QA Automation Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Quality Assurance (QA) Automation
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire requiring QA Automation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing QA Automation 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 0.21% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
South East median daily rate £500 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Buckinghamshire

QA 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 Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 396 258 501
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 81.99% 90.85% 87.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 260 190 376
10th Percentile £223 £209 £279
25th Percentile £356 £401 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £472 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.70% - +3.09%
75th Percentile £560 £590 £600
90th Percentile £638 £656 £743
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 4 29
10th Percentile £15.88 £14.01 £15.85
25th Percentile £15.91 £17.03 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.60 £23.75
Median % change year-on-year -29.35% +49.89% +39.71%
75th Percentile £29.61 £54.69 £30.00
90th Percentile £36.00 £56.38 £48.75
South East median hourly rate £23.58 £45.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -47.61% -5.26% +7.34%

QA Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

QA Automation job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

QA Automation
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing QA Automation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing QA Automation

QA Automation
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 QA Automation within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 30 January 2026. 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
Milton Keynes - 1 £500 -
QA Automation
South East

QA Automation
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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) WebDriver
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) QA Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (100.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) SDET
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Retrospective
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) QA