Senior Automation Tester Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Senior Automation Tester
North West > Cheshire

As of 20 September 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Senior Automation Tester daily rate in Cheshire.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Automation Tester 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 0.15% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
North West median daily rate £340 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cheshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire with a recognized job title 593 490 336
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.12% 92.98% 86.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 450 289 206
10th Percentile £270 £310 £225
25th Percentile £358 £382 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £465 £489
Median % change year-on-year -3.87% -4.91% +8.67%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £586
90th Percentile £688 £638 £613
North West median daily rate £450 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -8.16% -2.00% +2.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 23 28
10th Percentile £12.82 £13.49 £14.70
25th Percentile £15.50 £15.36 £21.52
Median hourly rate £29.75 £35.00 £33.54
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +4.35% +45.16%
75th Percentile £36.86 £43.75 £35.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £47.50 £43.00
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -32.03% +5.71% +50.80%

Senior Automation Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Job postings that featured Senior Automation Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Automation Tester in Cheshire

Senior Automation Tester Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 20 September 2025, Senior Automation Tester contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cheshire region featuring Senior Automation Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Nightwatchjs
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills

Senior Automation Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Nightwatchjs
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB