Test Automation Specialist Contracts in England

Automation Test Specialist
UK > England

The median Automation Test Specialist daily rate in England is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 541 656 760
Rank change year-on-year +115 +104 -154
Contract jobs requiring a Test Automation Specialist 4 3 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.011% 0.006% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% 0.006% 0.010%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile £456 - £431
25th Percentile £463 £369 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £388 £483
Median % change year-on-year +22.58% -19.69% +4.32%
75th Percentile £488 £406 £499
90th Percentile £494 - £500
UK median daily rate £475 £388 £500
% change year-on-year +22.58% -22.50% +8.11%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,467 47,939 67,846
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.73% 94.60% 95.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,885 33,999 48,181
10th Percentile £275 £310 £313
25th Percentile £411 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £640 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,421 1,437 1,912
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.28 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.96 £44.53 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% +97.91% +0.36%
75th Percentile £60.25 £65.75 £48.62
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.35 £62.24
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.09% +95.65% +0.24%

Test Automation Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Test Automation Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation Specialist in England

Test Automation Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Test Automation Specialist in England

Test Automation Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Automation Specialist in England

Test Automation Specialist
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Automation Specialist within the England region over the 6 months to 26 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
London +111 2 £498 +28.39% 1
East Midlands - 1 £453 -
Midlands - 1 £453 -
South East - 1 - -
Test Automation Specialist
UK

Test Automation Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Test Automation Specialist 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 England region featuring Test Automation Specialist in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (75.00%) Java
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) JMeter
3 2 (50.00%) Gherkin
3 2 (50.00%) QA
3 2 (50.00%) Selenium
3 2 (50.00%) Test Management
3 2 (50.00%) Test Scripting
3 2 (50.00%) JUnit
3 2 (50.00%) Cucumber
3 2 (50.00%) REST
3 2 (50.00%) Docker
3 2 (50.00%) Test Planning
3 2 (50.00%) GitLab
3 2 (50.00%) API Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Task Automation
3 2 (50.00%) Jest
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) REST Assured
4 1 (25.00%) Clean Code
4 1 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (25.00%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (25.00%) Containerisation
4 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
4 1 (25.00%) Defect Management
4 1 (25.00%) Scenario Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
4 1 (25.00%) Waterfall

Test Automation Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) JMeter
2 2 (50.00%) Cucumber
2 2 (50.00%) GitLab
2 2 (50.00%) JUnit
2 2 (50.00%) Selenium
3 1 (25.00%) Git
3 1 (25.00%) JIRA
3 1 (25.00%) REST Assured
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) Gherkin
1 2 (50.00%) Jest
1 2 (50.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (50.00%) API Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Task Automation
2 2 (50.00%) Test Management
2 2 (50.00%) Test Planning
2 2 (50.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Clean Code
3 1 (25.00%) Containerisation
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (25.00%) Defect Management
3 1 (25.00%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (25.00%) Manual Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Regression Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Scenario Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Docker