Test Automation Engineer Contract Job Trends in Bournemouth

Automation Test Engineer
Dorset > Bournemouth

The median Automation Test Engineer daily rate in Bournemouth is £515, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Test Automation Engineer 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bournemouth 2.48% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.61% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £508 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 - -
75th Percentile £523 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Dorset median daily rate £515 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Bournemouth

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bournemouth. 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 Bournemouth with a recognized job title 115 40 80
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.04% 95.24% 98.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 24 60
10th Percentile £350 £226 £172
25th Percentile £382 £384 £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £185
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% +129.97% -50.72%
75th Percentile £678 £588 £456
90th Percentile £688 £719 £825
Dorset median daily rate £500 £475 £400
% change year-on-year +5.26% +18.75% -15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 12
10th Percentile - £14.78 £7.21
25th Percentile - £15.18 £13.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £15.50 £14.25
Median % change year-on-year +41.94% +8.77% -19.72%
75th Percentile - £17.72 £15.32
90th Percentile - £21.69 £18.21
Dorset median hourly rate £63.14 £16.88 £16.81
% change year-on-year +274.13% +0.39% -69.34%

Test Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bournemouth

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

Test Automation Engineer job vacancy trend in Bournemouth

Test Automation Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Bournemouth

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Automation Engineer job vacancies in Bournemouth.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Automation Engineer job vacancies in Bournemouth

Test Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bournemouth

For the 6 months to 19 May 2026, 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 Bournemouth region featuring Test Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) GCP
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) End-to-End Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft

Test Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bournemouth 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 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) GCP
General
1 3 (100.00%) Banking
1 3 (100.00%) Investment Banking
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) End-to-End Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) Python
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft