Test Automation Contracts in Surrey

Automated Testing
South East > Surrey

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Surrey 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 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 20 33 40
Rank change year-on-year +13 +7 +11
Contract jobs citing Test Automation 37 38 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Surrey 6.34% 5.46% 4.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.74% 6.35% 4.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 30 32
10th Percentile £360 £225 £267
25th Percentile £425 £243 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £531
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -3.53% +6.25%
75th Percentile £663 £597 £613
90th Percentile £688 £631 £638
South East median daily rate £550 £565 £505
% change year-on-year -2.65% +11.88% +12.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31.25 - -
Median hourly rate £32.50 - -
75th Percentile £33.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £38.50 £54.50 £43.75
% change year-on-year -29.36% +24.57% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 478 598 794
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 81.85% 85.92% 90.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 346 457 553
10th Percentile £237 £200 £207
25th Percentile £375 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% - +7.89%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £612
90th Percentile £700 £750 £697
South East median daily rate £500 £508 £500
% change year-on-year -1.48% +1.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 32 23
10th Percentile £11.71 £30.80 £17.64
25th Percentile £13.25 £42.50 £19.50
Median hourly rate £20.50 £45.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -54.44% +87.50% -44.19%
75th Percentile £55.63 £60.50 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.86 £63.63 £48.50
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £49.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -4.04% +130.23% -21.82%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in Surrey

Test Automation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Daily rate trend for Test Automation in Surrey

Test Automation
Daily Rate Histogram in Surrey

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Automation in Surrey over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Test Automation in Surrey

Test Automation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Automation in Surrey

Test Automation
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Automation within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 7 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Leatherhead -1 13 £675 +12.50% 1
Redhill +3 9 £438 -
Reigate -9 2 £525 +2.44% 2
Camberley +4 1 £550 -8.33% 1
Guildford -4 1 £475 +72.73% 5
Test Automation
South East

Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey 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 (18.92%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (2.70%) SAP Retail
1 1 (2.70%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.41%) Azure
2 1 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (2.70%) Azure Functions
2 1 (2.70%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (2.70%) Power Automate
2 1 (2.70%) Power Platform
2 1 (2.70%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 6 (16.22%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.70%) NFC
2 1 (2.70%) PPP
Development Applications
1 8 (21.62%) JIRA
2 5 (13.51%) Bitbucket
2 5 (13.51%) Git
2 5 (13.51%) Jenkins
3 4 (10.81%) Artifactory
4 3 (8.11%) TestRail
5 1 (2.70%) Eclipse
5 1 (2.70%) GoogleTest
5 1 (2.70%) JMeter
5 1 (2.70%) NUnit
5 1 (2.70%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (2.70%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (2.70%) Valgrind
5 1 (2.70%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (8.11%) Electronics
1 3 (8.11%) Social Skills
2 2 (5.41%) Automotive
2 2 (5.41%) Finance
3 1 (2.70%) Banking
3 1 (2.70%) German Language
3 1 (2.70%) Law
3 1 (2.70%) Public Sector
3 1 (2.70%) Retail
3 1 (2.70%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 13 (35.14%) DevSecOps Engineer
2 6 (16.22%) Test Manager
3 5 (13.51%) Software Engineer
4 4 (10.81%) Development Engineer
4 4 (10.81%) Linux Engineer
4 4 (10.81%) Software Development Engineer
4 4 (10.81%) Test Development Engineer
5 3 (8.11%) C++ Software Engineer
5 3 (8.11%) Test Engineer
5 3 (8.11%) Tester
6 2 (5.41%) Electronics Technician
6 2 (5.41%) Systems Engineer
6 2 (5.41%) Systems Test Engineer
6 2 (5.41%) Test Technician
7 1 (2.70%) DevOps Engineer
7 1 (2.70%) Embedded Engineer
7 1 (2.70%) Embedded Linux Engineer
7 1 (2.70%) JIRA Engineer
7 1 (2.70%) Pensions Analyst
7 1 (2.70%) SQL Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (16.22%) Web Services
1 6 (16.22%) XML
2 4 (10.81%) RESTful
2 4 (10.81%) SOAP
3 2 (5.41%) JSON
4 1 (2.70%) .NET
4 1 (2.70%) CSS
4 1 (2.70%) Flash
4 1 (2.70%) HTML
4 1 (2.70%) HTML5
4 1 (2.70%) HTML5 Canvas
4 1 (2.70%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.41%) Life Science
1 2 (5.41%) NHS
2 1 (2.70%) Digital Media
2 1 (2.70%) Digital TV
2 1 (2.70%) Robotics
2 1 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (2.70%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 10 (27.03%) Linux
2 5 (13.51%) Embedded Linux
2 5 (13.51%) Windows
3 4 (10.81%) Unix
4 1 (2.70%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (62.16%) Agile
2 14 (37.84%) Containerisation
2 14 (37.84%) DevSecOps
2 14 (37.84%) Infrastructure as Code
2 14 (37.84%) Virtual Infrastructure
3 10 (27.03%) Software Testing
4 8 (21.62%) Computer Science
4 8 (21.62%) Scrum
4 8 (21.62%) SDLC
5 7 (18.92%) End-to-End Testing
6 6 (16.22%) Continuous Integration
6 6 (16.22%) Software Engineering
7 5 (13.51%) API Testing
7 5 (13.51%) Manual Testing
7 5 (13.51%) SDET
7 5 (13.51%) Test Strategy
8 4 (10.81%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (10.81%) Defect Tracking
8 4 (10.81%) DevOps
8 4 (10.81%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 9 (24.32%) Python
2 8 (21.62%) SQL
3 6 (16.22%) C++
4 3 (8.11%) C#
4 3 (8.11%) JavaScript
5 2 (5.41%) Java
5 2 (5.41%) Shell Script
6 1 (2.70%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (45.95%) Security Cleared
2 16 (43.24%) SC Cleared
3 11 (29.73%) Degree
4 7 (18.92%) ISTQB
5 4 (10.81%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (8.11%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 3 (8.11%) Master's Degree
7 2 (5.41%) HNC
8 1 (2.70%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.51%) QA
2 2 (5.41%) HL7
System Software
1 4 (10.81%) Virtual Machines
1 4 (10.81%) VirtualBox
2 1 (2.70%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (2.70%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (10.81%) Oracle
2 3 (8.11%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.70%) Google
3 1 (2.70%) SAP
3 1 (2.70%) UiPath