QA Automation Tester Contracts in England

Automation QA Tester
UK > England

The median Automation QA Tester daily rate in England is £315 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 536 626 773
Rank change year-on-year +90 +147 -160
Contract jobs requiring a QA Automation Tester 2 22 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.005% 0.044% 0.023%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.006% 0.046% 0.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 19 15
10th Percentile £238 £310 £285
25th Percentile £258 £363 £316
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £315 £413 £363
Median % change year-on-year -23.64% +13.79% -23.68%
75th Percentile £373 £441 £473
90th Percentile £392 £477 £519
UK median daily rate £315 £419 £375
% change year-on-year -24.78% +11.67% -21.05%

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 34,178 47,326 67,913
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.63% 95.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,701 33,606 48,311
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £643 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £760 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,433 1,407 1,890
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.37 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.96 £15.37
Median hourly rate £36.50 £44.53 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.03% +97.91% +2.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.82 £77.00 £62.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.81
% change year-on-year -18.89% +89.04% +5.80%

QA Automation Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for QA Automation Tester in England

QA Automation Tester
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QA Automation Tester in England.

Daily rate trend for QA Automation Tester in England

QA Automation Tester
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing QA Automation Tester in England.

Hourly rate trend for QA Automation Tester in England

QA Automation Tester
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 QA Automation Tester within the England region over the 6 months to 4 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 +97 1 £250 -24.24%
Midlands +28 1 £380 -7.88%
East Midlands +23 1 £380 +16.92%
QA Automation Tester
UK

QA Automation Tester Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, QA 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 England region featuring QA Automation Tester in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Cucumber
2 1 (50.00%) Selenium
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) SoapUI
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Jenkins
2 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) System Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) QA Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Fintech
2 1 (50.00%) Exploratory Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Postman
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) End-to-End Testing

QA Automation Tester 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (50.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (50.00%) Postman
1 1 (50.00%) Selenium
1 1 (50.00%) SoapUI
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Exploratory Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Fintech
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) QA Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (50.00%) System Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow