Automation Test Lead Contracts in the City of London

Test Automation Leader
Central London > City of London

The median Test Automation Leader daily rate in the City of London is £604, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 November 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
14 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 123 146 196
Rank change year-on-year +23 +50 -19
Contract jobs requiring an Automation Test Lead 4 4 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.19% 0.14% 0.045%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.15% 0.047%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £434 £536
25th Percentile - £458 £572
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £604 £519 £638
Median % change year-on-year +16.43% -18.63% +34.21%
75th Percentile - £583 £697
90th Percentile - £608 £729
Central London median daily rate £604 £519 £638
% change year-on-year +16.43% -18.63% +34.21%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of London. 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 City of London with a recognized job title 1,978 2,612 4,256
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.17% 94.06% 94.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,214 1,841 2,835
10th Percentile £363 £350 £356
25th Percentile £463 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.55%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £800 £792
Central London median daily rate £575 £575 £575
% change year-on-year - - +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 15 55
10th Percentile £15.95 £17.00 £15.75
25th Percentile £28.06 £17.97 £18.75
Median hourly rate £67.50 £38.00 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year +77.63% -9.52% +29.63%
75th Percentile £112.00 £50.63 £58.13
90th Percentile £137.50 £71.75 £78.75
Central London median hourly rate £35.00 £38.00 £40.50
% change year-on-year -7.89% -6.17% +20.90%

Automation Test Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings that featured Automation Test Lead in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Automation Test Lead in the City of London

Automation Test Lead
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Automation Test Lead in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Automation Test Lead in the City of London

Automation Test Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 14 November 2024, Automation Test Lead 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 City of London region featuring Automation Test Lead in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 4 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) OpenAI
2 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (50.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 2 (50.00%) NeoLoad
2 2 (50.00%) DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) System Integration Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Defect Management
2 2 (50.00%) iManage
2 2 (50.00%) CA Agile Central
2 2 (50.00%) Tricentis Tosca
2 2 (50.00%) Intapp
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Sprint Planning
2 2 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 2 (50.00%) Playwright
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) QA
2 2 (50.00%) Selenium
2 2 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Test Management
2 2 (50.00%) C#
2 2 (50.00%) Python

Automation Test Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) Tricentis Tosca
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) LoadRunner
1 2 (50.00%) NeoLoad
1 2 (50.00%) Selenium
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) Playwright
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 4 (100.00%) Test Strategy
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Defect Management
2 2 (50.00%) DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) Regression Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (50.00%) Sprint Planning
2 2 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 2 (50.00%) System Integration Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Test Management
2 2 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) C#
1 2 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) CA Agile Central
1 2 (50.00%) iManage
1 2 (50.00%) Intapp
1 2 (50.00%) OpenAI
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft