QA Automation Tester Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Automation QA Tester
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Automation QA Tester daily rate in Cardiff is £509, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 November 2025.

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

 6 months to
19 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a QA Automation Tester 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 0.40% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.42% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 - -
South Wales median daily rate £509 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 237 224 233
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.42% 92.56% 96.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 164 181
10th Percentile £203 £132 £175
25th Percentile £290 £200 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% - -5.56%
75th Percentile £492 £550 £538
90th Percentile £609 £635 £625
South Wales median daily rate £400 £425 £438
% change year-on-year -5.88% -2.86% -7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 13 10
10th Percentile - - £16.00
25th Percentile £13.08 £15.48 £17.25
Median hourly rate £16.08 £24.00 £21.25
Median % change year-on-year -33.00% +12.94% +18.06%
75th Percentile £19.70 £26.50 £26.38
90th Percentile £21.50 £27.30 £43.63
South Wales median hourly rate £20.50 £25.36 £26.00
% change year-on-year -19.16% -2.46% +30.59%

QA Automation Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

QA Automation Tester job vacancy trend in Cardiff

QA Automation Tester Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff

For the 6 months to 19 November 2025, QA 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 QA Automation Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy

QA 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 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
3 QA Automation Tester jobs Nationwide