Automated Testing
Suffolk > Ipswich
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Ipswich 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 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 13 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 20 | 16 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | -4 | -10 |
| Contract jobs citing Test Automation | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Ipswich | - | 4.24% | 7.92% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | 4.67% | 8.60% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £565 | £407 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £700 | £454 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £743 | £483 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +53.99% | +42.96% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £538 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £560 |
| Suffolk median daily rate | £641 | £743 | £483 |
| % change year-on-year | -13.80% | +53.99% | +42.96% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Ipswich
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 Ipswich with a requirement for process or methodology skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 27 | 107 | 93 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Ipswich | 81.82% | 90.68% | 92.08% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 19 | 94 | 53 |
| 10th Percentile | £105 | £404 | £247 |
| 25th Percentile | £145 | £520 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £700 | £488 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -35.71% | +43.59% | +39.29% |
| 75th Percentile | £513 | - | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £580 | £745 | £680 |
| Suffolk median daily rate | £450 | £655 | £488 |
| % change year-on-year | -31.30% | +34.36% | +34.48% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | £19.38 | £16.23 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £22.94 | £16.95 | - |
| Median hourly rate | £29.25 | £18.28 | £25.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +60.01% | -26.88% | +39.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £35.94 | £19.48 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £39.73 | £20.13 | - |
| Suffolk median hourly rate | £29.25 | £15.50 | £20.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +88.71% | -24.39% | +43.86% |
Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Ipswich
Job postings citing Test Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Ipswich.
Test Automation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Ipswich
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Automation in Ipswich.
Test Automation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Ipswich
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Automation in Ipswich.