Test Automation Contract Job Trends in Bridgend

Automated Testing
South Wales > Bridgend

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bridgend requiring Test Automation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Test Automation 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bridgend 12.00% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 23.08% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £575 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
75th Percentile £625 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median daily rate £475 £413 £511
% change year-on-year +15.15% -19.20% -14.92%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bridgend

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 Bridgend.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13 1 7
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bridgend 52.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 7
10th Percentile £482 - £254
25th Percentile £544 - £462
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £700
Median % change year-on-year - - +55.56%
75th Percentile £625 - £725
90th Percentile £633 - -
South Wales median daily rate £475 £405 £438
% change year-on-year +17.28% -7.43% -12.50%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Bridgend

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

Test Automation job vacancy trend in Bridgend

Test Automation
Daily Rate Trend in Bridgend

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

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

Test Automation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bridgend 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 2 (66.67%) Azure
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Architect
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Architect
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
1 3 (100.00%) Technical Architect
1 3 (100.00%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 3 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (66.67%) Build Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (66.67%) Knowledge Transfer
2 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Project Planning
2 2 (66.67%) Server Building
2 2 (66.67%) Workflow
2 2 (66.67%) Workflow Management
3 1 (33.33%) Architectural Design
3 1 (33.33%) Architectural Patterns
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Register
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Debt
3 1 (33.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Hyper-V
1 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Ansible
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) VMware