Test Automation Contract Job Trends in Bracknell

Automated Testing
Berkshire > Bracknell

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bracknell requiring Test Automation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 12 27
Rank change year-on-year -8 +15 -9
Contract jobs citing Test Automation 6 7 2
As % of all contract jobs in Bracknell 4.96% 8.64% 1.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.71% 9.72% 1.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 0
10th Percentile £481 £378 -
25th Percentile £563 £400 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £425 -
Median % change year-on-year +38.24% - -
75th Percentile £600 £466 -
90th Percentile - £516 -
Berkshire median daily rate £496 £620 £550
% change year-on-year -20.00% +12.73% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bracknell

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 Bracknell.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 105 72 177
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bracknell 86.78% 88.89% 92.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 42 59
10th Percentile £204 £235 £141
25th Percentile £456 £369 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% -10.53% -4.04%
75th Percentile £594 £550 £656
90th Percentile £650 £625 £800
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £545 £500
% change year-on-year -8.26% +9.00% -0.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 7
10th Percentile £62.18 £21.98 £18.95
25th Percentile £63.56 £26.00 £26.98
Median hourly rate £66.75 £28.50 £43.33
Median % change year-on-year +134.21% -34.23% +76.86%
75th Percentile £69.56 £41.00 £56.73
90th Percentile £70.73 £42.13 £65.93
Berkshire median hourly rate £40.44 £59.00 £61.45
% change year-on-year -31.47% -3.98% +29.36%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Bracknell

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

Test Automation job vacancy trend in Bracknell

Test Automation
Daily Rate Trend in Bracknell

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

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

Test Automation
Daily Rate Histogram in Bracknell

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Automation in Bracknell over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Test Automation in Bracknell

Test Automation
Hourly Rate Trend in Bracknell

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bracknell citing Test Automation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bracknell citing Test Automation

Test Automation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bracknell 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 (16.67%) Datadog
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Cucumber
General
1 5 (83.33%) Presentation Skills
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Test Manager
2 3 (50.00%) Strategy Manager
2 3 (50.00%) Test Strategy Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Backend Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (66.67%) JWT
1 4 (66.67%) OAuth
1 4 (66.67%) SAML
2 1 (16.67%) Spring
2 1 (16.67%) Spring Batch
2 1 (16.67%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (16.67%) IoT
2 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Agile
2 5 (83.33%) Conflict Management
2 5 (83.33%) Decision-Making
2 5 (83.33%) Matrix Organization
2 5 (83.33%) SDLC
2 5 (83.33%) Test Management
2 5 (83.33%) Test Strategy
2 5 (83.33%) Waterfall
3 4 (66.67%) Code Quality
3 4 (66.67%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
3 4 (66.67%) Event-Driven
3 4 (66.67%) Integration Patterns
3 4 (66.67%) Microservices
3 4 (66.67%) Resilience Testing
3 4 (66.67%) Scenario Testing
3 4 (66.67%) Secure Coding
3 4 (66.67%) Security Testing
3 4 (66.67%) Static Application Security Testing
3 4 (66.67%) Threat Modelling
3 4 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) SAP