Automation Tester Contracts in West Yorkshire

Automation Tester
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median Automation Tester daily rate in West Yorkshire is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 65 88 114
Rank change year-on-year +23 +26 -31
Contract jobs requiring an Automation Tester 9 16 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 0.89% 0.98% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.96% 1.01% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 10 6
10th Percentile £423 £351 £398
25th Percentile £448 £403 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £438 £458
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% -4.37% +22.00%
75th Percentile £488 £475 £494
90th Percentile - £520 £525
Yorkshire median daily rate £440 £438 £458
% change year-on-year +0.57% -4.37% +22.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Yorkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in West Yorkshire. 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 West Yorkshire with a recognized job title 936 1,592 1,907
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.58% 97.49% 97.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 569 1,097 1,385
10th Percentile £275 £316 £250
25th Percentile £400 £444 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £525 £490
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% +8.89%
75th Percentile £578 £600 £556
90th Percentile £669 £700 £644
Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -9.52% +10.53% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 18 53
10th Percentile £11.75 £12.00 £10.29
25th Percentile £12.25 £13.81 £12.00
Median hourly rate £15.17 £27.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -43.81% +54.29% -19.50%
75th Percentile £22.75 £63.75 £21.50
90th Percentile £53.75 £70.00 £26.50
Yorkshire median hourly rate £14.25 £21.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year -33.72% +22.86% -7.89%

Automation Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

Job postings that featured Automation Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Automation Tester in West Yorkshire

Automation Tester
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Automation Tester in West Yorkshire.

Daily rate trend for Automation Tester in West Yorkshire

Automation Tester
Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Automation Tester within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 19 April 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
Leeds +22 9 £475 +8.57%
Automation Tester
Yorkshire

Automation Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, Automation Tester 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 across the West Yorkshire region featuring Automation Tester in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 7 (77.78%) Agile
3 6 (66.67%) Java
4 5 (55.56%) JavaScript
4 5 (55.56%) Manual Testing
4 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (44.44%) Fintech
5 4 (44.44%) Selenium
6 3 (33.33%) CI/CD
7 2 (22.22%) Performance Metrics
7 2 (22.22%) SDLC
7 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
7 2 (22.22%) Defect Tracking
7 2 (22.22%) Scenario Testing
7 2 (22.22%) JSON
7 2 (22.22%) OOP
7 2 (22.22%) OO
7 2 (22.22%) Python
7 2 (22.22%) Regression Testing
7 2 (22.22%) Mentoring
7 2 (22.22%) REST
8 1 (11.11%) Test Strategy
8 1 (11.11%) Gherkin
8 1 (11.11%) Functional Testing
8 1 (11.11%) Analytics
8 1 (11.11%) User Stories
8 1 (11.11%) TypeScript
8 1 (11.11%) Test Planning
8 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (11.11%) Algorithms

Automation Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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:

Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Selenium
2 1 (11.11%) Cucumber
2 1 (11.11%) Cypress.io
2 1 (11.11%) JMeter
2 1 (11.11%) Postman
2 1 (11.11%) XCUITest
General
1 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) JSON
1 2 (22.22%) REST
2 1 (11.11%) Gherkin
2 1 (11.11%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Android
1 1 (11.11%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 7 (77.78%) Agile
3 5 (55.56%) Manual Testing
3 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (44.44%) Fintech
5 3 (33.33%) CI/CD
6 2 (22.22%) Defect Tracking
6 2 (22.22%) Mentoring
6 2 (22.22%) OO
6 2 (22.22%) OOP
6 2 (22.22%) Performance Metrics
6 2 (22.22%) Regression Testing
6 2 (22.22%) Scenario Testing
6 2 (22.22%) SDLC
7 1 (11.11%) Continuous Integration
7 1 (11.11%) Project Management
7 1 (11.11%) Software Testing
7 1 (11.11%) Test Scripting
7 1 (11.11%) Test Strategy
7 1 (11.11%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) Java
2 5 (55.56%) JavaScript
3 2 (22.22%) Python
4 1 (11.11%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) QA