Test Automation Specialist Contracts in Leicestershire

Automation Test Specialist
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The median Automation Test Specialist daily rate in Leicestershire is £453 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 May 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
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 26 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Test Automation Specialist 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leicestershire 0.63% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.68% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £451 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 - -
75th Percentile £454 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median daily rate £453 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Leicestershire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Leicestershire. 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 Leicestershire with a recognized job title 146 167 252
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.25% 97.66% 92.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 144 205
10th Percentile £131 £216 £152
25th Percentile £256 £322 £321
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £395 £400
Median % change year-on-year -5.06% -1.25% +18.08%
75th Percentile £575 £450 £475
90th Percentile £633 £562 £538
East Midlands median daily rate £400 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 12
10th Percentile £14.98 £12.98 -
25th Percentile £19.81 £14.08 £14.82
Median hourly rate £25.00 £20.32 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year +23.03% +8.37% +17.19%
75th Percentile £27.81 £22.73 £39.38
90th Percentile £28.38 £41.75 £46.50
East Midlands median hourly rate £17.50 £20.32 £17.11
% change year-on-year -13.88% +18.80% +16.36%

Test Automation Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation Specialist in Leicestershire

Test Automation Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leicestershire

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

Daily rate trend for Test Automation Specialist in Leicestershire

Test Automation Specialist
Contract Job Locations in Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Leicester - 1 £453 -
Test Automation Specialist
East Midlands

Test Automation Specialist Skill Set
Top 6 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 Leicestershire region featuring Test Automation Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Shell Script
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding

Test Automation Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire 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 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Shell Script