Test Automation Contracts in Hertfordshire

Automated Testing
East of England > Hertfordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 60 44 56
Rank change year-on-year -16 +12 -10
Contract jobs citing Test Automation 12 30 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 1.45% 3.70% 2.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.60% 4.27% 2.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 9 6
10th Percentile - £453 £419
25th Percentile - £506 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £650 £500
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +30.00% +0.40%
75th Percentile - £700 £684
90th Percentile - £780 £738
East of England median daily rate £498 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -0.50% +5.26% +13.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 17 3
10th Percentile - £39.68 -
25th Percentile - £57.00 £47.75
Median hourly rate £90.00 £77.00 £48.50
Median % change year-on-year +16.88% +58.76% -
75th Percentile - £87.50 £49.38
90th Percentile - £90.00 £49.45
East of England median hourly rate £90.00 £62.50 £48.50
% change year-on-year +44.00% +28.87% +46.97%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 748 703 683
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 90.45% 86.68% 87.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 279 374 404
10th Percentile £235 £240 £202
25th Percentile £315 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £600 £675 £625
90th Percentile £703 £768 £688
East of England median daily rate £470 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -1.05% - +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 309 156 81
10th Percentile £38.12 £21.00 £21.00
25th Percentile £40.00 £53.69 £39.55
Median hourly rate £50.00 £65.00 £50.85
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +27.83% +13.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.25 -
East of England median hourly rate £40.00 £24.62 £15.50
% change year-on-year +62.47% +58.84% -13.58%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in Hertfordshire

Test Automation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Test Automation in Hertfordshire

Test Automation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Automation in Hertfordshire

Test Automation
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 28 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
Stevenage -15 10 - - 5
Test Automation
East of England

Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) DNS
1 1 (8.33%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (83.33%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (8.33%) JIRA
2 1 (8.33%) Katalon Studio
General
1 1 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (83.33%) C Software Engineer
1 10 (83.33%) Embedded C Engineer
1 10 (83.33%) Embedded C Software Engineer
1 10 (83.33%) Embedded Engineer
1 10 (83.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 10 (83.33%) Software Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Automation Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Java Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Lead
2 1 (8.33%) Python Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) QA Automation Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) QA Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) Problem-Solving
1 10 (83.33%) Software Engineering
1 10 (83.33%) Test Scripting
1 10 (83.33%) Validation
1 10 (83.33%) Verification and Validation
2 1 (8.33%) Agile
2 1 (8.33%) CI/CD
2 1 (8.33%) Containerisation
2 1 (8.33%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (8.33%) ERP
2 1 (8.33%) Integration Testing
2 1 (8.33%) Matrix Management
2 1 (8.33%) Product Management
2 1 (8.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (8.33%) Regression Testing
2 1 (8.33%) Site Reliability Engineering
2 1 (8.33%) System Testing
2 1 (8.33%) Test Strategy
2 1 (8.33%) Unit Testing
2 1 (8.33%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 10 (83.33%) C
1 10 (83.33%) Embedded C
2 8 (66.67%) C++
2 8 (66.67%) Embedded C++
3 1 (8.33%) Java
3 1 (8.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft