Test Automation Contracts in Cambridge

Automated Testing
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridge requiring Test Automation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Test Automation over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 18 10
Rank change year-on-year +2 -8 +22
Contract jobs citing Test Automation 4 14 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridge 3.51% 7.22% 8.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.96% 7.91% 9.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 19
10th Percentile - £439 £425
25th Percentile £313 £448 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £381 £498 £475
Median % change year-on-year -23.37% +4.74% -
75th Percentile £470 £534 £538
90th Percentile £518 £536 £590
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £481 £498 £475
% change year-on-year -3.27% +4.74% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 2
10th Percentile - £54.25 £38.88
25th Percentile - £58.75 £40.94
Median hourly rate - £62.50 £46.25
Median % change year-on-year - +35.14% -
75th Percentile - £66.25 £50.94
90th Percentile - £66.55 £52.63
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate - £56.25 £45.00
% change year-on-year - +25.00% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cambridge

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 Cambridge.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 101 177 258
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge 88.60% 91.24% 87.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 99 177
10th Percentile £296 £235 £185
25th Percentile £411 £350 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £463
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -2.70% -2.63%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £538
90th Percentile £650 £650 £600
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £475 £470 £450
% change year-on-year +1.06% +4.44% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 28 16
10th Percentile £16.28 £20.40 £17.12
25th Percentile £17.46 £25.00 £17.50
Median hourly rate £23.00 £52.50 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year -56.19% +156.10% -64.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £66.25 £53.75
90th Percentile £62.00 £75.00 -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £16.23 £15.00 £14.50
% change year-on-year +8.20% +3.45% +6.15%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in Cambridge

Test Automation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Daily rate trend for Test Automation in Cambridge

Test Automation
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridge

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Automation in Cambridge over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Test Automation in Cambridge

Test Automation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Automation in Cambridge.

Hourly rate trend for Test Automation in Cambridge

Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge 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:

Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) SNA
1 1 (25.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Jenkins
2 1 (25.00%) Git
2 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (50.00%) Electronics
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (50.00%) Marketing
1 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) C++ Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Developer in Test
1 2 (50.00%) Linux Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Python Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Virtual Team
2 1 (25.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Linux
1 2 (50.00%) Mac OS
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) API Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office Automation
1 2 (50.00%) Office Automation
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) ITSM
2 1 (25.00%) Network Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Service Management
2 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Python
2 2 (50.00%) C++
2 2 (50.00%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Ansible
1 1 (25.00%) Progress Chef
1 1 (25.00%) Puppet
1 1 (25.00%) Terraform
1 1 (25.00%) vRealize
1 1 (25.00%) VxRail
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) HP
1 2 (50.00%) SAP
2 1 (25.00%) Dell
2 1 (25.00%) LogRhythm
2 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (25.00%) SolarWinds
2 1 (25.00%) VMware