Automated Testing
Lancashire > Blackpool
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Blackpool requiring Test Automation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 Oct 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 16 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +13 |
| Contract jobs citing Test Automation | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Blackpool | - | - | 13.16% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | - | 14.08% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £535 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £550 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £645 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Lancashire median daily rate | £673 | £338 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | +99.26% | -38.64% | - |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Blackpool
Test Automation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Blackpool.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 17 | 21 | 71 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Blackpool | 94.44% | 95.45% | 93.42% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 11 | 10 | 56 |
| 10th Percentile | £153 | £259 | £475 |
| 25th Percentile | £369 | £285 | £544 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £355 | £641 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +26.94% | -44.72% | +20.99% |
| 75th Percentile | £500 | £595 | £688 |
| 90th Percentile | £535 | £668 | £720 |
| Lancashire median daily rate | £500 | £475 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.26% | -13.64% | +7.58% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | £18.87 | £27.50 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | -31.38% | - | - |
| Lancashire median hourly rate | £47.12 | £40.33 | £46.18 |
| % change year-on-year | +16.85% | -12.68% | +22.19% |
Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Blackpool
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Test Automation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Blackpool.
Test Automation
Daily Rate Trend in Blackpool
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Blackpool citing Test Automation.
