Test Automation Contracts in Leatherhead

Automated Testing
Surrey > Leatherhead

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Leatherhead 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 6 7 6
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 +12
Contract jobs citing Test Automation 4 13 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leatherhead 14.29% 13.54% 20.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.81% 15.48% 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 13 5
10th Percentile - - £542
25th Percentile £625 £613 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £675 £600
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% +3.23%
75th Percentile £678 £688 £619
90th Percentile £684 £698 £623
Surrey median daily rate £500 £588 £500
% change year-on-year -14.89% +17.50% -4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Leatherhead

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 Leatherhead.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 27 84 20
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leatherhead 96.43% 87.50% 80.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 57 17
10th Percentile £158 £177 £180
25th Percentile £425 £413 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £656 £638 £625
90th Percentile £675 £688 £638
Surrey median daily rate £470 £500 £514
% change year-on-year -6.00% -2.68% +2.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 12 0
Median hourly rate - £15.25 -
Surrey median hourly rate £26.33 £20.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year +28.41% -54.44% +87.50%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Leatherhead

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in Leatherhead

Test Automation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leatherhead

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

Daily rate trend for Test Automation in Leatherhead

Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leatherhead 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:

Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) DevOps Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) DevSecOps Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 4 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 4 (100.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
2 2 (50.00%) DevOps
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared