Automation Tester Contracts in Northampton

Automation Tester
Northamptonshire > Northampton

The median Automation Tester daily rate in Northampton is £400 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 14 May 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
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 - 29
Rank change year-on-year - - -3
Contract jobs requiring an Automation Tester 5 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northampton 3.45% - 1.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.55% - 1.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £362 - £345
25th Percentile £371 - £347
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £350
Median % change year-on-year - - +20.69%
75th Percentile £428 - £355
90th Percentile £437 - £358
Northamptonshire median daily rate £400 - £350
% change year-on-year - - +20.69%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Northampton

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Northampton. 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 Northampton with a recognized job title 141 121 209
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.24% 92.37% 94.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 94 180
10th Percentile £355 £189 £225
25th Percentile £359 £300 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £448 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.88% -11.11% +15.38%
75th Percentile £580 £500 £503
90th Percentile £620 £606 £552
Northamptonshire median daily rate £425 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +6.25% -11.11% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 9
10th Percentile - £14.93 £9.75
25th Percentile - £15.55 £10.50
Median hourly rate £14.00 £16.90 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.16% +25.19% -70.00%
75th Percentile - £18.57 £13.75
90th Percentile £35.75 £19.38 £23.30
Northamptonshire median hourly rate £14.00 £19.02 £27.50
% change year-on-year -26.37% -30.85% -38.89%

Automation Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Northampton

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

Job vacancy trend for Automation Tester in Northampton

Automation Tester
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northampton

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Automation Tester in Northampton.

Daily rate trend for Automation Tester in Northampton

Automation Tester Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northampton

For the 6 months to 14 May 2024, 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 Northampton region featuring Automation Tester in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 5 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 5 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 5 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 5 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 5 (100.00%) Exploratory Testing
1 5 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 5 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Data Quality
2 4 (80.00%) Functional Testing
3 3 (60.00%) Technology Transformation
4 1 (20.00%) Postman
4 1 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (20.00%) QA Automation
4 1 (20.00%) Jenkins
4 1 (20.00%) Azure
4 1 (20.00%) Cucumber
4 1 (20.00%) SoapUI
4 1 (20.00%) QA
4 1 (20.00%) Selenium

Automation Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northampton 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 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (20.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (20.00%) Postman
1 1 (20.00%) Selenium
1 1 (20.00%) SoapUI
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 5 (100.00%) Exploratory Testing
1 5 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 5 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 5 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 5 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 5 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Functional Testing
3 3 (60.00%) Technology Transformation
4 1 (20.00%) QA Automation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) ServiceNow