Test Automation Contracts in Suffolk

Automated Testing
East of England > Suffolk

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Suffolk 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 20 20
Rank change year-on-year +8 0 -11
Contract jobs citing Test Automation 1 4 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Suffolk 1.75% 2.76% 5.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.22% 3.13% 6.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 4
10th Percentile - £713 £407
25th Percentile £620 £732 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £641 £743 £483
Median % change year-on-year -13.80% +53.99% +42.96%
75th Percentile £661 - £538
90th Percentile - - £560
East of England median daily rate £498 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -0.50% +5.26% +18.75%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Suffolk

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 Suffolk with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 45 128 125
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Suffolk 78.95% 88.28% 86.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 105 77
10th Percentile £105 £400 £215
25th Percentile £194 £500 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £660 £488
Median % change year-on-year -29.92% +35.38% +39.29%
75th Percentile £575 £700 £575
90th Percentile £650 £745 £663
East of England median daily rate £470 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -1.05% - +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 2
10th Percentile £11.25 £13.38 £16.90
25th Percentile £12.69 £13.78 £18.25
Median hourly rate £29.25 £15.50 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year +88.71% -24.39% +43.86%
75th Percentile £53.69 £17.33 £22.75
90th Percentile £68.34 £19.27 £24.10
East of England median hourly rate £40.00 £24.62 £15.50
% change year-on-year +62.47% +58.84% -15.16%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Suffolk

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in Suffolk

Test Automation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Suffolk

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

Daily rate trend for Test Automation in Suffolk

Test Automation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Suffolk

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Automation in Suffolk

Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Suffolk 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Loan IQ
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) TestRail
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Test Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing