QA Automation Tester Contracts in the Midlands

Automation QA Tester
England > Midlands

The median Automation QA Tester daily rate in the Midlands is £380 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 129 165 208
Rank change year-on-year +36 +43 -
Contract jobs requiring a QA Automation Tester 1 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.037% 0.029% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.040% 0.030% 0.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £355 £313 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £325 £375
Median % change year-on-year +16.92% -13.33% -
75th Percentile £405 £338 £388
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £315 £413 £363
% change year-on-year -23.64% +13.79% -23.68%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,509 3,279 4,924
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.01% 94.47% 95.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,697 2,308 3,602
10th Percentile £208 £223 £205
25th Percentile £325 £363 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £475 £459
Median % change year-on-year -1.47% +3.49% +14.75%
75th Percentile £588 £582 £550
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 213 133 179
10th Percentile £11.95 £12.00 £10.50
25th Percentile £14.27 £15.25 £13.74
Median hourly rate £19.59 £20.00 £17.11
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% +16.92% +12.16%
75th Percentile £35.00 £28.50 £22.00
90th Percentile £54.60 £59.50 £32.10
England median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -22.22% +100.00% +0.36%

QA Automation Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings that featured QA Automation Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for QA Automation Tester in the Midlands

QA Automation Tester
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QA Automation Tester in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for QA Automation Tester in the Midlands

QA Automation Tester
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA Automation Tester within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 23 April 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
East Midlands +19 1 £380 +16.92%
QA Automation Tester
England

QA Automation Tester Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, QA Automation Tester contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Midlands region featuring QA Automation Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) SoapUI
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Exploratory Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing

QA Automation Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) SoapUI
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Exploratory Testing
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow