Test Automation Contracts in Bradford

Automated Testing
West Yorkshire > Bradford

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bradford 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 20 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 16 17 17
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 -
Contract jobs citing Test Automation 3 3 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bradford 5.00% 3.61% 1.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.66% 3.90% 1.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 1
10th Percentile £440 £413 -
25th Percentile £444 £414 £206
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £433 £213
Median % change year-on-year +4.05% +103.53% -
75th Percentile £506 £474 £219
90th Percentile £533 £490 -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £550 £480
% change year-on-year -13.64% +14.58% +6.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bradford

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 Bradford with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 53 77 56
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bradford 88.33% 92.77% 74.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 56 41
10th Percentile £300 £297 £206
25th Percentile £372 £373 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £436
Median % change year-on-year -9.48% +20.48% -5.58%
75th Percentile £555 £600 £550
90th Percentile £628 £650 £675
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 5
10th Percentile - - £13.07
25th Percentile - £13.16 £15.93
Median hourly rate - £15.44 £16.85
Median % change year-on-year - -8.37% -29.79%
75th Percentile - £21.73 £17.78
90th Percentile - £28.94 -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £12.53 £21.50 £17.64
% change year-on-year -41.72% +21.88% -21.83%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Bradford

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in Bradford

Test Automation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bradford

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

Daily rate trend for Test Automation in Bradford

Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bradford 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) JIRA
2 1 (33.33%) Cucumber
2 1 (33.33%) Selenium
General
1 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Test Manager
2 2 (66.67%) SAP Manager
2 2 (66.67%) SAP Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) ADO
1 1 (33.33%) Gherkin
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Defect Management
1 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
1 2 (66.67%) Regression Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Test Management
1 2 (66.67%) Test Planning
1 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
1 2 (66.67%) Waterfall
2 1 (33.33%) BDD
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) System Integration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) SAP