Test Automation Contracts in Preston

Automated Testing
Lancashire > Preston

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Preston 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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 15 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Test Automation 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Preston 1.82% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £363 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - -
75th Percentile £388 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median daily rate £375 £575 £420
% change year-on-year -34.78% +36.90% +22.45%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Preston

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 Preston with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 50 77 89
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 90.91% 98.72% 89.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 27 43
10th Percentile £356 £300 £175
25th Percentile £459 £363 £231
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £571 £438 £433
Median % change year-on-year +30.62% +0.97% -5.80%
75th Percentile £743 £534 £488
90th Percentile £981 £783 £569
Lancashire median daily rate £538 £525 £475
% change year-on-year +2.38% +10.53% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 39 39
10th Percentile £12.20 £23.60 £14.65
25th Percentile - £29.00 £19.56
Median hourly rate £16.06 £42.50 £39.73
Median % change year-on-year -62.21% +6.99% +80.57%
75th Percentile £19.05 £49.52 £44.03
90th Percentile £46.18 £54.03 £63.78
Lancashire median hourly rate £19.18 £42.50 £39.73
% change year-on-year -54.87% +6.99% -3.11%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in Preston

Test Automation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Preston

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

Daily rate trend for Test Automation in Preston

Test Automation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Automation in Preston

Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Preston 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Robotic Process Automation Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Blue Prism