Test Automation Contracts in the East of England

Automated Testing
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England requiring Test Automation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Test Automation over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 81 36 82
Rank change year-on-year -45 +46 -30
Contract jobs citing Test Automation 32 90 68
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 1.63% 4.62% 2.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.95% 5.29% 3.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 46 43
10th Percentile £415 £310 £402
25th Percentile £448 £425 £427
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% +4.17% +28.00%
75th Percentile £525 £570 £581
90th Percentile £539 £700 £678
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 26 1
10th Percentile £51.25 £47.50 -
25th Percentile £52.50 £52.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate £62.50 £77.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.83% +71.11% +15.38%
75th Percentile £90.00 £90.00 £47.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £60.00 £70.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -14.89% +17.50% +31.87%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

Test Automation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,639 1,700 2,261
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 83.67% 87.31% 88.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 658 1,011 1,311
10th Percentile £200 £208 £195
25th Percentile £313 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £441 £480 £475
Median % change year-on-year -8.13% +1.05% +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £587
90th Percentile £671 £704 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 616 320 379
10th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.62 £14.25 £13.41
Median hourly rate £40.00 £21.26 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +88.15% +21.49% +9.38%
75th Percentile £62.50 £63.75 £47.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £60.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Test Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in the East of England

Test Automation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Automation in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Test Automation in the East of England

Test Automation
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Automation in the East of England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Test Automation in the East of England

Test Automation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Automation in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Test Automation in the East of England

Test Automation
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Test Automation in the East of England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Test Automation in the East of England

Test Automation
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Automation within the East of England region over the 6 months to 12 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
Cambridgeshire -18 21 £498 +10.56% 33
Hertfordshire -15 8 £420 -37.78% 8
Essex +1 2 £485 +10.86% 4
Bedfordshire -14 1 £550 +10.00% 2
Test Automation
England

Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 6 (18.75%) Alfresco
1 6 (18.75%) Appian
1 6 (18.75%) Camunda
2 2 (6.25%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (15.63%) Simulink
1 5 (15.63%) Stateflow
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.25%) GCP
1 2 (6.25%) GitHub
2 1 (3.13%) Azure
2 1 (3.13%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.13%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 11 (34.38%) Git
2 6 (18.75%) Rational DOORS
3 4 (12.50%) Mercurial
4 3 (9.38%) Jenkins
4 3 (9.38%) JIRA
5 1 (3.13%) ClearCase
5 1 (3.13%) Gerrit
5 1 (3.13%) Katalon Studio
General
1 6 (18.75%) Social Skills
2 5 (15.63%) Automotive
3 4 (12.50%) Legal
3 4 (12.50%) Multimedia
4 3 (9.38%) Electronics
4 3 (9.38%) Manufacturing
4 3 (9.38%) Wearables
5 2 (6.25%) Games
6 1 (3.13%) Retail
6 1 (3.13%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (43.75%) Software Engineer
2 7 (21.88%) Embedded Engineer
2 7 (21.88%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 6 (18.75%) C Software Engineer
3 6 (18.75%) Embedded C Engineer
3 6 (18.75%) Embedded C Software Engineer
4 3 (9.38%) Data Engineer
4 3 (9.38%) Design Engineer
4 3 (9.38%) IC Design Engineer
4 3 (9.38%) Machine Learning Engineer
5 2 (6.25%) Consultant
5 2 (6.25%) Developer
5 2 (6.25%) Developer/Software Engineer
5 2 (6.25%) Digital Design Engineer
5 2 (6.25%) Digital IC Design Engineer
5 2 (6.25%) Digital IC Engineer
5 2 (6.25%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 2 (6.25%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
5 2 (6.25%) Scrum Master
5 2 (6.25%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (18.75%) Drools
1 6 (18.75%) jBPM
1 6 (18.75%) JSON
1 6 (18.75%) React
2 4 (12.50%) NumPy
2 4 (12.50%) Pandas
2 4 (12.50%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.75%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (15.63%) Algorithms
2 5 (15.63%) Low-Code
3 4 (12.50%) Social Media
4 3 (9.38%) Augmented Reality
4 3 (9.38%) Smartphone
4 3 (9.38%) Verilog
4 3 (9.38%) Virtual Reality
5 2 (6.25%) ASIC
6 1 (3.13%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.50%) Linux
1 4 (12.50%) Windows
2 1 (3.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (3.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (56.25%) Software Engineering
2 14 (43.75%) Validation
3 10 (31.25%) Computer Science
3 10 (31.25%) Verification and Validation
4 9 (28.13%) Continuous Integration
5 7 (21.88%) Test Scripting
6 6 (18.75%) BPMN
6 6 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (18.75%) Workflow
7 5 (15.63%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
7 5 (15.63%) Mentoring
8 4 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
8 4 (12.50%) Code Quality
8 4 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
8 4 (12.50%) Data Collection
8 4 (12.50%) Data Pipeline
8 4 (12.50%) Machine Learning
8 4 (12.50%) Signal Processing
8 4 (12.50%) TDD
9 3 (9.38%) Electronic Design Automation
Programming Languages
1 9 (28.13%) Python
2 7 (21.88%) Java
3 6 (18.75%) Bash
3 6 (18.75%) C
3 6 (18.75%) Embedded C
3 6 (18.75%) JavaScript
4 5 (15.63%) MATLAB
5 4 (12.50%) C#
5 4 (12.50%) C++
5 4 (12.50%) Embedded C++
6 3 (9.38%) SystemVerilog
6 3 (9.38%) Tcl
7 2 (6.25%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 7 (21.88%) Degree
2 6 (18.75%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (6.25%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.25%) JTAG
2 1 (3.13%) QA
System Software
1 3 (9.38%) Embedded Firmware
1 3 (9.38%) Firmware
2 2 (6.25%) zsh
Systems Management
1 1 (3.13%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 6 (18.75%) Pega
2 3 (9.38%) Microsoft
3 2 (6.25%) Atlassian
3 2 (6.25%) Google
3 2 (6.25%) Siemens
4 1 (3.13%) Cadence
4 1 (3.13%) Databricks
4 1 (3.13%) MathWorks
4 1 (3.13%) Mentor Graphics
4 1 (3.13%) Red Hat