Automated Testing
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheltenham requiring Test Automation skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 26 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 10 | 32 | 28 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +22 | -4 | -9 |
| Contract jobs citing Test Automation | 11 | 12 | 7 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheltenham | 12.22% | 4.86% | 3.23% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 15.94% | 5.80% | 4.02% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 5 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £465 | £416 |
| 25th Percentile | £525 | £468 | £484 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £550 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -4.35% | -2.13% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £630 | £663 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £770 |
| Gloucestershire median daily rate | £700 | £630 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.11% | +20.00% | -12.50% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheltenham
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 Cheltenham.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 69 | 207 | 174 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham | 76.67% | 83.81% | 80.18% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 38 | 95 | 107 |
| 10th Percentile | £414 | £400 | £346 |
| 25th Percentile | £525 | £525 | £481 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £594 | £600 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.04% | +4.35% | +9.52% |
| 75th Percentile | £675 | £676 | £681 |
| 90th Percentile | £756 | £738 | £738 |
| Gloucestershire median daily rate | £500 | £575 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -13.04% | +4.55% | +4.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 10 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £61.38 | £24.08 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £70.50 | £28.69 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.00 | £71.00 | £48.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -49.30% | +47.92% | +236.84% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £73.75 | £90.00 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £91.35 |
| Gloucestershire median hourly rate | £36.00 | £37.52 | £73.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.04% | -48.61% | +77.92% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham
Job postings citing Test Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham.
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Daily Rate Trend in Cheltenham
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheltenham citing Test Automation.
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Hourly Rate Trend in Cheltenham
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheltenham citing Test Automation.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheltenham 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: