Automation Test Lead Contracts in the North of England

Test Automation Leader
England > North of England

As of 11 May 2024, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Test Automation Leader daily rate in the North of England.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 183 217 235
Rank change year-on-year +34 +18 -47
Contract jobs requiring an Automation Test Lead 1 1 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.021% 0.018% 0.098%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.023% 0.018% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 7
10th Percentile - - £423
25th Percentile - - £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £500 £427
Median % change year-on-year - +17.10% +17.39%
75th Percentile - - £492
90th Percentile - - £563
England median daily rate £450 £588 £525
% change year-on-year -23.40% +11.90% +14.13%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the North of England. 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 4,358 5,416 6,892
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.24% 95.40% 96.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,723 3,814 5,056
10th Percentile £263 £280 £200
25th Percentile £386 £410 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £582 £599 £556
90th Percentile £674 £680 £639
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 399 158 289
10th Percentile £11.06 £14.25 £11.00
25th Percentile £12.53 £18.50 £14.25
Median hourly rate £20.74 £30.65 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.33% +61.30% +6.15%
75th Percentile £46.18 £50.06 £34.52
90th Percentile £62.50 £66.21 £58.75
England median hourly rate £37.50 £44.77 £23.00
% change year-on-year -16.23% +94.63% +4.55%

Automation Test Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured Automation Test Lead in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Automation Test Lead in the North of England

Automation Test Lead
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Automation Test Lead in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Automation Test Lead in the North of England

Automation Test Lead
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Automation Test Lead within the North of England region over the 6 months to 11 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
Yorkshire +17 1 - -
Automation Test Lead
England

Automation Test Lead Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 11 May 2024, Automation Test Lead 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 North of England region featuring Automation Test Lead in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Gherkin
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Tracking
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD

Automation Test Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Gherkin
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Tracking
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA