Test Automation Engineer Contracts in Sheffield

Automation Test Engineer
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Automation Test Engineer daily rate in Sheffield is £390 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 53 47 -
Rank change year-on-year -6 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Test Automation Engineer 1 3 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Sheffield 0.26% 0.67% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.69% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £390 £550 -
Median % change year-on-year -29.09% - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £390 £550 -
% change year-on-year -29.09% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Sheffield

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Sheffield. 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 Sheffield with a recognized job title 341 435 362
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.97% 97.75% 96.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 210 300 292
10th Percentile £360 £363 £300
25th Percentile £413 £472 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +10.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £588 £675 £563
90th Percentile £650 £700 £650
South Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £550 £475
% change year-on-year -13.64% +15.79% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 12
10th Percentile £10.90 £11.10 £9.74
25th Percentile £11.33 £11.25 £12.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £17.72 £16.38
Median % change year-on-year +24.15% +8.21% +20.83%
75th Percentile £23.75 £22.50 £18.11
90th Percentile - £33.00 £23.55
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £13.60 £17.72 £17.64
% change year-on-year -23.28% +0.45% +10.25%

Test Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

Job postings that featured Test Automation Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Sheffield.

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation Engineer in Sheffield

Test Automation Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Daily rate trend for Test Automation Engineer in Sheffield

Test Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Test Automation Engineer 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 Sheffield region featuring Test Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) Bitbucket
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
1 1 (100.00%) Bitbucket Server
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD

Test Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield 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 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Bitbucket
1 1 (100.00%) Bitbucket Server
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform