Automation Tester Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Automation Tester
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Automation Tester daily rate in Cardiff is £630, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 February 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Automation Tester 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 0.86% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.90% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £533 - -
25th Percentile £569 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £630 - -
75th Percentile £690 - -
90th Percentile £726 - -
South Wales median daily rate £700 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Cardiff

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cardiff. 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 Cardiff with a recognized job title 221 168 215
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.26% 93.85% 96.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 169 131 178
10th Percentile £206 £167 £186
25th Percentile £290 £221 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £420
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% +1.19% -6.67%
75th Percentile £509 £550 £530
90th Percentile £639 £650 £600
South Wales median daily rate £413 £425 £424
% change year-on-year -2.94% +0.29% -7.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 2
10th Percentile £12.21 £21.35 £21.33
25th Percentile £13.18 £21.50 £26.31
Median hourly rate £14.83 £24.00 £35.25
Median % change year-on-year -38.21% -31.91% +127.46%
75th Percentile £18.10 £27.50 £44.81
90th Percentile £20.58 £43.25 £50.18
South Wales median hourly rate £18.18 £25.36 £33.00
% change year-on-year -28.31% -23.15% +100.67%

Automation Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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 Cardiff.

Automation Tester job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Automation Tester
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

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

Automation Tester
Daily Rate Histogram in Cardiff

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Automation Tester in Cardiff over the 6 months to 2 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Automation Tester in Cardiff

Automation Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff

For the 6 months to 2 February 2026, 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 Cardiff region featuring Automation Tester in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) GitHub
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Cucumber
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Docker
2 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (50.00%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (50.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (50.00%) JMeter
2 1 (50.00%) Kanban
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) MSTest
2 1 (50.00%) Non-Functional Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Playwright
2 1 (50.00%) Postman
2 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Ruby

Automation Tester Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) GitHub
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (50.00%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (50.00%) JMeter
1 1 (50.00%) MSTest
1 1 (50.00%) Postman
1 1 (50.00%) Selenium
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Playwright
1 1 (50.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Kanban
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Non-Functional Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) Python
1 1 (50.00%) Ruby
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (50.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft