Test Automation Contracts in Surrey

Automated Testing
South East > Surrey

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Surrey 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 18 43 42
Rank change year-on-year +25 -1 +9
Contract jobs citing Test Automation 42 28 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Surrey 6.90% 3.85% 4.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.52% 4.44% 4.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 23 29
10th Percentile £350 £263 £248
25th Percentile £425 £419 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £604 £594
90th Percentile £688 £675 £638
South East median daily rate £550 £575 £500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +15.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57.50 - -
Median hourly rate £60.00 - -
75th Percentile £62.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £60.00 £55.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% +25.34%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 493 630 775
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 80.95% 86.66% 90.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 349 492 534
10th Percentile £250 £200 £200
25th Percentile £363 £350 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +2.44% +7.89%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £613
90th Percentile £700 £750 £695
South East median daily rate £510 £501 £500
% change year-on-year +1.90% +0.10% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 28 21
10th Percentile £11.71 £38.60 £19.50
25th Percentile £14.75 £42.50 £21.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £45.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% - +65.14%
75th Percentile £65.25 £62.13 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.86 £64.13 £48.75
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £52.50 £21.72
% change year-on-year -9.52% +141.77% -21.04%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in Surrey

Test Automation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Daily rate trend for Test Automation in Surrey

Test Automation
Daily Rate Histogram in Surrey

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

Daily rate histogram for Test Automation in Surrey

Test Automation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Automation in Surrey

Test Automation
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

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 Surrey 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
Leatherhead +1 16 £675 +12.50%
Redhill +5 12 £425 - 4
Reigate -8 2 £525 +5.00% 1
Guildford 0 1 £475 +72.73% 3
Test Automation
South East

Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey 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 9 (21.43%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (9.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (2.38%) SAP Retail
1 1 (2.38%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.76%) Azure
2 1 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (2.38%) Azure Functions
2 1 (2.38%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (2.38%) Power Automate
2 1 (2.38%) Power Platform
2 1 (2.38%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 8 (19.05%) TCP/IP
2 4 (9.52%) Firewall
3 1 (2.38%) RS-485
Development Applications
1 10 (23.81%) JIRA
2 5 (11.90%) Git
2 5 (11.90%) Jenkins
3 4 (9.52%) Artifactory
3 4 (9.52%) Bitbucket
3 4 (9.52%) TestRail
4 1 (2.38%) GoogleTest
4 1 (2.38%) JMeter
4 1 (2.38%) NUnit
4 1 (2.38%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 5 (11.90%) Finance
2 4 (9.52%) Automotive
3 3 (7.14%) Electronics
3 3 (7.14%) Marketing
3 3 (7.14%) Social Skills
4 1 (2.38%) Banking
4 1 (2.38%) German Language
4 1 (2.38%) Law
4 1 (2.38%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.38%) Retail
4 1 (2.38%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 13 (30.95%) DevSecOps Engineer
2 6 (14.29%) Analyst
2 6 (14.29%) Test Manager
3 4 (9.52%) Development Engineer
3 4 (9.52%) Senior
3 4 (9.52%) Senior Analyst
3 4 (9.52%) Software Development Engineer
3 4 (9.52%) Software Engineer
3 4 (9.52%) Systems Engineer
3 4 (9.52%) Systems Test Engineer
3 4 (9.52%) Test Development Engineer
3 4 (9.52%) Test Engineer
4 3 (7.14%) Linux Engineer
4 3 (7.14%) QA Analyst
4 3 (7.14%) Senior QA Analyst
4 3 (7.14%) Unix Engineer
4 3 (7.14%) Unix Systems Engineer
5 2 (4.76%) C++ Software Engineer
5 2 (4.76%) Electronics Technician
5 2 (4.76%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (11.90%) Web Services
1 5 (11.90%) XML
2 4 (9.52%) ADO
2 4 (9.52%) RESTful
2 4 (9.52%) SOAP
3 2 (4.76%) .NET
4 1 (2.38%) HTML5 Canvas
4 1 (2.38%) JSON
4 1 (2.38%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.76%) Life Science
1 2 (4.76%) NHS
2 1 (2.38%) Digital Media
2 1 (2.38%) Robotics
2 1 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (26.19%) Linux
2 6 (14.29%) Unix
3 4 (9.52%) Embedded Linux
3 4 (9.52%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (66.67%) Agile
2 14 (33.33%) Containerisation
2 14 (33.33%) DevSecOps
2 14 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
2 14 (33.33%) SDLC
2 14 (33.33%) Virtual Infrastructure
3 12 (28.57%) Computer Science
4 10 (23.81%) Scrum
5 9 (21.43%) End-to-End Testing
5 9 (21.43%) Software Testing
6 6 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
6 6 (14.29%) Software Engineering
7 5 (11.90%) API Testing
7 5 (11.90%) Functional Testing
7 5 (11.90%) Manual Testing
7 5 (11.90%) SDET
7 5 (11.90%) Test Strategy
7 5 (11.90%) User Acceptance Testing
8 4 (9.52%) DevOps
8 4 (9.52%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 12 (28.57%) Python
2 11 (26.19%) SQL
3 6 (14.29%) C++
3 6 (14.29%) Java
4 4 (9.52%) C
4 4 (9.52%) Shell Script
4 4 (9.52%) VBScript
5 2 (4.76%) C#
5 2 (4.76%) VB
6 1 (2.38%) JavaScript
6 1 (2.38%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (40.48%) SC Cleared
1 17 (40.48%) Security Cleared
2 16 (38.10%) Degree
3 8 (19.05%) ISTQB
4 4 (9.52%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (9.52%) HNC
4 4 (9.52%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 4 (9.52%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (23.81%) QA
2 2 (4.76%) HL7
System Software
1 4 (9.52%) Virtual Machines
1 4 (9.52%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 1 (2.38%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 7 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 5 (11.90%) SAP
3 4 (9.52%) Micro Focus
3 4 (9.52%) Oracle
4 1 (2.38%) Google
4 1 (2.38%) UiPath