Test Automation Contract Job Trends in Bournemouth

Automated Testing
Dorset > Bournemouth

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bournemouth requiring Test Automation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 9 -
Rank change year-on-year -7 - -
Contract jobs citing Test Automation 7 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bournemouth 8.24% 6.52% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.14% 7.32% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £276 - -
25th Percentile £300 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 - -
75th Percentile £523 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Dorset median daily rate £377 £450 -
% change year-on-year -16.17% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bournemouth

Test Automation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bournemouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 69 41 51
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bournemouth 81.18% 89.13% 87.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 18 38
10th Percentile £315 £203 £175
25th Percentile £394 £273 £314
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £428 £438 £474
Median % change year-on-year -2.29% -7.65% +26.33%
75th Percentile £663 £549 £530
90th Percentile £723 £619 £700
Dorset median daily rate £538 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +13.16% -2.56% -9.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 13 5
10th Percentile £18.34 - -
25th Percentile - £15.25 £14.41
Median hourly rate £21.00 £15.50 £15.62
Median % change year-on-year +35.48% -0.77% -18.31%
75th Percentile £25.38 £15.75 -
90th Percentile £27.25 - £21.36
Dorset median hourly rate £39.25 £15.50 £15.62
% change year-on-year +153.23% -0.77% -72.35%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Bournemouth

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

Test Automation job vacancy trend in Bournemouth

Test Automation
Daily Rate Trend in Bournemouth

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bournemouth citing Test Automation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bournemouth citing Test Automation

Test Automation
Daily Rate Histogram in Bournemouth

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Automation in Bournemouth over the 6 months to 20 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Test Automation in Bournemouth

Test Automation
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 4 (57.14%) AWS
2 3 (42.86%) Azure
2 3 (42.86%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Selenium
2 2 (28.57%) Cucumber
3 1 (14.29%) HP UFT
3 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 6 (85.71%) Banking
2 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 4 (57.14%) Investment Banking
3 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Test Automation Engineer
1 5 (71.43%) Test Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Java Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Lead
3 1 (14.29%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) Spring
1 3 (42.86%) Spring Boot
2 1 (14.29%) CSS
2 1 (14.29%) CSS3
2 1 (14.29%) HTML
2 1 (14.29%) HTML5
2 1 (14.29%) Jest
2 1 (14.29%) React
2 1 (14.29%) Redux
2 1 (14.29%) REST
2 1 (14.29%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (28.57%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) User Acceptance Testing
2 5 (71.43%) CI/CD
3 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (57.14%) Validation
4 3 (42.86%) Agile
4 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (42.86%) End-to-End Testing
4 3 (42.86%) Root Cause Analysis
4 3 (42.86%) SDLC
5 2 (28.57%) AI
5 2 (28.57%) Defect Management
5 2 (28.57%) DevOps
5 2 (28.57%) System Integration Testing
5 2 (28.57%) Test Scripting
6 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
6 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
6 1 (14.29%) MVC
6 1 (14.29%) Scenario Testing
6 1 (14.29%) Software Testing
6 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) Java
2 3 (42.86%) JavaScript
2 3 (42.86%) Python
3 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) ISO 20022
1 2 (28.57%) SEPA
2 1 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft