Test Automation Contracts in Oxford

Automated Testing
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Oxford 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 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 13 - 15
Rank change year-on-year - - -1
Contract jobs citing Test Automation 2 0 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Oxford 1.94% - 9.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.30% - 12.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 14
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £469 - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £506 - £575
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median daily rate £488 - £550
% change year-on-year - - +18.85%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Oxford

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 Oxford with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 87 107 116
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxford 84.47% 84.92% 80.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 83 94
10th Percentile £271 £300 £156
25th Percentile £363 £350 £226
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £525 £550 £575
90th Percentile £575 £679 £613
Oxfordshire median daily rate £425 £458 £450
% change year-on-year -7.10% +1.67% +3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 2 5
10th Percentile £12.75 £22.05 -
25th Percentile £13.00 £22.13 £17.42
Median hourly rate £21.00 £24.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +22.50% -55.56%
75th Percentile £39.13 £27.13 -
90th Percentile £65.00 £27.35 -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £19.50 £26.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -25.00% +30.00% -55.56%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in Oxford

Test Automation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Oxford

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

Daily rate trend for Test Automation in Oxford

Test Automation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Oxford

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Automation in Oxford.

Hourly rate trend for Test Automation in Oxford

Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxford 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 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft