Automation Test Specialist
UK
The median Automation Test Specialist daily rate in the UK is £453 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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 9 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 585 | 703 | 838 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +118 | +135 | -160 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Test Automation Specialist | 6 | 2 | 9 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.014% | 0.003% | 0.010% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.015% | 0.004% | 0.011% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | £430 | - | £454 |
| 25th Percentile | £438 | £369 | £500 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £453 | £388 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +16.77% | -29.55% | +22.22% |
| 75th Percentile | £487 | £406 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £494 | - | £583 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £453 | - | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +20.22% |
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 | 39,936 | 54,901 | 83,261 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.75% | 94.65% | 95.44% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25,997 | 38,348 | 58,485 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £410 | £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 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,673 | 1,536 | 2,031 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.25 | £19.06 | £15.75 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.65 | £45.00 | £23.91 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.56% | +88.21% | +6.27% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.30 | £65.75 | £49.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.90 | £76.13 | £64.25 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.43 | £19.67 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.73% | +115.78% | +3.50% |
Test Automation Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Test Automation Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Test Automation Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Automation Specialist.
Test Automation Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Automation Specialist.
Test Automation Specialist
Top 8 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 Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +118 | 5 | £453 | +16.77% | 1 |
| Work from Home | +129 | 4 | £451 | +16.45% | 1 |
| London | +90 | 3 | £474 | +22.26% | 1 |
| UK excluding London | +53 | 3 | £453 | - | |
| Scotland | - | 1 | - | - | |
| East Midlands | - | 1 | £453 | - | |
| Midlands | - | 1 | £453 | - | |
| South East | - | 1 | - | - |
Test Automation Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, Test Automation Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.
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Test Automation Specialist 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: