Test Automation Contracts in Cambridgeshire

Automated Testing
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 36 25 61
Rank change year-on-year -11 +36 -34
Contract jobs citing Test Automation 19 35 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 3.85% 5.89% 1.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.66% 6.65% 2.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 23 10
10th Percentile £440 £321 £356
25th Percentile £452 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.74% - +26.67%
75th Percentile £532 £519 £513
90th Percentile £536 £570 £529
East of England median daily rate £498 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -0.50% +5.26% +13.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 6 0
10th Percentile £51.60 £29.75 -
25th Percentile £52.50 £37.13 -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £45.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% - -
75th Percentile £66.25 £52.50 -
90th Percentile £66.35 £53.13 -
East of England median hourly rate £90.00 £62.50 £48.50
% change year-on-year +44.00% +28.87% +46.97%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 408 526 747
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 82.76% 88.55% 89.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 284 373
10th Percentile £200 £200 £200
25th Percentile £350 £281 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% - +7.14%
75th Percentile £553 £536 £525
90th Percentile £683 £600 £594
East of England median daily rate £470 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -1.05% - +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 192 150 243
10th Percentile - £13.41 -
25th Percentile £14.16 £14.25 £12.50
Median hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £13.66
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +6.15% +1.19%
75th Percentile £21.46 £20.56 £15.75
90th Percentile £48.00 £22.06 £22.00
East of England median hourly rate £40.00 £24.62 £15.50
% change year-on-year +62.47% +58.84% -13.58%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in Cambridgeshire

Test Automation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Daily rate trend for Test Automation in Cambridgeshire

Test Automation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Automation in Cambridgeshire

Test Automation
Hourly Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Test Automation in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Test Automation in Cambridgeshire

Test Automation
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Automation within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 28 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
Cambridge -8 13 £498 +4.74% 32
Peterborough -3 5 - - 6
Test Automation
East of England

Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 6 (31.58%) Alfresco
1 6 (31.58%) Appian
1 6 (31.58%) Camunda
Applications
1 5 (26.32%) Simulink
1 5 (26.32%) Stateflow
Development Applications
1 9 (47.37%) Git
2 7 (36.84%) Mercurial
3 1 (5.26%) ClearCase
3 1 (5.26%) Gerrit
3 1 (5.26%) Jenkins
General
1 7 (36.84%) Multimedia
2 5 (26.32%) Automotive
3 4 (21.05%) Legal
4 3 (15.79%) Social Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Manufacturing
5 1 (5.26%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (47.37%) Software Engineer
2 3 (15.79%) Data Engineer
2 3 (15.79%) Machine Learning Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Consultant
4 1 (5.26%) Development Consultant
4 1 (5.26%) Embedded Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Python Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Python Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (36.84%) NumPy
1 7 (36.84%) Pandas
1 7 (36.84%) React
1 7 (36.84%) SciPy
2 6 (31.58%) Drools
2 6 (31.58%) jBPM
2 6 (31.58%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 6 (31.58%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (26.32%) Algorithms
2 5 (26.32%) Low-Code
2 5 (26.32%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 7 (36.84%) Windows
2 1 (5.26%) Linux
2 1 (5.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (5.26%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (63.16%) Software Engineering
2 10 (52.63%) Computer Science
3 8 (42.11%) Continuous Integration
4 7 (36.84%) Artificial Intelligence
4 7 (36.84%) Code Quality
4 7 (36.84%) Collaborative Working
4 7 (36.84%) Data Collection
4 7 (36.84%) Data Pipeline
4 7 (36.84%) Machine Learning
4 7 (36.84%) Signal Processing
5 6 (31.58%) BPMN
5 6 (31.58%) Workflow
6 5 (26.32%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
6 5 (26.32%) Validation
7 4 (21.05%) Verification and Validation
8 1 (5.26%) Defect Tracking
8 1 (5.26%) FMEA
8 1 (5.26%) Software Testing
8 1 (5.26%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 8 (42.11%) Python
2 7 (36.84%) C#
2 7 (36.84%) JavaScript
3 6 (31.58%) Java
4 5 (26.32%) MATLAB
5 1 (5.26%) Bash
Qualifications
1 7 (36.84%) Degree
2 6 (31.58%) Computer Science Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 6 (31.58%) Pega
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.26%) MathWorks
3 1 (5.26%) Red Hat