Automation Tester Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Automation Tester
South East > Buckinghamshire

The median Automation Tester daily rate in Buckinghamshire is £300, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 November 2025.

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

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 - 64
Rank change year-on-year - - +42
Contract jobs requiring an Automation Tester 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 0.27% - 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% - 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £299 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 - -
75th Percentile £300 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £375 £523 £513
% change year-on-year -28.23% +1.95% -2.38%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Buckinghamshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Buckinghamshire. 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 Buckinghamshire with a recognized job title 336 377 600
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.06% 96.42% 94.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 209 252 454
10th Percentile £209 £250 £227
25th Percentile £350 £389 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £466 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.38% -6.85% -
75th Percentile £550 £550 £600
90th Percentile £642 £638 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £508 £508
% change year-on-year -1.48% - +1.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 15 20
10th Percentile - £14.59 £13.16
25th Percentile £15.13 £15.04 £13.57
Median hourly rate £17.94 £18.70 £19.25
Median % change year-on-year -4.09% -2.86% +24.19%
75th Percentile £29.61 £33.00 £23.19
90th Percentile - £37.50 £24.60
South East median hourly rate £20.79 £57.50 £50.53
% change year-on-year -63.84% +13.80% +43.50%

Automation Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Automation Tester job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Automation Tester
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Automation Tester job vacancies in Buckinghamshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Automation Tester job vacancies in Buckinghamshire

Automation Tester
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Automation Tester within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 6 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Newport Pagnell - 1 £300 - 2
Automation Tester
South East

Automation Tester Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire

For the 6 months to 6 November 2025, Automation Tester 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 Buckinghamshire region featuring Automation Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) Load Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) WebdriverIO

Automation Tester Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) WebdriverIO
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Load Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) SQL