Automation Test Engineer
UK
The median Automation Test Engineer daily rate in the UK is £428 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 May 2024.
The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 2 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
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| Rank | 521 | 577 | 673 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +56 | +96 | -125 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Test Automation Engineer | 62 | 128 | 172 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.14% | 0.22% | 0.19% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.15% | 0.23% | 0.20% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 50 | 109 | 121 |
| 10th Percentile | £356 | £355 | £368 |
| 25th Percentile | £380 | £438 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £428 | £515 | £495 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.99% | +4.04% | +16.13% |
| 75th Percentile | £528 | £600 | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | £580 | £690 | £700 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £425 | £513 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | -17.07% | +13.89% | +5.88% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title | 40,269 | 56,187 | 84,691 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.75% | 94.62% | 95.47% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 26,215 | 39,262 | 59,481 |
| 10th Percentile | £276 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £409 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | +2.86% | +10.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £735 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,672 | 1,567 | 2,094 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.28 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.38 | £15.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.42 | £45.00 | £23.14 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -19.07% | +94.45% | +2.04% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.25 | £65.75 | £48.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £75.75 | £63.25 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £39.55 | £42.50 | £19.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.94% | +117.95% | +2.63% |
Test Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Test Automation Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Test Automation Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Automation Engineer.
Test Automation Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Automation Engineer over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.
Test Automation Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Automation Engineer.
Test Automation Engineer
Top 10 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Automation Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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 |
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| England | +58 | 46 | £450 | -14.29% | 19 |
| Work from Home | +119 | 36 | £400 | -12.09% | 12 |
| London | +78 | 26 | £450 | -21.74% | 6 |
| UK excluding London | +27 | 25 | £425 | -17.07% | 12 |
| North of England | +24 | 13 | £425 | -17.07% | 1 |
| Yorkshire | +24 | 8 | £413 | -25.00% | 1 |
| South West | +12 | 6 | £590 | +12.38% | 3 |
| Wales | +24 | 5 | £363 | -46.30% | |
| North West | +9 | 5 | £438 | -14.63% | |
| South East | +24 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
Test Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 2 May 2024, Test Automation Engineer 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 featuring Test Automation Engineer in the job title.
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Test Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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