Test Automation Contract Job Trends in Folkestone

Automated Testing
Kent > Folkestone

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Folkestone requiring Test Automation skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Test Automation 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Folkestone 20.00% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Kent median daily rate £625 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Folkestone

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 Folkestone.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5 4 2
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Folkestone 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile - - £98
25th Percentile - £95 £98
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £100 £102
Median % change year-on-year +275.00% -2.20% -17.37%
75th Percentile - £105 £109
90th Percentile - - £111
Kent median daily rate £375 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -21.05% -5.00% +5.26%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Folkestone

Job postings citing Test Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Folkestone.

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in Folkestone

Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Folkestone 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Test Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Test Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Test Programme Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing