Automation Test Analyst Contracts in England

Test Automation Analyst
UK > England

The median Test Automation Analyst daily rate in England is £463 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 31 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
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 532 598 743
Rank change year-on-year +66 +145 -134
Contract jobs requiring an Automation Test Analyst 11 40 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.030% 0.084% 0.054%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.089% 0.056%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 34 26
10th Percentile £354 £386 £366
25th Percentile £400 £465 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £600 £425
Median % change year-on-year -22.92% +41.18% -10.53%
75th Percentile £475 £738 £474
90th Percentile £506 - £506
UK median daily rate £463 £600 £425
% change year-on-year -22.92% +41.18% -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £54.25
UK median hourly rate - - £54.25
% change year-on-year - - +44.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,161 44,903 67,296
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.57% 95.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,530 31,932 48,137
10th Percentile £285 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.11%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,560 1,303 1,794
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.63 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -16.39% +88.21% +11.21%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.15
% change year-on-year -16.67% +86.37% +9.75%

Automation Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Automation Test Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Automation Test Analyst in England

Automation Test Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Automation Test Analyst in England

Automation Test Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Automation Test Analyst in England

Automation Test Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Automation Test Analyst in England

Automation Test Analyst
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Automation Test Analyst within the England 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
London +65 8 £464 -25.80%
North of England +27 2 £420 - 2
Yorkshire +17 2 £420 - 1
Midlands +20 1 £380 -5.00%
East Midlands - 1 £380 -
Automation Test Analyst
UK

Automation Test Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 31 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 job ads across the England region featuring Automation Test Analyst in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 7 (63.64%) Selenium
3 5 (45.45%) Continuous Integration
4 4 (36.36%) Manual Testing
4 4 (36.36%) Test Scripting
4 4 (36.36%) Agile
4 4 (36.36%) Postman
5 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
5 3 (27.27%) Finance
5 3 (27.27%) JIRA
5 3 (27.27%) QA
5 3 (27.27%) Back Office
5 3 (27.27%) C#
5 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
5 3 (27.27%) Appium
6 2 (18.18%) Continuous Delivery
6 2 (18.18%) Test Strategy
6 2 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (18.18%) Performance Testing
6 2 (18.18%) WebDriver
6 2 (18.18%) Java
6 2 (18.18%) Visual Studio
6 2 (18.18%) Python
6 2 (18.18%) NHS
6 2 (18.18%) Software Testing
6 2 (18.18%) Brio
6 2 (18.18%) Acceptance Criteria
6 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (18.18%) API Testing
6 2 (18.18%) QA Automation

Automation Test Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (9.09%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (9.09%) AWS
2 1 (9.09%) Azure
2 1 (9.09%) BlazeMeter
2 1 (9.09%) Firebase
2 1 (9.09%) Sauce Labs
2 1 (9.09%) Tricentis Tosca
Development Applications
1 7 (63.64%) Selenium
2 4 (36.36%) Postman
3 3 (27.27%) Appium
3 3 (27.27%) JIRA
4 2 (18.18%) Visual Studio
4 2 (18.18%) WebDriver
5 1 (9.09%) Bitbucket
5 1 (9.09%) Cucumber
5 1 (9.09%) Cypress.io
5 1 (9.09%) Git
5 1 (9.09%) Jenkins
5 1 (9.09%) JMeter
5 1 (9.09%) LoadRunner
5 1 (9.09%) Maven
5 1 (9.09%) Rational Performance Tester
5 1 (9.09%) SoapUI
5 1 (9.09%) Zephyr
General
1 3 (27.27%) Back Office
1 3 (27.27%) Finance
1 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Banking
3 1 (9.09%) Health Technology
3 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
3 1 (9.09%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) NHS
2 1 (9.09%) Mobile App
2 1 (9.09%) Product Ownership
2 1 (9.09%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 5 (45.45%) Continuous Integration
3 4 (36.36%) Agile
3 4 (36.36%) Manual Testing
3 4 (36.36%) Test Scripting
4 2 (18.18%) Acceptance Criteria
4 2 (18.18%) API Testing
4 2 (18.18%) CI/CD
4 2 (18.18%) Continuous Delivery
4 2 (18.18%) Performance Testing
4 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (18.18%) QA Automation
4 2 (18.18%) Software Testing
4 2 (18.18%) Test Strategy
4 2 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (9.09%) Exploratory Testing
5 1 (9.09%) SDLC
5 1 (9.09%) System Integration Testing
5 1 (9.09%) Test Assurance
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) C#
2 2 (18.18%) Java
2 2 (18.18%) Python
3 1 (9.09%) JavaScript
3 1 (9.09%) Kotlin
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) QA
2 1 (9.09%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) Brio
3 1 (9.09%) Ariba
3 1 (9.09%) HP
3 1 (9.09%) IBM
3 1 (9.09%) Perfecto Mobile
3 1 (9.09%) SAP
3 1 (9.09%) ServiceNow