Automation Test Engineer
UK
The median Automation Test Engineer daily rate in the UK is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 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 11 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 526 | 574 | 675 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +48 | +101 | -114 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Test Automation Engineer | 64 | 125 | 169 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.15% | 0.22% | 0.19% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.16% | 0.23% | 0.20% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 54 | 105 | 118 |
| 10th Percentile | £358 | £356 | £373 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £438 | £418 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £525 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -14.29% | +5.00% | +16.96% |
| 75th Percentile | £538 | £609 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £587 | £695 | £725 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £450 | £525 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | -14.29% | +16.67% | +5.88% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title | 39,895 | 54,705 | 83,445 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.77% | 94.63% | 95.43% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25,959 | 38,196 | 58,620 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £410 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | +2.86% | +10.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,673 | 1,532 | 2,041 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.06 | £15.75 |
| Median hourly rate | £37.50 | £45.00 | £23.91 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.67% | +88.21% | +6.27% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.30 | £65.75 | £49.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.90 | £76.00 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.43 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.73% | +112.16% | +5.26% |
Test Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Test Automation Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Test Automation Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Automation Engineer.
Test Automation Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Automation Engineer over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.
Test Automation Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Automation Engineer.
Test Automation Engineer
Top 12 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Automation Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 11 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 |
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| England | +51 | 47 | £463 | -15.91% | 15 |
| Work from Home | +109 | 34 | £450 | -2.44% | 9 |
| London | +71 | 27 | £450 | -22.25% | 6 |
| UK excluding London | +28 | 27 | £450 | -14.29% | 8 |
| North of England | +23 | 9 | £425 | -20.00% | |
| South West | 0 | 8 | £590 | +12.38% | 1 |
| North West | +8 | 5 | £438 | -14.63% | |
| Scotland | +41 | 4 | £475 | -11.63% | 1 |
| Wales | +23 | 4 | £363 | -46.30% | |
| Yorkshire | +17 | 4 | £413 | -25.00% | |
| South East | +17 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| East of England | +12 | 1 | £420 | -16.00% | 4 |
Test Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 11 May 2024, Test Automation Engineer 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 featuring Test Automation Engineer in the job title.
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Test Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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