Test Automation Manager Contract Job Trends in Cambridge

Automation Test Manager
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The median Automation Test Manager daily rate in Cambridge is £413, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

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

 6 months to
13 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Test Automation Manager 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridge 0.47% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £406 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 - -
75th Percentile £419 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £413 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cambridge

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cambridge. 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 Cambridge with a recognized job title 186 155 177
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.15% 89.08% 93.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 77 91
10th Percentile £219 £269 £140
25th Percentile £400 £340 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £620 £538 £550
90th Percentile £681 £638 £590
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £475 £454 £475
% change year-on-year +4.63% -4.42% +0.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 6 28
10th Percentile £23.16 £20.27 £17.37
25th Percentile £27.21 £22.66 £17.72
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.46 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +66.96% +27.28% -38.46%
75th Percentile £61.68 £50.31 £63.56
90th Percentile £75.00 £60.63 £77.50
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £16.00 £22.90 £17.72
% change year-on-year -30.12% +29.20% +14.32%

Test Automation Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Test Automation Manager job vacancy trend in Cambridge

Test Automation Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Automation Manager job vacancies in Cambridge.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Automation Manager job vacancies in Cambridge

Test Automation Manager Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge

For the 6 months to 13 December 2025, Test Automation Manager 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 Cambridge region featuring Test Automation Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing

Test Automation Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge 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
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA