Automated Testing
South West > Dorset
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Dorset 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 | 22 | 26 | 32 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +4 | +6 | -5 |
| Contract jobs citing Test Automation | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset | 2.04% | 1.21% | 1.39% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 2.22% | 1.42% | 1.68% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £384 | - | £363 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £392 | - | £375 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -16.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £401 | - | £388 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| South West median daily rate | £500 | £550 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.09% | - | +10.00% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Dorset
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 Dorset.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 90 | 141 | 179 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset | 91.84% | 85.45% | 82.87% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 65 | 91 | 103 |
| 10th Percentile | £203 | £175 | £160 |
| 25th Percentile | £363 | £175 | £243 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £425 | £488 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +11.76% | -12.82% | +2.63% |
| 75th Percentile | £563 | £630 | £610 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £825 | £638 |
| South West median daily rate | £520 | £525 | £549 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.95% | -4.37% | +9.80% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 8 | 35 | 36 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.47 | £11.87 | £17.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £14.99 | £13.69 | £48.86 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.63 | £15.31 | £56.29 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +41.25% | -72.80% | +5.28% |
| 75th Percentile | £67.50 | £56.49 | £62.72 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £61.25 | £70.77 |
| South West median hourly rate | £63.00 | £50.00 | £61.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +26.00% | -18.70% | +26.16% |
Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset
Job postings citing Test Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Dorset.
Test Automation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Dorset
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Automation in Dorset.
Test Automation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Automation in Dorset.
Test Automation
Contract Job Locations in Dorset
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 Dorset region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bournemouth | +1 | 2 | £392 | - | 23 |
| Test Automation South West |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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: