Test Automation Contracts in Redhill

Automated Testing
Surrey > Redhill

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Redhill 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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 12 7
Rank change year-on-year 0 -5 +8
Contract jobs citing Test Automation 9 1 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Redhill 16.67% 2.94% 15.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.15% 3.03% 17.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 8
10th Percentile £328 - £256
25th Percentile £358 - £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 - £525
75th Percentile £475 - £539
90th Percentile £490 - £547
Surrey median daily rate £625 £438 £525
% change year-on-year +42.86% -16.67% +10.53%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Redhill

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 Redhill with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 47 33 57
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Redhill 87.04% 97.06% 90.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 15 45
10th Percentile £187 - £363
25th Percentile £313 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £550 £553
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% -0.45% +16.32%
75th Percentile £525 £569 £638
90th Percentile £563 £720 £675
Surrey median daily rate £500 £508 £500
% change year-on-year -1.48% +1.45% +6.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 17 4
10th Percentile - - £39.88
25th Percentile £58.50 £42.50 £41.56
Median hourly rate £63.00 £45.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% - -
75th Percentile £67.50 £47.50 £47.50
90th Percentile - - -
Surrey median hourly rate £18.35 £45.00 £32.00
% change year-on-year -59.22% +40.63% -26.44%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Redhill

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in Redhill

Test Automation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Redhill

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

Daily rate trend for Test Automation in Redhill

Test Automation
Daily Rate Histogram in Redhill

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Automation in Redhill over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Test Automation in Redhill

Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Redhill 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (77.78%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 6 (66.67%) TCP/IP
2 1 (11.11%) NFC
2 1 (11.11%) PPP
Development Applications
1 8 (88.89%) JIRA
2 5 (55.56%) Bitbucket
2 5 (55.56%) Git
2 5 (55.56%) Jenkins
3 4 (44.44%) Artifactory
4 3 (33.33%) TestRail
5 1 (11.11%) Eclipse
5 1 (11.11%) GoogleTest
5 1 (11.11%) JMeter
5 1 (11.11%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (11.11%) Valgrind
5 1 (11.11%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (22.22%) Automotive
2 1 (11.11%) Banking
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Software Engineer
2 4 (44.44%) Development Engineer
2 4 (44.44%) Linux Engineer
2 4 (44.44%) Software Development Engineer
2 4 (44.44%) Test Development Engineer
3 3 (33.33%) C++ Software Engineer
4 2 (22.22%) Systems Engineer
4 2 (22.22%) Systems Test Engineer
4 2 (22.22%) Test Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) C# Software Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) Embedded Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) Embedded Linux Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) Manual Tester
5 1 (11.11%) Quality Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) Senior Software Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) Tester
5 1 (11.11%) Unix Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) Unix Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (66.67%) XML
2 4 (44.44%) RESTful
2 4 (44.44%) SOAP
3 2 (22.22%) JSON
4 1 (11.11%) REST
4 1 (11.11%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (11.11%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 7 (77.78%) Linux
2 5 (55.56%) Embedded Linux
2 5 (55.56%) Windows
3 2 (22.22%) Unix
4 1 (11.11%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Agile
2 7 (77.78%) Scrum
3 6 (66.67%) Continuous Integration
3 6 (66.67%) End-to-End Testing
4 5 (55.56%) API Testing
4 5 (55.56%) Computer Science
4 5 (55.56%) Manual Testing
4 5 (55.56%) SDET
4 5 (55.56%) Software Engineering
5 4 (44.44%) Open Source
5 4 (44.44%) Performance Management
5 4 (44.44%) Software Testing
6 3 (33.33%) SDLC
7 2 (22.22%) Exploratory Testing
7 2 (22.22%) Functional Testing
7 2 (22.22%) Project Planning
7 2 (22.22%) TDD
8 1 (11.11%) Acceptance Criteria
8 1 (11.11%) Multithreaded Programming
8 1 (11.11%) Scenario Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (77.78%) SQL
2 6 (66.67%) Python
3 5 (55.56%) C++
4 2 (22.22%) C#
4 2 (22.22%) Shell Script
5 1 (11.11%) Java
5 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
5 1 (11.11%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) Degree
2 3 (33.33%) Master's Degree
3 2 (22.22%) HNC
3 2 (22.22%) ISTQB
3 2 (22.22%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) QA
System Software
1 4 (44.44%) Virtual Machines
1 4 (44.44%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Oracle
2 1 (11.11%) Google