Senior Test Automation Engineer Contract Job Trends in Belfast

Senior Automation Test Engineer
County Antrim > Belfast

As of 25 February 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Senior Automation Test Engineer daily rate in Belfast.

 6 months to
25 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Test Automation Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Belfast 1.04% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.15% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
County Antrim median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Belfast

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Belfast. 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 Belfast with a recognized job title 174 118 132
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.16% 89.39% 96.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 64 90
10th Percentile £363 £144 £173
25th Percentile £400 £196 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £325 £450
Median % change year-on-year +46.15% -27.78% +5.88%
75th Percentile £575 £514 £584
90th Percentile £638 £584 £650
County Antrim median daily rate £475 £325 £450
% change year-on-year +46.15% -27.78% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 14 6
10th Percentile £13.86 £22.50 £14.19
25th Percentile £23.00 £24.18 £15.54
Median hourly rate £34.00 £26.59 £16.06
Median % change year-on-year +27.87% +65.57% +7.07%
75th Percentile £53.75 £50.17 £16.12
90th Percentile - £73.68 -
County Antrim median hourly rate £26.11 £26.59 £16.12
% change year-on-year -1.81% +64.95% +7.47%

Senior Test Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Test Automation Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast.

Senior Test Automation Engineer job vacancy trend in Belfast

Senior Test Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Belfast

For the 6 months to 25 February 2026, Senior Test Automation Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Belfast region featuring Senior Test Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Playwright
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) TypeScript
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) API Testing
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Backlog Management
2 1 (50.00%) Black-Box Testing
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (50.00%) Docker
2 1 (50.00%) Event-Driven
2 1 (50.00%) Git
2 1 (50.00%) GitLab
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) Jest
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Microservices
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) React
2 1 (50.00%) Selenium
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) WebDriver
2 1 (50.00%) WebdriverIO

Senior Test Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Belfast by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Git
1 1 (50.00%) GitLab
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
1 1 (50.00%) Selenium
1 1 (50.00%) WebDriver
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Playwright
2 1 (50.00%) Jest
2 1 (50.00%) React
2 1 (50.00%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Distributed Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) API Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Backlog Management
2 1 (50.00%) Black-Box Testing
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (50.00%) Event-Driven
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Microservices
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) TypeScript
2 1 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Docker