Test Automation Contracts in Slough

Automated Testing
Berkshire > Slough

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Slough requiring Test Automation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Test Automation over the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 5 15
Rank change year-on-year - +10 +26
Contract jobs citing Test Automation 0 11 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Slough - 12.64% 5.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 15.94% 5.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £585 £330
Median % change year-on-year - +77.27% -5.71%
75th Percentile - - £363
90th Percentile - - £393
Berkshire median daily rate £563 £625 £550
% change year-on-year -10.00% +13.64% +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Slough

Test Automation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Slough.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 51 69 139
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Slough 89.47% 79.31% 90.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 39 102
10th Percentile £167 £359 £308
25th Percentile £300 £386 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% -5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £584 £575
90th Percentile £645 £640 £625
Berkshire median daily rate £504 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.95% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 3
10th Percentile - - £17.60
25th Percentile - £11.79 £19.63
Median hourly rate £18.87 £18.75 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.64% -18.48% +9.52%
75th Percentile £21.77 £24.56 £38.08
90th Percentile £23.50 £53.10 £47.12
Berkshire median hourly rate £37.28 £61.33 £59.38
% change year-on-year -39.21% +3.29% +167.03%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Slough

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in Slough

Test Automation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Slough

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

Daily rate trend for Test Automation in Slough