Test Automation Contracts in Cambridgeshire

Automated Testing
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire 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 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 34 22 59
Rank change year-on-year -12 +37 -31
Contract jobs citing Test Automation 20 34 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 3.84% 6.15% 2.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.72% 6.90% 2.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 21 12
10th Percentile £419 £305 £353
25th Percentile £448 £363 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +10.56% -5.26% +26.67%
75th Percentile £525 £488 £545
90th Percentile £535 £575 £693
East of England median daily rate £498 £475 £485
% change year-on-year +4.74% -2.06% +29.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 6 0
10th Percentile £50.93 £35.00 -
25th Percentile £51.56 £47.50 -
Median hourly rate £56.25 £50.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - -
75th Percentile £65.63 £52.50 -
90th Percentile £66.25 £53.13 -
East of England median hourly rate £62.50 £77.00 £47.00
% change year-on-year -18.83% +63.83% +20.51%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 424 493 753
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 81.38% 89.15% 89.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 261 382
10th Percentile £202 £200 £202
25th Percentile £350 £313 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £446 £450 £463
Median % change year-on-year -0.89% -2.70% +14.20%
75th Percentile £563 £525 £538
90th Percentile £693 £600 £640
East of England median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 192 148 239
10th Percentile £14.16 £13.37 -
25th Percentile £14.48 £13.41 £12.50
Median hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% - +7.41%
75th Percentile £21.46 £20.56 £15.75
90th Percentile £48.68 £22.00 £22.00
East of England median hourly rate £40.00 £22.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year +81.82% +41.94% -3.13%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Job postings citing Test Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in Cambridgeshire

Test Automation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Automation in Cambridgeshire.

Daily rate trend for Test Automation in Cambridgeshire

Test Automation
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Automation in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Test Automation in Cambridgeshire

Test Automation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Automation in Cambridgeshire.

Hourly rate trend for Test Automation in Cambridgeshire

Test Automation
Hourly Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Test Automation in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Test Automation in Cambridgeshire

Test Automation
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 31 May 2024. 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
Cambridge -2 14 £496 +4.47% 25
Peterborough 0 5 - - 3
Test Automation
East of England

Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 6 (30.00%) Alfresco
1 6 (30.00%) Appian
1 6 (30.00%) Camunda
2 2 (10.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (25.00%) Simulink
1 5 (25.00%) Stateflow
Development Applications
1 8 (40.00%) Git
2 4 (20.00%) Mercurial
3 2 (10.00%) JIRA
4 1 (5.00%) ClearCase
4 1 (5.00%) Gerrit
4 1 (5.00%) Jenkins
General
1 5 (25.00%) Automotive
1 5 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (20.00%) Legal
2 4 (20.00%) Multimedia
3 2 (10.00%) Electronics
3 2 (10.00%) Games
3 2 (10.00%) Wearables
4 1 (5.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (30.00%) Software Engineer
2 3 (15.00%) Data Engineer
2 3 (15.00%) Machine Learning Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Consultant
3 2 (10.00%) Design Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) IC Design Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Scrum Master
4 1 (5.00%) Analogue Design Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Analogue IC Design Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Analogue IC Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Architect
4 1 (5.00%) Development Consultant
4 1 (5.00%) Digital Design Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Digital IC Design Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Digital IC Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Embedded Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (30.00%) Drools
1 6 (30.00%) jBPM
1 6 (30.00%) JSON
2 4 (20.00%) NumPy
2 4 (20.00%) Pandas
2 4 (20.00%) React
2 4 (20.00%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 6 (30.00%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (25.00%) Algorithms
2 5 (25.00%) Low-Code
3 4 (20.00%) Social Media
4 2 (10.00%) ASIC
4 2 (10.00%) Augmented Reality
4 2 (10.00%) Smartphone
4 2 (10.00%) Verilog
4 2 (10.00%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 4 (20.00%) Windows
2 3 (15.00%) Linux
3 1 (5.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (5.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 9 (45.00%) Software Engineering
3 7 (35.00%) Continuous Integration
3 7 (35.00%) Validation
4 6 (30.00%) BPMN
4 6 (30.00%) Workflow
5 5 (25.00%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
6 4 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
6 4 (20.00%) Code Quality
6 4 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (20.00%) Data Collection
6 4 (20.00%) Data Pipeline
6 4 (20.00%) Machine Learning
6 4 (20.00%) Mentoring
6 4 (20.00%) Signal Processing
6 4 (20.00%) Verification and Validation
7 2 (10.00%) Agile
7 2 (10.00%) Electronic Design Automation
7 2 (10.00%) IC Design
7 2 (10.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 7 (35.00%) Python
2 6 (30.00%) Java
3 5 (25.00%) MATLAB
4 4 (20.00%) C#
4 4 (20.00%) JavaScript
5 3 (15.00%) Bash
6 2 (10.00%) SystemVerilog
6 2 (10.00%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 7 (35.00%) Degree
2 6 (30.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (5.00%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) JTAG
System Software
1 2 (10.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 2 (10.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 6 (30.00%) Pega
2 2 (10.00%) Atlassian
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.00%) Cadence
3 1 (5.00%) MathWorks
3 1 (5.00%) Mentor Graphics
3 1 (5.00%) Red Hat
3 1 (5.00%) Siemens