Test Automation Contracts in Plymouth

Automated Testing
Devon > Plymouth

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Plymouth 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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 11 -
Rank change year-on-year +2 - -
Contract jobs citing Test Automation 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Plymouth 1.59% 1.72% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.44% 2.50% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Devon median daily rate £600 £600 £590
% change year-on-year - +1.69% +4.98%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Plymouth

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 Plymouth with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 41 40 21
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Plymouth 65.08% 68.97% 91.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 26 15
10th Percentile £57 £121 £171
25th Percentile £141 £264 £328
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £475
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -15.79% -3.06%
75th Percentile £600 £484 £640
90th Percentile £738 £543 £665
Devon median daily rate £425 £465 £408
% change year-on-year -8.60% +13.97% -22.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 5 1
10th Percentile £10.42 - -
25th Percentile £31.33 £55.00 £17.17
Median hourly rate £47.50 £60.00 £18.12
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +231.22% +9.79%
75th Percentile £72.50 £70.00 £19.06
90th Percentile £76.25 £79.00 -
Devon median hourly rate £30.00 £55.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -45.45% +161.90% -15.15%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Plymouth

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in Plymouth

Test Automation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Plymouth

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

Daily rate trend for Test Automation in Plymouth

Test Automation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Plymouth

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Automation in Plymouth.

Hourly rate trend for Test Automation in Plymouth

Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Plymouth 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Zephyr
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Test Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Tester
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation