Automated Testing
West Midlands > Staffordshire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Staffordshire 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 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 9 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 25 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | -5 |
| Contract jobs citing Test Automation | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Staffordshire | - | - | 0.65% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | - | 0.78% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £700 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +55.56% |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £495 | £425 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +16.47% | -15.00% | +12.36% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Staffordshire
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 Staffordshire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 58 | 91 | 129 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire | 86.57% | 83.49% | 83.77% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 31 | 63 | 95 |
| 10th Percentile | £140 | £209 | £169 |
| 25th Percentile | £150 | £306 | £306 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £400 | £375 | £455 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.67% | -17.58% | +13.75% |
| 75th Percentile | £494 | £469 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £550 | £535 | £700 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £513 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -2.44% | +5.13% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 11 | 8 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.25 | £13.87 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £13.78 | £15.13 | £22.41 |
| Median hourly rate | £17.24 | £40.00 | £24.96 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -56.90% | +60.29% | +31.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £19.62 | £51.25 | £28.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £24.22 | £56.13 | - |
| West Midlands median hourly rate | £18.00 | £22.50 | £19.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -20.00% | +18.42% | +12.93% |
Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire
Job postings citing Test Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire.
Test Automation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Automation in Staffordshire.
Test Automation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Staffordshire
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Automation in Staffordshire.