Test Automation Contracts in Cumbria

Automated Testing
North West > Cumbria

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cumbria with a requirement for Test Automation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Test Automation over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 40 - 15
Rank change year-on-year - - +5
Contract jobs citing Test Automation 1 0 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cumbria 0.39% - 7.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% - 10.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £475
75th Percentile - - £488
90th Percentile - - £525
North West median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £61.00
25th Percentile - - £62.50
Median hourly rate - - £65.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £61.25 £42.37 £65.00
% change year-on-year +44.58% -34.82% +188.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cumbria

Test Automation is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Cumbria with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 245 49 77
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria 95.33% 89.09% 75.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 26 45
10th Percentile £438 £350 £290
25th Percentile £493 £413 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £527 £438 £475
Median % change year-on-year +20.26% -7.79% +35.71%
75th Percentile £666 £488 £540
90th Percentile £725 £600 £575
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 9 22
10th Percentile - £23.07 £19.92
25th Percentile £10.95 £30.74 £29.07
Median hourly rate £13.00 £55.25 £48.52
Median % change year-on-year -76.47% +13.88% +83.11%
75th Percentile £44.74 £60.41 £57.52
90th Percentile £51.91 £83.40 £64.50
North West median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -40.00% +66.67% +15.21%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

Job postings citing Test Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cumbria.

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in Cumbria

Test Automation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Automation in Cumbria.

Daily rate trend for Test Automation in Cumbria

Test Automation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cumbria

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Automation in Cumbria.

Hourly rate trend for Test Automation in Cumbria

Test Automation
Contract Job Locations in Cumbria

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 Cumbria region over the 6 months to 24 April 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
Kendal - 1 - -
Test Automation
North West

Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cumbria 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) TestComplete
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Tester
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) OOP
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Delphi
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) VBScript