Automated Testing
Wales > West Wales
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in West Wales 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 8 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 9 | 9 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | 0 | +5 |
| Contract jobs citing Test Automation | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Wales | - | 5.41% | 4.55% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | 6.45% | 5.26% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £301 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £463 | £301 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £475 | £305 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +55.74% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | £488 | £311 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £314 |
| Wales median daily rate | £509 | £573 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -11.18% | +9.05% | +23.53% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
West Wales
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 West Wales with a requirement for process or methodology skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 8 | 31 | 38 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Wales | 47.06% | 83.78% | 86.36% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 5 | 26 | 28 |
| 10th Percentile | £279 | £173 | £136 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £322 | £259 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £408 | £398 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +16.56% | +2.52% | -11.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £500 | £509 | £621 |
| 90th Percentile | £515 | £538 | £677 |
| Wales median daily rate | £495 | £475 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.21% | - | +5.56% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £11.75 | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £13.50 | £15.00 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.00% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £15.25 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Wales median hourly rate | £19.82 | £18.14 | £22.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.26% | -19.38% | +9.76% |
Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in West Wales
Job postings citing Test Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in West Wales.
Test Automation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West Wales
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Automation in West Wales.