Automated Testing
South Wales > Cardiff
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cardiff 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 21 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 21 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 13 | 14 | 30 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +1 | +16 | +6 |
| DemandTrendContract jobs citing Test Automation | 20 | 22 | 4 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff | 10.70% | 9.57% | 1.87% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 11.98% | 12.87% | 2.08% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 14 | 19 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £305 | £405 | £233 |
| 25th Percentile | £317 | £475 | £294 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £395 | £525 | £398 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -24.76% | +32.08% | -20.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £475 | £547 | £499 |
| 90th Percentile | £515 | £551 | £560 |
| South Wales median daily rate | £400 | £525 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | -23.81% | -12.50% | +4.80% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Cardiff
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 Cardiff.
| DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 167 | 171 | 192 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff | 89.30% | 74.35% | 89.72% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 126 | 121 | 146 |
| 10th Percentile | £226 | £140 | £190 |
| 25th Percentile | £301 | £188 | £316 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £400 | £450 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.11% | - | -7.22% |
| 75th Percentile | £488 | £550 | £568 |
| 90th Percentile | £663 | £638 | £638 |
| South Wales median daily rate | £396 | £400 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.94% | -20.00% | -2.91% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 8 | 11 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.21 | - | £19.55 |
| 25th Percentile | £12.86 | £15.48 | £21.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £13.08 | £18.57 | £25.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -29.56% | -25.72% | +31.58% |
| 75th Percentile | £14.06 | £25.60 | £26.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £20.37 | - | £32.90 |
| South Wales median hourly rate | £15.00 | £25.18 | £23.92 |
| % change year-on-year | -40.43% | +5.29% | +20.12% |
Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff
Job postings citing Test Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.
Test Automation
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Test Automation.
Test Automation
Daily Rate Histogram in Cardiff
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Automation in Cardiff over the 6 months to 21 August 2025.
Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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:
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