The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 26 February 2021 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
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 the East of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills
1,307
2,796
3,604
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England
82.93%
81.78%
85.32%
Number of daily rates quoted
740
1,682
2,148
Median daily rate
£426
£425
£445
Median daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.29%
-4.49%
+4.71%
10th Percentile
£174
£213
£250
90th Percentile
£588
£593
£588
England median daily rate
£475
£475
£475
Number of hourly rates quoted
149
186
179
Median hourly rate
£23.75
£18.87
£17.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.86%
+7.83%
-43.55%
10th Percentile
£12.25
£11.89
£11.17
90th Percentile
£50.00
£50.25
£50.50
Median hourly rate
£26.27
£21.00
£22.00
% change year-on-year
+25.10%
-4.55%
-2.22%
Test Automation Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England
Job postings citing Test Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.
Test Automation Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Automation in the East of England.
Test Automation Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Automation in the East of England over the 6 months to 26 February 2021.
Test Automation Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Automation in the East of England.
Test Automation Contract Job Locations in the East of England
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 East of England region over the 6 months to 26 February 2021. 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
Test Automation Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the East of England
For the 6 months to 26 February 2021, IT contractor jobs citing Test Automation also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the East of England region with a requirement for Test Automation.
Test Automation Co-occurring IT Skills in the East of England by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
