Automated Testing
West Midlands > Warwickshire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Warwickshire 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 40 | 38 | 31 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -2 | -7 | +9 |
| Contract jobs citing Test Automation | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Warwickshire | 0.65% | 2.07% | 3.79% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.72% | 2.27% | 4.13% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £469 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £513 | £498 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £425 | £525 | £506 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -19.05% | +3.70% | -19.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £438 | £644 | £609 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £708 | £669 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £495 | £425 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +16.47% | -15.00% | +13.64% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Warwickshire
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 Warwickshire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 278 | 309 | 363 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Warwickshire | 89.97% | 91.42% | 91.67% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 190 | 209 | 228 |
| 10th Percentile | £235 | £318 | £325 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £450 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £501 | £580 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -13.71% | +5.45% | +4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £599 | £700 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £664 | £850 | £741 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £512 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -2.34% | +5.03% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 9 | 31 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.70 | £13.18 | £14.39 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.28 | £14.00 | £14.43 |
| Median hourly rate | £20.00 | £22.50 | £14.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.11% | +55.17% | -27.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £28.18 | £26.95 | £19.13 |
| 90th Percentile | £45.33 | £35.00 | £21.90 |
| West Midlands median hourly rate | £18.00 | £22.50 | £17.72 |
| % change year-on-year | -20.00% | +26.98% | +4.24% |
Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Warwickshire
Job postings citing Test Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Warwickshire.
Test Automation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Warwickshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Automation in Warwickshire.
Test Automation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Warwickshire
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Automation in Warwickshire.
Test Automation
Contract Job Locations in Warwickshire
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 Warwickshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warwick | -10 | 1 | - | - | 5 |
| Stratford-upon-Avon | - | 1 | £425 | - | 2 |
| Test Automation West Midlands |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Warwickshire 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: