Test Automation Contracts in Cambridge

Automated Testing
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridge 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 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 14 32
Rank change year-on-year -8 +18 -14
Contract jobs citing Test Automation 12 23 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridge 6.06% 8.24% 3.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.59% 9.39% 3.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 18 9
10th Percentile £411 £425 £423
25th Percentile £444 £438 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.47% - +26.67%
75th Percentile £527 £544 £519
90th Percentile £536 £598 £640
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £498 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +4.74% - +26.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £53.50 - -
25th Percentile £56.88 £51.25 -
Median hourly rate £62.50 £52.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% - -
75th Percentile £66.25 £53.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £55.00 £50.00 -
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cambridge

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 Cambridge with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 182 245 279
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge 91.92% 87.81% 83.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 171 189
10th Percentile £235 £185 £313
25th Percentile £350 £328 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £538
90th Percentile £650 £613 £628
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £475 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +5.56% - +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 14 13
10th Percentile £20.40 £16.98 £15.51
25th Percentile £25.00 £17.50 £17.50
Median hourly rate £52.50 £19.11 £57.00
Median % change year-on-year +174.73% -66.47% +153.33%
75th Percentile £66.25 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £75.00 - £79.75
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £13.66
% change year-on-year +3.45% +6.15% +1.19%

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 11 May 2024.

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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (41.67%) Alfresco
1 5 (41.67%) Appian
1 5 (41.67%) Camunda
2 1 (8.33%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 6 (50.00%) Git
2 4 (33.33%) Mercurial
3 1 (8.33%) Gerrit
3 1 (8.33%) Jenkins
3 1 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 4 (33.33%) Multimedia
1 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Electronics
2 1 (8.33%) Games
2 1 (8.33%) Telecoms
2 1 (8.33%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Data Engineer
1 3 (25.00%) Machine Learning Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Analogue Design Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Analogue IC Design Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Analogue IC Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Design Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Development Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) IC Design Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Scrum Master
3 1 (8.33%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (41.67%) Drools
1 5 (41.67%) jBPM
1 5 (41.67%) JSON
2 4 (33.33%) NumPy
2 4 (33.33%) Pandas
2 4 (33.33%) React
2 4 (33.33%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (33.33%) Low-Code
2 4 (33.33%) Social Media
3 1 (8.33%) ASIC
3 1 (8.33%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (8.33%) Smartphone
3 1 (8.33%) Verilog
3 1 (8.33%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 4 (33.33%) Windows
2 2 (16.67%) Linux
3 1 (8.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (8.33%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 5 (41.67%) BPMN
2 5 (41.67%) Computer Science
2 5 (41.67%) Workflow
3 4 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
3 4 (33.33%) Code Quality
3 4 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
3 4 (33.33%) Data Collection
3 4 (33.33%) Data Pipeline
3 4 (33.33%) Machine Learning
3 4 (33.33%) Signal Processing
3 4 (33.33%) Software Engineering
4 2 (16.67%) Mentoring
5 1 (8.33%) CI/CD
5 1 (8.33%) Conflict Resolution
5 1 (8.33%) Decision-Making
5 1 (8.33%) Defect Tracking
5 1 (8.33%) Project Delivery
5 1 (8.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 1 (8.33%) Situational Awareness
Programming Languages
1 6 (50.00%) Python
2 5 (41.67%) Java
3 4 (33.33%) C#
3 4 (33.33%) JavaScript
4 2 (16.67%) Bash
5 1 (8.33%) SystemVerilog
5 1 (8.33%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 5 (41.67%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (8.33%) Firmware
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Pega
2 1 (8.33%) Atlassian
2 1 (8.33%) Cadence
2 1 (8.33%) Mentor Graphics
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) Red Hat