Automation Test Analyst Contracts in Edinburgh

Test Automation Analyst
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Test Automation Analyst daily rate in Edinburgh is £425 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 75 108 121
Rank change year-on-year +33 +13 -13
Contract jobs requiring an Automation Test Analyst 3 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.37% 0.076% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.080% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £414 - £317
25th Percentile £416 £413 £333
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £369
Median % change year-on-year - +15.25% -
75th Percentile £434 £438 £408
90th Percentile £436 - £426
Scotland median daily rate £425 £425 £424
% change year-on-year - +0.29% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Edinburgh with a recognized job title 771 1,250 1,880
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.42% 95.57% 96.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 441 900 1,300
10th Percentile £200 £260 £230
25th Percentile £413 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £479 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +0.84% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £545 £550
90th Percentile £663 £625 £625
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £451
% change year-on-year - +5.44% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 12 24
10th Percentile £16.25 - £12.30
25th Percentile £18.07 £17.72 £17.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £21.26 £23.75
Median % change year-on-year +135.18% -10.48% -58.70%
75th Percentile £60.75 £53.94 £48.75
90th Percentile £66.00 £66.20 £53.75
Scotland median hourly rate £35.00 £23.86 £25.55
% change year-on-year +46.69% -6.60% -36.14%

Automation Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings that featured Automation Test Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Automation Test Analyst in Edinburgh

Automation Test Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Automation Test Analyst in Edinburgh

Automation Test Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, Automation Test Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Edinburgh region featuring Automation Test Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) C++
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) VBScript
1 3 (100.00%) VBA
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) Client/Server
1 3 (100.00%) SOA
1 3 (100.00%) ISEB
1 3 (100.00%) Shell Script
1 3 (100.00%) Migration
1 3 (100.00%) JIRA
1 3 (100.00%) Selenium
1 3 (100.00%) Kanban
1 3 (100.00%) V-Model
1 3 (100.00%) TeamCity
1 3 (100.00%) Git
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) WebDriver
1 3 (100.00%) SaaS
1 3 (100.00%) PaaS
1 3 (100.00%) Feature Driven Development
1 3 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 3 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 3 (100.00%) BDD
1 3 (100.00%) Test Strategy

Automation Test Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) IaaS
1 3 (100.00%) PaaS
1 3 (100.00%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 3 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 3 (100.00%) Git
1 3 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 3 (100.00%) JIRA
1 3 (100.00%) Selenium
1 3 (100.00%) Subversion
1 3 (100.00%) TeamCity
1 3 (100.00%) WebDriver
General
1 3 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Client/Server
1 3 (100.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) ATDD
1 3 (100.00%) BDD
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) Feature Driven Development
1 3 (100.00%) Kanban
1 3 (100.00%) Migration
1 3 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) SOA
1 3 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (100.00%) TDD
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 3 (100.00%) V-Model
1 3 (100.00%) Waterfall
2 2 (66.67%) Coaching
2 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 2 (66.67%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) C++
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (100.00%) Shell Script
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) VBA
1 3 (100.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) ISEB
1 3 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 3 (100.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Disclosure Scotland