Automation Tester Contracts in Northamptonshire

Automation Tester
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The median Automation Tester daily rate in Northamptonshire is £400 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 21 - 42
Rank change year-on-year - - -12
Contract jobs requiring an Automation Tester 5 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 2.72% - 0.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.84% - 0.82%
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
East Midlands median daily rate £400 £380 £438
% change year-on-year +5.26% -13.14% +50.86%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Northamptonshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Northamptonshire. 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 Northamptonshire with a recognized job title 176 211 366
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.65% 91.74% 95.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 166 283
10th Percentile £279 £205 £185
25th Percentile £356 £300 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £375 £450
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -16.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £538 £500 £519
90th Percentile £622 £574 £587
East Midlands median daily rate £415 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -7.78% +5.88% +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 9 31
10th Percentile £10.90 £16.43 £10.50
25th Percentile - £18.13 £15.53
Median hourly rate £14.00 £19.28 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.39% -16.17% -48.89%
75th Percentile £35.00 £26.44 £35.00
90th Percentile £58.00 £38.60 -
East Midlands median hourly rate £17.60 £20.36 £17.29
% change year-on-year -13.56% +17.74% +16.45%

Automation Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Automation Tester in Northamptonshire

Automation Tester
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Daily rate trend for Automation Tester in Northamptonshire

Automation Tester
Contract Job Locations in Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Automation Tester within the Northamptonshire 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
Northampton - 5 £400 -
Automation Tester
East Midlands

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

For the 6 months to 23 April 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 Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire 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