Automation Tester Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Automation Tester
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Automation Tester daily rate in Glasgow is £319, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2026.

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

	6 months to 3 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	92	-	70
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-2
Contract Automation Tester jobs	8	0	2
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow	0.66%	-	0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category	0.73%	-	0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted	2	0	2
10^th Percentile	£314	-	-
25^th Percentile	£316	-	£363
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£319	-	£375
Median % change year-on-year	-	-	-14.29%
75^th Percentile	£322	-	£388
90^th Percentile	£324	-	-
Scotland median daily rate	£319	-	£380
% change year-on-year	-	-	-10.59%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Glasgow

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts in Glasgow matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.

	6 months to 3 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract job adverts in Glasgow matching a recognised job title	1,101	706	636
% of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title	90.92%	93.88%	89.96%
Number of daily rates quoted	633	438	437
10^th Percentile	£285	£244	£238
25^th Percentile	£363	£363	£356
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£450	£450	£440
Median % change year-on-year	-	+2.27%	-12.00%
75^th Percentile	£564	£538	£538
90^th Percentile	£675	£625	£675
Scotland median daily rate	£467	£455	£450
% change year-on-year	+2.64%	+1.11%	-5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted	42	22	15
10^th Percentile	£13.50	£16.84	£11.78
25^th Percentile	£15.18	£16.95	£16.07
Median hourly rate	£37.66	£24.09	£19.59
Median % change year-on-year	+56.33%	+22.97%	+35.10%
75^th Percentile	£60.91	£37.70	£29.34
90^th Percentile	£77.00	£57.50	£43.42
Scotland median hourly rate	£17.50	£24.09	£18.38
% change year-on-year	-27.36%	+31.10%	-2.93%

Automation Tester Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract Automation Tester job postings relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Automation Tester Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Automation Tester job vacancies in Glasgow.

Automation Tester Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 3 November 2026, Automation Tester contract job ads cited 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 Automation Tester job ads across the Glasgow region.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Test Automation	100.0%	8
2	Azure	62.5%	5
2	Azure DevOps	62.5%	5
2	C#	62.5%	5
2	CI/CD	62.5%	5
2	DevOps	62.5%	5
2	GitHub	62.5%	5
2	GitHub Actions	62.5%	5
2	Jenkins	62.5%	5
2	Playwright	62.5%	5
11	API Testing	50.0%	4
11	Cypress.io	50.0%	4
11	Git	50.0%	4
11	Java	50.0%	4
11	JavaScript	50.0%	4
11	Postman	50.0%	4
11	Python	50.0%	4
11	REST Assured	50.0%	4
11	Selenium	50.0%	4
11	Test Scripting	50.0%	4
21	Appium	37.5%	3
21	AWS	37.5%	3
21	BDD	37.5%	3
21	Computer Science	37.5%	3
21	Computer Science Degree	37.5%	3
21	Containerisation	37.5%	3
21	Cucumber	37.5%	3
21	Degree	37.5%	3
21	Docker	37.5%	3
21	GCP	37.5%	3

Automation Tester Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

Rank	Job Title	Share	Job Ads
1	Senior Automation Tester	50.0%	4