Automation Tester Contracts in the East Midlands

Automation Tester
England > East Midlands

The median Automation Tester daily rate in the East Midlands is £380 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 60 75 86
Rank change year-on-year +15 +11 -13
Contract jobs requiring an Automation Tester 7 8 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 0.89% 0.79% 0.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.95% 0.83% 0.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 8 10
10th Percentile - £353 £349
25th Percentile £309 £370 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £380 £406
Median % change year-on-year - -6.46% +40.09%
75th Percentile £413 £414 £444
90th Percentile £431 £551 £446
England median daily rate £475 £464 £450
% change year-on-year +2.43% +3.06% +5.88%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands. 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 the East Midlands with a recognized job title 738 962 1,313
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.25% 95.06% 94.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 499 749 970
10th Percentile £167 £213 £180
25th Percentile £267 £330 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £411 £455 £425
Median % change year-on-year -9.76% +7.16% +13.33%
75th Percentile £538 £580 £513
90th Percentile £622 £700 £600
England median daily rate £525 £550 £528
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.27% +7.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 53 90
10th Percentile £11.83 £11.98 £9.74
25th Percentile £14.00 £15.65 £14.61
Median hourly rate £17.60 £20.71 £18.88
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +9.70% +28.40%
75th Percentile £26.15 £40.25 £28.75
90th Percentile £51.91 £65.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -17.38% +95.65% +6.98%

Automation Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings that featured Automation Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Automation Tester in the East Midlands

Automation Tester
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Automation Tester in the East Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Automation Tester in the East Midlands

Automation Tester
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Automation Tester within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 23 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
Northamptonshire - 5 £400 -
Leicestershire +8 2 £319 -16.18%
Automation Tester
England

Automation Tester Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 23 May 2024, Automation Tester 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 job ads across the East Midlands region featuring Automation Tester in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 6 (85.71%) Functional Testing
3 5 (71.43%) Test Strategy
3 5 (71.43%) System Integration Testing
3 5 (71.43%) ServiceNow
3 5 (71.43%) Exploratory Testing
3 5 (71.43%) Scenario Testing
3 5 (71.43%) End-to-End Testing
3 5 (71.43%) User Acceptance Testing
4 4 (57.14%) Data Quality
5 3 (42.86%) Technology Transformation
6 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (28.57%) Non-Functional Testing
6 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
6 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
6 2 (28.57%) Web Services
6 2 (28.57%) Biometrics
7 1 (14.29%) Azure
7 1 (14.29%) Cucumber
7 1 (14.29%) SoapUI
7 1 (14.29%) QA
7 1 (14.29%) Selenium
7 1 (14.29%) Jenkins
7 1 (14.29%) QA Automation
7 1 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (14.29%) Postman

Automation Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Cucumber
1 1 (14.29%) Jenkins
1 1 (14.29%) Postman
1 1 (14.29%) Selenium
1 1 (14.29%) SoapUI
General
1 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) Web Services
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 6 (85.71%) Functional Testing
3 5 (71.43%) End-to-End Testing
3 5 (71.43%) Exploratory Testing
3 5 (71.43%) Scenario Testing
3 5 (71.43%) System Integration Testing
3 5 (71.43%) Test Strategy
3 5 (71.43%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (42.86%) Technology Transformation
5 2 (28.57%) Biometrics
5 2 (28.57%) Non-Functional Testing
5 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (14.29%) QA Automation
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) Data Quality
2 1 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) ServiceNow