Test Automation Contracts in Hertfordshire

Automated Testing
East of England > Hertfordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire 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 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 64 52 60
Rank change year-on-year -12 +8 -12
Contract jobs citing Test Automation 11 26 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 1.32% 3.34% 1.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.48% 3.82% 2.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 5
10th Percentile - £430 £438
25th Percentile £410 £490 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -23.64% +10.00% +8.34%
75th Percentile £430 £688 £738
90th Percentile - £820 -
East of England median daily rate £498 £475 £480
% change year-on-year +4.74% -1.04% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 15 2
10th Percentile - £58.70 £47.83
25th Percentile - £69.13 £47.94
Median hourly rate £90.00 £77.00 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year +16.88% +57.95% -
75th Percentile - £90.00 £49.44
90th Percentile - - £49.48
East of England median hourly rate £76.25 £77.00 £48.50
% change year-on-year -0.97% +58.76% +24.36%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 741 680 678
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 88.96% 87.29% 86.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 261 348 405
10th Percentile £225 £247 £185
25th Percentile £315 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £600 £675 £625
90th Percentile £713 £750 £688
East of England median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 320 152 76
10th Percentile £38.12 £22.05 £21.75
25th Percentile £40.00 £53.69 £41.76
Median hourly rate £50.00 £65.00 £52.93
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +22.82% +17.61%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.30 £75.85 -
East of England median hourly rate £40.14 £22.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year +82.44% +41.94% -15.16%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in Hertfordshire

Test Automation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Test Automation in Hertfordshire

Test Automation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Automation in Hertfordshire.

Hourly rate trend for Test Automation in Hertfordshire

Test Automation
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 12 May 2024. 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
Stevenage -18 9 - - 3
Test Automation
East of England

Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 9 (81.82%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (9.09%) JIRA
2 1 (9.09%) Katalon Studio
Job Titles
1 9 (81.82%) C Software Engineer
1 9 (81.82%) Embedded C Engineer
1 9 (81.82%) Embedded C Software Engineer
1 9 (81.82%) Embedded Engineer
1 9 (81.82%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 9 (81.82%) Software Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Development Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Lead
2 1 (9.09%) Python Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Test Automation Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Test Development Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Test Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Test Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) Software Engineering
2 9 (81.82%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (81.82%) Test Scripting
2 9 (81.82%) Validation
2 9 (81.82%) Verification and Validation
3 1 (9.09%) Analytics
3 1 (9.09%) Data Analytics
3 1 (9.09%) ERP
3 1 (9.09%) Integration Testing
3 1 (9.09%) Matrix Management
3 1 (9.09%) Project Delivery
3 1 (9.09%) Regression Testing
3 1 (9.09%) Scenario Testing
3 1 (9.09%) Smoke Testing
3 1 (9.09%) Software Testing
3 1 (9.09%) Test Strategy
3 1 (9.09%) Unit Testing
3 1 (9.09%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 9 (81.82%) C
1 9 (81.82%) Embedded C
2 7 (63.64%) C++
2 7 (63.64%) Embedded C++
3 1 (9.09%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft