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The median contractor rate for an Automation Tester was £413 per day in advertised job vacancies during the 6 months to 31 May 2020. The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
| Automation Tester UK |
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6 months to
31 May 2020 |
Same period 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
| Rank |
377 |
383 |
421 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+6 |
+38 |
-16 |
| Contract jobs requiring an Automation Tester |
239 |
591 |
553 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK |
0.51% |
0.65% |
0.55% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
0.55% |
0.68% |
0.58% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
168 |
349 |
412 |
| Median daily rate |
£413 |
£425 |
£400 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
-2.94% |
+6.25% |
+10.34% |
| 10th Percentile |
£318 |
£313 |
£303 |
| 90th Percentile |
£530 |
£515 |
£513 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£393 |
£388 |
£395 |
| % change year-on-year |
+1.29% |
-1.90% |
+17.04% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Median hourly rate |
- |
- |
£36.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
- |
- |
£36.00 |
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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.
| All Contract IT Job Vacancies UK |
| Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title |
43,485 |
86,434 |
95,987 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title |
93.59% |
94.54% |
94.84% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
27,350 |
56,800 |
62,912 |
| Median daily rate |
£466 |
£473 |
£450 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
-1.37% |
+5.00% |
+5.88% |
| 10th Percentile |
£250 |
£275 |
£265 |
| 90th Percentile |
£650 |
£650 |
£638 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£425 |
£425 |
£413 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+3.03% |
+3.13% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
1,804 |
2,789 |
3,022 |
| Median hourly rate |
£21.50 |
£19.03 |
£18.12 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
+12.98% |
+5.04% |
-4.37% |
| 10th Percentile |
£12.00 |
£11.17 |
£11.00 |
| 90th Percentile |
£52.50 |
£51.00 |
£48.00 |
| Median hourly rate |
£19.50 |
£18.00 |
£17.50 |
| % change year-on-year |
+8.33% |
+2.86% |
-1.52% |
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Automation Tester
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Automation Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Automation Tester
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Automation Tester.
Automation Tester
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Automation Tester over the 6 months to 31 May 2020.
Automation Tester
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Automation Tester.
Automation Tester
Top 16 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Automation Tester within the UK over the 6 months to 31 May 2020. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
Automation Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills
For the 6 months to 31 May 2020, Automation Tester contract jobs required the following IT skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Automation Tester in the job title.
Automation Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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