Test Automation Specialist Contracts in London

Automation Test Specialist
England > London

The median Automation Test Specialist daily rate in London is £498 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 391 497 607
Rank change year-on-year +106 +110 -153
Contract jobs requiring a Test Automation Specialist 2 2 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.011% 0.007% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% 0.008% 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £496 £369 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £388 £445
Median % change year-on-year +28.39% -12.92% -6.32%
75th Percentile £499 £406 £468
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £475 £388 £483
% change year-on-year +22.58% -19.69% +4.32%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 16,650 25,900 36,972
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.16% 95.31% 95.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,044 18,722 26,970
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £441 £463 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £675
90th Percentile £788 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 341 298 455
10th Percentile £16.02 £17.99 £16.50
25th Percentile £20.02 £22.63 £22.03
Median hourly rate £27.81 £36.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.75% +2.86% +12.90%
75th Percentile £43.75 £60.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £76.78 £67.50
England median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.36%

Test Automation Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation Specialist in London

Test Automation Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Test Automation Specialist in London

Test Automation Specialist
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 25 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
Central London - 1 - -
Test Automation Specialist
England

Test Automation Specialist Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 25 April 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 London region featuring Test Automation Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) JUnit
1 2 (100.00%) JMeter
1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
1 2 (100.00%) Test Management
1 2 (100.00%) GitLab
1 2 (100.00%) API Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Jest
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 2 (100.00%) REST
1 2 (100.00%) Gherkin
1 2 (100.00%) Docker
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Git
2 1 (50.00%) Test Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) REST Assured
2 1 (50.00%) Clean Code
2 1 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration

Test Automation Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 2 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 2 (100.00%) GitLab
1 2 (100.00%) JMeter
1 2 (100.00%) JUnit
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
2 1 (50.00%) Git
2 1 (50.00%) REST Assured
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Gherkin
1 2 (100.00%) Jest
1 2 (100.00%) REST
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) API Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Test Management
2 1 (50.00%) Clean Code
2 1 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Test Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Docker