The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh 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 20 January 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 Edinburgh with a requirement for process or methodology skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills
909
1,653
2,256
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh
89.73%
89.01%
88.16%
Number of daily rates quoted
617
843
1,170
Median daily rate
£425
£435
£425
Median daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.30%
+2.35%
+6.25%
10th Percentile
£248
£263
£284
90th Percentile
£550
£588
£575
Scotland median daily rate
£425
£425
£413
% change year-on-year
-
+3.03%
+3.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted
3
20
31
Median hourly rate
£46.00
£18.00
£25.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year
+155.59%
-29.42%
+45.71%
10th Percentile
£44.80
£15.04
£15.04
90th Percentile
£66.20
£51.50
£46.63
Median hourly rate
£17.50
£19.03
£24.25
% change year-on-year
-8.04%
-21.53%
+20.62%
Test Automation Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh
Job postings citing Test Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.
Test Automation Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Automation in Edinburgh.
Test Automation Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Automation in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 20 January 2021.
Test Automation Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Automation in Edinburgh.
Test Automation Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in Edinburgh
For the 6 months to 20 January 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 Edinburgh region with a requirement for Test Automation.
Test Automation Co-occurring IT Skills in Edinburgh 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:
