Automation Tester Contracts in Leeds

Automation Tester
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Automation Tester daily rate in Leeds is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 61 72 101
Rank change year-on-year +11 +29 -24
Contract jobs requiring an Automation Tester 9 16 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leeds 1.13% 1.21% 0.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.23% 1.23% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 10 5
10th Percentile £423 £351 £435
25th Percentile £448 £403 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £438 £465
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% -5.91% +20.00%
75th Percentile £488 £475 £500
90th Percentile - £520 £530
West Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £438 £465
% change year-on-year +8.57% -5.91% +20.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Leeds

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Leeds. 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 Leeds with a recognized job title 729 1,298 1,560
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.93% 97.89% 97.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 453 949 1,139
10th Percentile £300 £350 £275
25th Percentile £413 £453 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +7.50% +8.11%
75th Percentile £588 £618 £575
90th Percentile £675 £700 £650
West Yorkshire median daily rate £490 £525 £494
% change year-on-year -6.67% +6.33% +9.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 13 23
10th Percentile £11.30 £12.75 £15.45
25th Percentile £11.88 £17.24 £18.00
Median hourly rate £12.53 £54.00 £22.40
Median % change year-on-year -76.80% +141.07% +3.04%
75th Percentile £15.25 £70.00 £26.50
90th Percentile £18.27 - £28.45
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £15.17 £32.50 £17.18
% change year-on-year -53.32% +89.23% -21.00%

Automation Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

Job postings that featured Automation Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Leeds.

Job vacancy trend for Automation Tester in Leeds

Automation Tester
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Automation Tester in Leeds.

Daily rate trend for Automation Tester in Leeds

Automation Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Automation Tester 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 Leeds region featuring Automation Tester in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 7 (77.78%) Agile
3 6 (66.67%) Java
4 5 (55.56%) JavaScript
4 5 (55.56%) Manual Testing
4 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (44.44%) Fintech
5 4 (44.44%) Selenium
6 3 (33.33%) CI/CD
7 2 (22.22%) Performance Metrics
7 2 (22.22%) SDLC
7 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
7 2 (22.22%) Defect Tracking
7 2 (22.22%) Scenario Testing
7 2 (22.22%) JSON
7 2 (22.22%) OOP
7 2 (22.22%) OO
7 2 (22.22%) Python
7 2 (22.22%) Regression Testing
7 2 (22.22%) Mentoring
7 2 (22.22%) REST
8 1 (11.11%) Test Strategy
8 1 (11.11%) Gherkin
8 1 (11.11%) Functional Testing
8 1 (11.11%) Analytics
8 1 (11.11%) User Stories
8 1 (11.11%) TypeScript
8 1 (11.11%) Test Planning
8 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (11.11%) Algorithms

Automation Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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 4 (44.44%) Selenium
2 1 (11.11%) Cucumber
2 1 (11.11%) Cypress.io
2 1 (11.11%) JMeter
2 1 (11.11%) Postman
2 1 (11.11%) XCUITest
General
1 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) JSON
1 2 (22.22%) REST
2 1 (11.11%) Gherkin
2 1 (11.11%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Android
1 1 (11.11%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 7 (77.78%) Agile
3 5 (55.56%) Manual Testing
3 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (44.44%) Fintech
5 3 (33.33%) CI/CD
6 2 (22.22%) Defect Tracking
6 2 (22.22%) Mentoring
6 2 (22.22%) OO
6 2 (22.22%) OOP
6 2 (22.22%) Performance Metrics
6 2 (22.22%) Regression Testing
6 2 (22.22%) Scenario Testing
6 2 (22.22%) SDLC
7 1 (11.11%) API Testing
7 1 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
7 1 (11.11%) Continuous Delivery
7 1 (11.11%) Exploratory Testing
7 1 (11.11%) Software Architecture
7 1 (11.11%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) Java
2 5 (55.56%) JavaScript
3 2 (22.22%) Python
4 1 (11.11%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) QA