.00 £58.00 £50.52
UK median hourly rate £43.64 £52.50 £47.93
% change year-on-year -16.88% +9.55% +7.24%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,801 22,740 41,944
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.53% 95.25% 95.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,306 16,147 30,496
10th Percentile £325 £360 £358
25th Percentile £425 £445 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% +7.14%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 566 528 563
10th Percentile £14.27 £16.98 £14.05
25th Percentile £22.59 £25.00 £19.96
Median hourly rate £43.50 £50.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.00% +25.00% +70.21%
75th Percentile £63.56 £66.05 £59.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.15 £69.75
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

Test Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Test Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Test Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Test Engineer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Test Engineer.

Test Engineer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Test Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Test Engineer over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Test Engineer daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Test Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Test Engineer.

Test Engineer hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Test Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Test Engineer over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Test Engineer hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 12 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 61 (58.65%) Test Automation
2 37 (35.58%) Agile
3 35 (33.65%) Test Scripting
4 32 (30.77%) Security Cleared
5 29 (27.88%) Software Testing
6 26 (25.00%) Python
7 25 (24.04%) DevOps
8 24 (23.08%) Java
9 23 (22.12%) Selenium
10 21 (20.19%) SC Cleared
10 21 (20.19%) Social Skills
11 19 (18.27%) Finance
12 18 (17.31%) JIRA
12 18 (17.31%) SQL
13 17 (16.35%) CI/CD
14 15 (14.42%) Windows
14 15 (14.42%) JMeter
14 15 (14.42%) Performance Testing
14 15 (14.42%) Analytical Skills
15 14 (13.46%) AWS
15 14 (13.46%) JavaScript
16 13 (12.50%) Azure
16 13 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
16 13 (12.50%) SDLC
17 12 (11.54%) Test Strategy
17 12 (11.54%) C#
17 12 (11.54%) Regression Testing
17 12 (11.54%) QA
17 12 (11.54%) Accessibility
18 11 (10.58%) Public Sector

Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 10 (9.62%) Confluence
2 3 (2.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.96%) CMS
3 1 (0.96%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.92%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.96%) MIS ActiveH
2 1 (0.96%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.96%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 14 (13.46%) AWS
2 13 (12.50%) Azure
3 8 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (4.81%) GitHub
5 2 (1.92%) GCP
5 2 (1.92%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 2 (1.92%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 1 (0.96%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 1 (0.96%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.96%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 7 (6.73%) TCP/IP
2 3 (2.88%) DHCP
2 3 (2.88%) DNS
3 2 (1.92%) BGP
3 2 (1.92%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (1.92%) MPLS
3 2 (1.92%) Multicast
3 2 (1.92%) OSPF
4 1 (0.96%) 4G
4 1 (0.96%) 5G
4 1 (0.96%) Modbus
4 1 (0.96%) MQTT
4 1 (0.96%) Network Security
4 1 (0.96%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (1.92%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.96%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.96%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.96%) Power BI
3 1 (0.96%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 23 (22.12%) Selenium
2 18 (17.31%) JIRA
3 15 (14.42%) JMeter
4 11 (10.58%) Jenkins
5 10 (9.62%) Postman
6 9 (8.65%) Git
7 8 (7.69%) Cypress.io
8 6 (5.77%) Bitbucket
9 5 (4.81%) Cucumber
9 5 (4.81%) JUnit
9 5 (4.81%) Visual Studio
10 4 (3.85%) NUnit
11 3 (2.88%) REST Assured
11 3 (2.88%) TestNG
11 3 (2.88%) TestRail
12 2 (1.92%) Appium
12 2 (1.92%) Bitbucket Server
12 2 (1.92%) TeamCity
12 2 (1.92%) TestCafe
12 2 (1.92%) WebDriver
General
1 21 (20.19%) Social Skills
2 19 (18.27%) Finance
3 15 (14.42%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (10.58%) Public Sector
5 8 (7.69%) Telecoms
6 7 (6.73%) Electronics
6 7 (6.73%) Manufacturing
6 7 (6.73%) Marketing
7 6 (5.77%) Banking
8 5 (4.81%) Automotive
8 5 (4.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (3.85%) Aerospace
9 4 (3.85%) Military
10 2 (1.92%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.92%) Retail
11 1 (0.96%) Aviation
11 1 (0.96%) Front Office
11 1 (0.96%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (9.62%) .NET
2 9 (8.65%) Playwright
3 5 (4.81%) REST
4 4 (3.85%) AngularJS
5 3 (2.88%) GraphQL
5 3 (2.88%) SOAP
6 2 (1.92%) Middleware
6 2 (1.92%) Web Services
6 2 (1.92%) WinForms
6 2 (1.92%) WPF
7 1 (0.96%) CSS
7 1 (0.96%) Gherkin
7 1 (0.96%) HTML
7 1 (0.96%) Node.js
7 1 (0.96%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.85%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (2.88%) Algorithms
2 3 (2.88%) PKI
3 2 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (1.92%) Mobile App
4 1 (0.96%) Derivative
4 1 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.96%) Fat Client
4 1 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (0.96%) Machine to Machine
4 1 (0.96%) Mainframe
4 1 (0.96%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.96%) Market Risk
4 1 (0.96%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.96%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 1 (0.96%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 15 (14.42%) Windows
2 7 (6.73%) Linux
3 3 (2.88%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.88%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.96%) Android
4 1 (0.96%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.96%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.96%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (58.65%) Test Automation
2 37 (35.58%) Agile
3 35 (33.65%) Test Scripting
4 29 (27.88%) Software Testing
5 25 (24.04%) DevOps
6 17 (16.35%) CI/CD
7 15 (14.42%) Performance Testing
8 13 (12.50%) SDLC
8 13 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
9 12 (11.54%) Regression Testing
9 12 (11.54%) Test Strategy
10 11 (10.58%) Scenario Testing
10 11 (10.58%) Scrum
11 10 (9.62%) API Testing
11 10 (9.62%) BDD
11 10 (9.62%) Manual Testing
12 9 (8.65%) Non-Functional Testing
12 9 (8.65%) Problem-Solving
13 8 (7.69%) Unit Testing
14 7 (6.73%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 26 (25.00%) Python
2 24 (23.08%) Java
3 18 (17.31%) SQL
4 14 (13.46%) JavaScript
5 12 (11.54%) C#
6 6 (5.77%) Bash
6 6 (5.77%) PowerShell
7 4 (3.85%) C
7 4 (3.85%) TypeScript
8 3 (2.88%) C++
8 3 (2.88%) Shell Script
9 2 (1.92%) Ruby
9 2 (1.92%) VB
9 2 (1.92%) VB6
10 1 (0.96%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.96%) Perl
10 1 (0.96%) PHP
10 1 (0.96%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 32 (30.77%) Security Cleared
2 21 (20.19%) SC Cleared
3 8 (7.69%) DV Cleared
3 8 (7.69%) ISTQB
4 4 (3.85%) Degree
5 3 (2.88%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (2.88%) ISEB
5 3 (2.88%) MCSA
5 3 (2.88%) MCSE
5 3 (2.88%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (2.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (1.92%) CCIE
6 2 (1.92%) CCNP
6 2 (1.92%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.96%) CEH
7 1 (0.96%) CISM
7 1 (0.96%) CISSP
7 1 (0.96%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.96%) HNC
7 1 (0.96%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (11.54%) Accessibility
1 12 (11.54%) QA
2 2 (1.92%) PCI DSS
2 2 (1.92%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (5.77%) Docker
2 4 (3.85%) VMware ESXi
2 4 (3.85%) VMware NSX
2 4 (3.85%) vSphere
3 3 (2.88%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.96%) iptables
4 1 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (5.77%) Ansible
1 6 (5.77%) Terraform
2 3 (2.88%) Grafana
3 2 (1.92%) Kibana
3 2 (1.92%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.92%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.96%) Docker Swarm
4 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.96%) Opsgenie
4 1 (0.96%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (7.69%) SAP
2 6 (5.77%) Microsoft
3 4 (3.85%) Atlassian
3 4 (3.85%) Oracle
4 3 (2.88%) VMware
5 2 (1.92%) Cisco
5 2 (1.92%) Dynatrace
5 2 (1.92%) IBM
5 2 (1.92%) IBM Sterling
5 2 (1.92%) Infragistics
5 2 (1.92%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.92%) Siemens
6 1 (0.96%) NEC
6 1 (0.96%) PagerDuty
6 1 (0.96%) Splunk