The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North East 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 11 July 2020 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
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 the North East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills
419
938
1,172
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East
89.72%
85.58%
87.27%
Number of daily rates quoted
269
622
796
Median daily rate
£440
£425
£388
Median daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.53%
+9.68%
+3.33%
10th Percentile
£263
£263
£257
90th Percentile
£633
£575
£569
England median daily rate
£480
£475
£463
% change year-on-year
+1.05%
+2.70%
+2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted
24
46
29
Median hourly rate
£35.00
£16.12
£14.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year
+117.12%
+15.14%
-37.78%
10th Percentile
£12.75
£10.96
£10.18
90th Percentile
£57.75
£45.50
£43.75
Median hourly rate
£31.94
£25.00
£22.00
% change year-on-year
+27.76%
+13.64%
-12.00%
Test Automation Job Vacancy Trend in the North East
Job postings citing Test Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North East.
Test Automation Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North East
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Automation in the North East.
Test Automation Daily Rate Histogram in the North East
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Automation in the North East over the 6 months to 11 July 2020.
Test Automation Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North East
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Automation in the North East.
Test Automation Contract Job Locations in the North East
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 North East region over the 6 months to 11 July 2020. 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
Test Automation Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the North East
For the 6 months to 11 July 2020, IT contractor jobs citing Test Automation also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North East region with a requirement for Test Automation.
Test Automation Co-occurring IT Skills in the North East by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
