Test Automation Contracts in Newbury

Automated Testing
Berkshire > Newbury

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Newbury 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 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 16 12 10
Rank change year-on-year -4 -2 0
Contract jobs citing Test Automation 2 3 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Newbury 3.17% 5.26% 11.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.39% 6.00% 11.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 10
10th Percentile - - £375
25th Percentile £463 £413 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% +6.25% +9.97%
75th Percentile £488 £438 £477
90th Percentile - - £564
Berkshire median daily rate £600 £538 £500
% change year-on-year +11.63% +7.50% +5.82%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Newbury

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 Newbury with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59 50 93
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newbury 93.65% 87.72% 95.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 43 71
10th Percentile £325 £351 £370
25th Percentile £375 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £467
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -8.99% +19.74%
75th Percentile £531 £475 £538
90th Percentile £550 £580 £570
Berkshire median daily rate £501 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.57% +5.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 0
10th Percentile £19.08 £18.80 -
25th Percentile £19.94 £19.25 -
Median hourly rate £21.75 £22.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - -
75th Percentile £23.44 £27.69 -
90th Percentile £24.23 £31.63 -
Berkshire median hourly rate £61.30 £58.75 £21.05
% change year-on-year +4.34% +179.10% -2.09%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Newbury

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in Newbury

Test Automation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Newbury

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

Daily rate trend for Test Automation in Newbury

Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newbury 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Neo4j
1 1 (50.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Git
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Full Stack Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Full Stack Python Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) CSS
1 1 (50.00%) Django
1 1 (50.00%) HTML
1 1 (50.00%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Android
1 1 (50.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (50.00%) Android Development
1 1 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (50.00%) ETL
1 1 (50.00%) iOS Development
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile Development
1 1 (50.00%) Remediation Plan
1 1 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (50.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (50.00%) User Stories
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
1 1 (50.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle