Test Automation Contracts in Stevenage

Automated Testing
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Stevenage 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 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 44 32 -
Rank change year-on-year -12 - -
Contract jobs citing Test Automation 10 18 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Stevenage 2.14% 6.19% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.31% 6.77% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £512 -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £475 £650 £500
% change year-on-year -26.92% +30.00% +0.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 15 0
Median hourly rate £90.00 £77.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +16.88% - -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £90.00 £77.00 £48.50
% change year-on-year +16.88% +58.76% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Stevenage

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 Stevenage with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 432 266 154
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 92.31% 91.41% 91.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 60 48
10th Percentile £80 £273 £298
25th Percentile £258 £311 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £388 £488
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -20.51% -2.50%
75th Percentile £563 £504 £588
90th Percentile £650 £607 £658
Hertfordshire median daily rate £425 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -15.00% +5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 302 131 54
10th Percentile £38.12 £50.00 £39.50
25th Percentile £43.00 £53.75 £46.56
Median hourly rate £50.00 £65.00 £56.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +16.07% +24.44%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £79.70 £77.00 -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £50.00 £65.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -23.08% +30.00% +11.11%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in Stevenage

Test Automation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

Daily rate trend for Test Automation in Stevenage

Test Automation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Automation in Stevenage

Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stevenage 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 10 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
Job Titles
1 10 (100.00%) C Software Engineer
1 10 (100.00%) Embedded C Engineer
1 10 (100.00%) Embedded C Software Engineer
1 10 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 10 (100.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 10 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 10 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 10 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 10 (100.00%) Validation
1 10 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 10 (100.00%) C
1 10 (100.00%) Embedded C
2 8 (80.00%) C++
2 8 (80.00%) Embedded C++