Test Automation Consultant Contracts in the East of England

Automation Test Consultant
England > East of England

The median Automation Test Consultant daily rate in the East of England is £213, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 86 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Test Automation Consultant 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 0.10% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £206 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £213 - -
75th Percentile £219 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £273 £427 £500
% change year-on-year -36.12% -14.60% +14.29%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 the East of England with a recognized job title 844 1,674 1,802
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.28% 88.71% 91.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 444 747 1,086
10th Percentile £200 £206 £195
25th Percentile £375 £313 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +3.26%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £594
90th Percentile £675 £650 £700
England median daily rate £524 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.26% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 167 591 277
10th Percentile £14.84 £14.16 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.95 £16.30 £15.25
Median hourly rate £46.18 £43.00 £41.80
Median % change year-on-year +7.40% +2.87% +165.40%
75th Percentile £72.50 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £75.25 £70.00
England median hourly rate £30.00 £37.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -19.31% -17.38% +95.65%

Test Automation Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings that featured Test Automation Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation Consultant in the East of England

Test Automation Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Automation Consultant in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Test Automation Consultant in the East of England

Test Automation Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Automation Consultant in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Test Automation Consultant in the East of England

Test Automation Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Automation Consultant within the East of England region over the 6 months to 16 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Suffolk - 1 £213 -
Test Automation Consultant
England

Test Automation Consultant Skill Set
Top 5 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, Test Automation Consultant 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 East of England region featuring Test Automation Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Robot Framework
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD

Test Automation Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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%) Robot Framework
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA