Test Automation Contracts in Hook

Automated Testing
Hampshire > Hook

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hook requiring Test Automation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Test Automation over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 - 6
Rank change year-on-year - - +3
Contract jobs citing Test Automation 1 0 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hook 20.00% - 47.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 25.00% - 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 7
10th Percentile - - £482
25th Percentile £493 - £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £575
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.17%
75th Percentile £508 - £616
90th Percentile - - £622
Hampshire median daily rate £500 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +20.42%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hook

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 Hook.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4 13 16
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hook 80.00% 92.86% 94.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 10 15
10th Percentile £495 £479 £475
25th Percentile £498 £535 £560
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £580 £612
Median % change year-on-year -12.07% -5.23% +16.57%
75th Percentile £541 £595 £653
90th Percentile £562 £667 £675
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £581 £525
% change year-on-year -5.25% +10.57% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £29.50 -
Hampshire median hourly rate £57.63 £57.35 £53.00
% change year-on-year +0.48% +8.21% +113.80%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Hook

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in Hook

Test Automation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hook

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

Daily rate trend for Test Automation in Hook

Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hook 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) TestRail
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared