The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 29 July 2021 with a comparison to the 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.
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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills
63,664
31,822
80,337
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK
88.71%
86.62%
87.64%
Number of daily rates quoted
43,840
21,247
53,690
10th Percentile
£313
£300
£300
25th Percentile
£406
£400
£381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£500
£475
£475
Median % change year-on-year
+5.26%
-
+5.56%
75th Percentile
£600
£580
£575
90th Percentile
£688
£675
£650
UK excluding London median daily rate
£450
£450
£438
% change year-on-year
-
+2.86%
+2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted
1,701
914
2,186
10th Percentile
£12.00
£12.38
£11.49
25th Percentile
£14.60
£16.15
£14.50
Median hourly rate
£23.45
£24.50
£22.50
Median % change year-on-year
-4.29%
+8.89%
+12.50%
75th Percentile
£47.25
£46.02
£45.00
90th Percentile
£60.87
£55.00
£52.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate
£20.80
£21.57
£22.93
% change year-on-year
-3.57%
-5.93%
+20.68%
Test Automation Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Test Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Test Automation Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Automation.
Test Automation Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Automation over the 6 months to 29 July 2021.
Test Automation Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Automation.
Test Automation Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Test Automation over the 6 months to 29 July 2021.
Test Automation Top 18 Contract Locations
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 UK over the 6 months to 29 July 2021. 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
For the 6 months to 29 July 2021, IT contractor jobs citing Test Automation also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads with a requirement for Test Automation.
Test Automation 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:
