Test Automation Contracts in Essex

Automated Testing
East of England > Essex

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Essex 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 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 32 24
Rank change year-on-year +2 -8 +13
Contract jobs citing Test Automation 4 5 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex 1.76% 2.01% 8.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.16% 2.43% 9.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 20
10th Percentile - - £412
25th Percentile £485 £525 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £539 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.63% +2.76% +16.56%
75th Percentile £525 £554 £598
90th Percentile £570 - £599
East of England median daily rate £498 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -0.50% +5.26% +11.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Essex

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 Essex with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 185 206 359
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 81.50% 82.73% 89.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 132 225
10th Percentile £243 £184 £203
25th Percentile £350 £259 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £495
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -9.09% +13.14%
75th Percentile £563 £538 £575
90th Percentile £600 £625 £631
East of England median daily rate £475 £475 £465
% change year-on-year - +2.15% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 15 34
10th Percentile £10.42 £21.78 £15.06
25th Percentile £15.36 £24.62 £18.55
Median hourly rate £55.00 £43.00 £26.49
Median % change year-on-year +27.91% +62.33% +26.14%
75th Percentile £80.00 £60.63 £42.20
90th Percentile - £67.55 £68.79
East of England median hourly rate £39.50 £25.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year +58.00% +61.29% -5.62%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in Essex

Test Automation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Essex

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

Daily rate trend for Test Automation in Essex

Test Automation
Daily Rate Histogram in Essex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Automation in Essex over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Test Automation in Essex

Test Automation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Automation in Essex

Test Automation
Contract Job Locations in Essex

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 Essex region over the 6 months to 19 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
Basildon - 1 £500 - 1
Test Automation
East of England

Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) GCP
1 4 (100.00%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Git
1 4 (100.00%) Jenkins
General
1 3 (75.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Developer
1 4 (100.00%) Software Developer
2 3 (75.00%) Developer/Software Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
2 3 (75.00%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
2 3 (75.00%) Software Engineer
3 2 (50.00%) E-Commerce Developer
3 2 (50.00%) E-Commerce Engineer
3 2 (50.00%) GCP Developer
3 2 (50.00%) GCP Engineer
3 2 (50.00%) GCP Software Engineer
3 2 (50.00%) JavaScript Developer
3 2 (50.00%) JavaScript Engineer
4 1 (25.00%) Front-End Java Developer (Client-Side Java Developer)
4 1 (25.00%) Java Developer
4 1 (25.00%) Java Engineer
4 1 (25.00%) Java Software Developer
4 1 (25.00%) Java Software Engineer
4 1 (25.00%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) React
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 4 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 4 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 4 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 4 (100.00%) Pair Programming
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) TDD
2 3 (75.00%) B2B
2 3 (75.00%) B2C
3 1 (25.00%) Mob Programming
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Bash
1 4 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 4 (100.00%) TypeScript
2 1 (25.00%) Java
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) zsh
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Google