Test Automation Contract Job Trends in Fareham

Automated Testing
Hampshire > Fareham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Fareham requiring Test Automation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 - 7
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Test Automation 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Fareham 0.81% - 7.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.10% - 10.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £370
25th Percentile - - £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £413
75th Percentile - - £444
90th Percentile - - £455
Hampshire median daily rate £575 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% -4.35%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Fareham

Test Automation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Fareham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 91 23 28
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Fareham 73.98% 92.00% 68.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 15 11
10th Percentile £263 - £300
25th Percentile £413 £256 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £275 £375
Median % change year-on-year +90.91% -26.67% -2.41%
75th Percentile £538 £473 £488
90th Percentile £614 £488 £575
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £538 £580
% change year-on-year +2.33% -7.33% +10.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 0 6
10th Percentile - - £19.13
25th Percentile - - £30.75
Median hourly rate £13.45 - £70.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +259.16%
75th Percentile £14.97 - £78.75
90th Percentile £16.88 - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £47.50 £33.89 £57.35
% change year-on-year +40.18% -40.92% +9.24%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Fareham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Test Automation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Fareham.

Test Automation job vacancy trend in Fareham

Test Automation
Daily Rate Trend in Fareham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Fareham citing Test Automation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Fareham citing Test Automation

Test Automation
Hourly Rate Trend in Fareham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Fareham citing Test Automation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Fareham citing Test Automation

Test Automation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Fareham 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) C++ Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Principal Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Principal Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Qt Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Qt
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Refinement
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Python