Automation Test Analyst Contracts with Work from Home Options

Test Automation Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Test Automation Analyst daily rate in Work from Home is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 328 450 596
Rank change year-on-year +122 +146 -126
Contract jobs requiring an Automation Test Analyst 9 17 29
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.059% 0.066% 0.065%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.064% 0.070% 0.068%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 11 24
10th Percentile £325 £375 £352
25th Percentile £340 £411 £387
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £458 £425
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% +7.65% -10.53%
75th Percentile £471 £495 £450
90th Percentile £499 - £473
UK median daily rate £380 £600 £425
% change year-on-year -36.67% +41.18% -10.53%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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.

Contract vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,162 24,375 42,692
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.48% 95.31% 95.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,491 17,215 30,853
10th Percentile £325 £358 £356
25th Percentile £425 £443 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 575 559 603
10th Percentile £14.33 £17.97 £13.25
25th Percentile £23.29 £25.75 £18.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +41.60%
75th Percentile £62.75 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.81
% change year-on-year -18.89% +89.04% +5.80%

Automation Test Analyst
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Automation Test Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Automation Test Analyst trend for jobs with a WFH option

Automation Test Analyst
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Automation Test Analyst.

Automation Test Analyst daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Automation Test Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Automation Test Analyst over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Automation Test Analyst daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Automation Test Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Automation Test Analyst.

Automation Test Analyst hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Automation Test Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Automation Test Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with a WFH option featuring Automation Test Analyst in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 7 (77.78%) Selenium
3 5 (55.56%) Postman
4 4 (44.44%) Agile
4 4 (44.44%) Test Scripting
4 4 (44.44%) BDD
5 3 (33.33%) Azure
5 3 (33.33%) JavaScript
5 3 (33.33%) WebdriverIO
5 3 (33.33%) Accessibility
6 2 (22.22%) End-to-End Testing
6 2 (22.22%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (22.22%) Playwright
6 2 (22.22%) Scenario Testing
6 2 (22.22%) HP ALM
6 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
6 2 (22.22%) HP
6 2 (22.22%) Regression Testing
6 2 (22.22%) Continuous Integration
6 2 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (22.22%) Performance Testing
6 2 (22.22%) Test Management
6 2 (22.22%) Software Testing
6 2 (22.22%) JIRA
6 2 (22.22%) QA
6 2 (22.22%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (22.22%) Process Improvement
6 2 (22.22%) Appium
6 2 (22.22%) QA Automation
6 2 (22.22%) System Integration Testing

Automation Test Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 1 (11.11%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Azure
2 2 (22.22%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (11.11%) BlazeMeter
3 1 (11.11%) Firebase
3 1 (11.11%) SaaS
3 1 (11.11%) Sauce Labs
Development Applications
1 7 (77.78%) Selenium
2 5 (55.56%) Postman
3 2 (22.22%) Appium
3 2 (22.22%) JIRA
3 2 (22.22%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (11.11%) Bitbucket
4 1 (11.11%) Cucumber
4 1 (11.11%) Cypress.io
4 1 (11.11%) Jenkins
4 1 (11.11%) JMeter
4 1 (11.11%) SoapUI
4 1 (11.11%) SpecFlow
4 1 (11.11%) Visual Studio
4 1 (11.11%) WebDriver
4 1 (11.11%) Zephyr
General
1 1 (11.11%) Back Office
1 1 (11.11%) Banking
1 1 (11.11%) Finance
1 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
1 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (33.33%) WebdriverIO
2 2 (22.22%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Mobile App
1 1 (11.11%) Product Ownership
1 1 (11.11%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 4 (44.44%) Agile
2 4 (44.44%) BDD
2 4 (44.44%) Test Scripting
3 2 (22.22%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (22.22%) End-to-End Testing
3 2 (22.22%) Performance Testing
3 2 (22.22%) Process Improvement
3 2 (22.22%) QA Automation
3 2 (22.22%) Regression Testing
3 2 (22.22%) Scenario Testing
3 2 (22.22%) Software Testing
3 2 (22.22%) System Integration Testing
3 2 (22.22%) Test Management
3 2 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (11.11%) CI/CD
4 1 (11.11%) Continuous Delivery
4 1 (11.11%) Exploratory Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (11.11%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (11.11%) C#
2 1 (11.11%) Java
2 1 (11.11%) Kotlin
2 1 (11.11%) PowerShell
2 1 (11.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) Accessibility
2 2 (22.22%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) HP
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Perfecto Mobile
2 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow