Automation Test Analyst Contracts in England

Test Automation Analyst
UK > England

The median Test Automation Analyst daily rate in England is £385, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 July 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
18 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 488 546 597
Rank change year-on-year +58 +51 +165
Contract jobs requiring an Automation Test Analyst 16 11 42
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.059% 0.030% 0.089%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.064% 0.033% 0.094%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 9 35
10th Percentile £323 £354 £390
25th Percentile £357 £400 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £385 £463 £600
Median % change year-on-year -16.76% -22.92% +41.18%
75th Percentile £414 £475 £738
90th Percentile £486 £506 -
UK median daily rate £395 £463 £600
% change year-on-year -14.59% -22.92% +40.52%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in 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 England with a recognized job title 25,013 33,557 44,673
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.84% 92.97% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,276 22,044 31,607
10th Percentile £290 £300 £312
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £628 £638 £656
90th Percentile £738 £750 £752
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,236 2,309 1,397
10th Percentile £13.75 £13.25 £14.93
25th Percentile £17.87 £18.00 £19.49
Median hourly rate £27.59 £40.33 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.59% -6.22% +70.01%
75th Percentile £57.31 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.28 £40.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -36.81% -5.88% +65.50%

Automation Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Automation Test Analyst in England

Automation Test Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Automation Test Analyst in England.

Daily rate trend for Automation Test Analyst in England

Automation Test Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Automation Test Analyst in England over the 6 months to 18 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Automation Test Analyst in England

Automation Test Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Automation Test Analyst in England.

Hourly rate trend for Automation Test Analyst in England

Automation Test Analyst
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Automation Test Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 18 July 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
London +31 11 £423 -8.89% 2
Midlands +1 3 £342 -10.00%
West Midlands - 2 £372 -
East Midlands +3 1 £280 -26.32%
South East - 1 £375 - 1
South West - 1 - -
Automation Test Analyst
UK

Automation Test Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 18 July 2025, Automation Test Analyst 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 England region featuring Automation Test Analyst in the job title.

1 16 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 9 (56.25%) Java
2 9 (56.25%) SC Cleared
2 9 (56.25%) Security Cleared
3 8 (50.00%) Selenium
4 7 (43.75%) Test Scripting
5 6 (37.50%) Agile
6 5 (31.25%) Software Testing
6 5 (31.25%) Windows
6 5 (31.25%) Use Case
6 5 (31.25%) Cypress.io
6 5 (31.25%) Playwright
7 4 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (25.00%) Integration Testing
7 4 (25.00%) Open Source
7 4 (25.00%) Waterfall
7 4 (25.00%) TestComplete
7 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (25.00%) System Testing
7 4 (25.00%) QA
7 4 (25.00%) OOP
7 4 (25.00%) OO
7 4 (25.00%) Python
7 4 (25.00%) JavaScript
7 4 (25.00%) HP UFT
7 4 (25.00%) .NET
7 4 (25.00%) C#
7 4 (25.00%) Reuters
7 4 (25.00%) Bloomberg
7 4 (25.00%) Service Management

Automation Test Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.25%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) SSH
Development Applications
1 8 (50.00%) Selenium
2 5 (31.25%) Cypress.io
3 4 (25.00%) HP UFT
3 4 (25.00%) TestComplete
4 3 (18.75%) JIRA
5 1 (6.25%) Cucumber
5 1 (6.25%) Git
5 1 (6.25%) Gradle
5 1 (6.25%) Jenkins
5 1 (6.25%) JMeter
5 1 (6.25%) REST Assured
5 1 (6.25%) Toad
General
1 4 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (31.25%) Playwright
2 4 (25.00%) .NET
3 1 (6.25%) jQuery
3 1 (6.25%) Kafka
3 1 (6.25%) REST
3 1 (6.25%) WireMock
3 1 (6.25%) XML
Operating Systems
1 5 (31.25%) Windows
2 1 (6.25%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 7 (43.75%) Test Scripting
3 6 (37.50%) Agile
4 5 (31.25%) Software Testing
4 5 (31.25%) Use Case
5 4 (25.00%) Integration Testing
5 4 (25.00%) OO
5 4 (25.00%) OOP
5 4 (25.00%) Open Source
5 4 (25.00%) Service Management
5 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (25.00%) System Testing
5 4 (25.00%) Waterfall
6 3 (18.75%) Decision-Making
6 3 (18.75%) Defect Management
6 3 (18.75%) Test Strategy
7 2 (12.50%) CI/CD
7 2 (12.50%) Regression Testing
7 2 (12.50%) Scenario Testing
7 2 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 9 (56.25%) Java
2 4 (25.00%) C#
2 4 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 4 (25.00%) Python
3 1 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (56.25%) SC Cleared
1 9 (56.25%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) ISEB
2 1 (6.25%) ISTQB
2 1 (6.25%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (25.00%) QA
2 1 (6.25%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Graphite
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) Bloomberg
1 4 (25.00%) Reuters
2 1 (6.25%) CheckPoint
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.25%) Oracle
2 1 (6.25%) SAP
2 1 (6.25%) webMethods