Senior Automation Tester Contract Job Trends in Croydon

Senior Automation Tester
South London > Croydon

The median Senior Automation Tester daily rate in Croydon is £530, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 December 2025.

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

 6 months to
4 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Automation Tester 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Croydon 1.10% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.14% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £515 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 - -
75th Percentile £545 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South London median daily rate £530 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Croydon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Croydon. 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 Croydon with a recognized job title 88 108 162
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.70% 97.30% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 69 117
10th Percentile £320 £380 £231
25th Percentile £465 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £540 £539
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +0.19% -4.85%
75th Percentile £582 £600 £625
90th Percentile £638 £655 £674
South London median daily rate £503 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -6.55% +2.48% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £17.25 £21.75
Median hourly rate - £19.50 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year - -17.02% -
75th Percentile - £21.75 £25.25
90th Percentile - - -
South London median hourly rate £66.00 £19.50 £43.84
% change year-on-year +238.46% -55.52% -0.62%

Senior Automation Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Croydon

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

Senior Automation Tester job vacancy trend in Croydon

Senior Automation Tester Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Croydon

For the 6 months to 4 December 2025, Senior 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 Croydon region featuring Senior Automation Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) Kafka
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
1 1 (100.00%) WireMock

Senior Automation Tester Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Croydon 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%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Kafka
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
1 1 (100.00%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
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%) QA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker