Senior Test Automation Engineer Contracts with Work from Home Options

Senior Automation Test Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior Automation Test Engineer daily rate in Work from Home is £380 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 330 463 615
Rank change year-on-year +133 +152 -132
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Test Automation Engineer 7 4 10
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.046% 0.016% 0.022%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.049% 0.016% 0.023%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 9
10th Percentile - - £403
25th Percentile £358 £440 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £478 £550
Median % change year-on-year -20.42% -13.18% -
75th Percentile £481 £543 £588
90th Percentile £576 £562 £628
UK median daily rate £565 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +2.73% - +19.57%

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%

Senior Test Automation Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Senior Test Automation Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Senior Test Automation Engineer
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 Senior Test Automation Engineer.

Senior Test Automation Engineer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Senior Test Automation Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Senior Test Automation Engineer daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Senior Test Automation Engineer 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 Senior Test Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 5 (71.43%) SC Cleared
2 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
3 4 (57.14%) SDLC
3 4 (57.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (57.14%) Software Testing
3 4 (57.14%) User Acceptance Testing
3 4 (57.14%) Unit Testing
3 4 (57.14%) Python
3 4 (57.14%) Regression Testing
4 3 (42.86%) Scrum
4 3 (42.86%) Java
4 3 (42.86%) Agile
4 3 (42.86%) TDD
4 3 (42.86%) CI/CD
4 3 (42.86%) Docker
4 3 (42.86%) DevOps
4 3 (42.86%) BDD
5 2 (28.57%) Digital Marketing
5 2 (28.57%) AngularJS
5 2 (28.57%) Test Strategy
5 2 (28.57%) Non-Functional Testing
5 2 (28.57%) Git
5 2 (28.57%) Waterfall
5 2 (28.57%) Cypress.io
5 2 (28.57%) Azure
5 2 (28.57%) GraphQL
5 2 (28.57%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (28.57%) Customer Requirements
5 2 (28.57%) Task Automation

Senior Test Automation Engineer 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
1 2 (28.57%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (14.29%) AWS
2 1 (14.29%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Cypress.io
1 2 (28.57%) Git
1 2 (28.57%) NUnit
1 2 (28.57%) Postman
1 2 (28.57%) Visual Studio
2 1 (14.29%) Bitbucket
2 1 (14.29%) Bitbucket Server
2 1 (14.29%) Cucumber
2 1 (14.29%) Jenkins
2 1 (14.29%) JIRA
2 1 (14.29%) JMeter
2 1 (14.29%) Selenium
General
1 4 (57.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (28.57%) Electronics
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing
2 2 (28.57%) Marketing
2 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
2 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) .NET
1 2 (28.57%) AngularJS
1 2 (28.57%) GraphQL
1 2 (28.57%) Playwright
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 4 (57.14%) Regression Testing
2 4 (57.14%) SDLC
2 4 (57.14%) Software Testing
2 4 (57.14%) Unit Testing
2 4 (57.14%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (42.86%) Agile
3 3 (42.86%) BDD
3 3 (42.86%) CI/CD
3 3 (42.86%) DevOps
3 3 (42.86%) Scrum
3 3 (42.86%) TDD
4 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (28.57%) Customer Requirements
4 2 (28.57%) Digital Marketing
4 2 (28.57%) Non-Functional Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Programme Management
4 2 (28.57%) Task Automation
4 2 (28.57%) Test Strategy
4 2 (28.57%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) Python
2 3 (42.86%) Java
3 2 (28.57%) SQL
3 2 (28.57%) TypeScript
4 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) SC Cleared
1 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) Accessibility
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Kubernetes
1 1 (14.29%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) SAP
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