Test Automation Engineer Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Automation Test Engineer
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Automation Test Engineer daily rate in Glasgow is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Test Automation Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 0.12% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £525 - £475
% change year-on-year - - +35.71%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Glasgow

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Glasgow. 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 Glasgow with a recognized job title 801 721 759
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.90% 95.75% 94.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 447 446 512
10th Percentile £306 £300 £263
25th Percentile £363 £369 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £564
90th Percentile £675 £600 £619
Scotland median daily rate £473 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 15 35
10th Percentile £16.11 - £11.85
25th Percentile £16.17 £16.84 £16.00
Median hourly rate £60.91 £19.83 £40.94
Median % change year-on-year +207.16% -51.56% +182.34%
75th Percentile £61.84 £41.86 £55.63
90th Percentile £77.50 £62.00 £70.00
Scotland median hourly rate £20.95 £19.05 £19.50
% change year-on-year +9.97% -2.31% -3.56%

Test Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Test Automation Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Test Automation Engineer job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Test Automation Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Automation Engineer job vacancies in Glasgow

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

For the 6 months to 10 June 2026, Test Automation Engineer contract job roles required 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 job ads across the Glasgow region featuring Test Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Appium
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) REST Assured
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis

Test Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Appium
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) REST Assured
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) SpecFlow
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes