Test Automation Specialist Contracts in England

Automation Test Specialist
UK > England

As of 2 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Automation Test Specialist daily rate in England.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 485 537 670
Rank change year-on-year +52 +133 +107
Contract jobs requiring a Test Automation Specialist 1 4 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.004% 0.011% 0.006%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.004% 0.012% 0.006%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - £456 -
25th Percentile - £463 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £475 £388
Median % change year-on-year - +22.58% -22.50%
75th Percentile - £488 £406
90th Percentile - £494 -
UK median daily rate - £475 £388
% change year-on-year - +22.58% -29.55%

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 22,595 34,453 47,601
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.55% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,023 22,865 33,797
10th Percentile £300 £280 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £640 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 899 2,434 1,402
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.30
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.78 £36.02 £44.77
Median % change year-on-year -14.55% -19.53% +98.96%
75th Percentile £64.13 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.95
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.02 £45.00
% change year-on-year -19.49% -19.95% +91.49%

Test Automation Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation Specialist in England

Test Automation Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Test Automation Specialist in England

Test Automation Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Automation Specialist in England

Test Automation Specialist
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 Test Automation Specialist within the England region over the 6 months to 2 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
London +41 1 - -
Test Automation Specialist
UK

Test Automation Specialist Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Test Automation Specialist 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 Test Automation Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Groovy
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) REST Assured

Test Automation Specialist 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) REST Assured
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Groovy
1 1 (100.00%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle