QA Automation Contracts in the North of England

Quality Assurance (QA) Automation
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring QA Automation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited QA Automation over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank - 184 231
Rank change year-on-year - +47 +15
Contract jobs citing QA Automation 0 8 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England - 0.16% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.18% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 6 10
10th Percentile - £490 £441
25th Percentile - £504 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £513 £463
Median % change year-on-year - +10.86% +2.78%
75th Percentile - £523 £492
90th Percentile - £531 £543
England median daily rate £456 £509 £475
% change year-on-year -10.28% +7.05% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

QA Automation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,355 4,341 6,616
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 84.49% 88.25% 90.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,821 2,925 4,672
10th Percentile £294 £275 £263
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +8.11%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £590
90th Percentile £656 £675 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 174 213 212
10th Percentile £14.56 £15.75 £10.20
25th Percentile £17.81 £18.00 £15.50
Median hourly rate £32.75 £30.00 £21.38
Median % change year-on-year +9.17% +40.35% +22.14%
75th Percentile £49.69 £46.18 £45.05
90th Percentile £69.93 £62.00 £70.68
England median hourly rate £39.50 £44.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -11.24% +27.14% +70.73%

QA Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing QA Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for QA Automation in the North of England

QA Automation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QA Automation in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for QA Automation in the North of England