Automation Tester Contracts in Hampshire

Automation Tester
South East > Hampshire

The median Automation Tester daily rate in Hampshire is £370, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 August 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
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 95 -
Rank change year-on-year +18 - -
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring an Automation Tester 5 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 0.50% 0.069% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% 0.074% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £345 - -
25th Percentile £353 £610 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £370 £620 -
Median % change year-on-year -40.32% - -
75th Percentile £380 £630 -
90th Percentile £389 - -
South East median daily rate £365 £620 £575
% change year-on-year -41.13% +7.83% +17.35%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Hampshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hampshire. 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in Hampshire with a recognized job title 926 1,351 1,184
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.07% 92.79% 93.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 651 845 702
10th Percentile £200 £360 £260
25th Percentile £418 £450 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% +9.52% +2.44%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £613
90th Percentile £650 £708 £680
South East median daily rate £500 £515 £500
% change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 133 98
10th Percentile £18.88 £21.89 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.15 £51.06 £19.43
Median hourly rate £44.25 £57.35 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.84% +9.24% +40.00%
75th Percentile £59.69 £70.43 £66.19
90th Percentile £71.48 £76.86 £75.00
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -56.15% +14.70% +122.22%

Automation Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Job postings that featured Automation Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

Job vacancy trend for Automation Tester in Hampshire

Automation Tester
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Automation Tester job vacancies in Hampshire

Automation Tester
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Automation Tester within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 28 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Farnborough - 4 £375 -
Automation Tester
South East

Automation Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire

For the 6 months to 28 August 2025, Automation Tester 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 Hampshire region featuring Automation Tester in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 4 (80.00%) RESTful
2 4 (80.00%) Confluence
2 4 (80.00%) Cucumber
2 4 (80.00%) REST
2 4 (80.00%) Selenium
2 4 (80.00%) Bitbucket
2 4 (80.00%) Jenkins
2 4 (80.00%) JIRA
2 4 (80.00%) Regression Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 4 (80.00%) C#
2 4 (80.00%) .NET
2 4 (80.00%) SOAP
2 4 (80.00%) Python
2 4 (80.00%) Scenario Testing
2 4 (80.00%) REST Assured
3 3 (60.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 3 (60.00%) CI/CD
3 3 (60.00%) Windows
3 3 (60.00%) SQL
3 3 (60.00%) Automotive
3 3 (60.00%) TDD
4 2 (40.00%) Oracle
4 2 (40.00%) Contract Management
4 2 (40.00%) API Testing
4 2 (40.00%) Swagger
4 2 (40.00%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement

Automation Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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 4 (80.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Bitbucket
1 4 (80.00%) Cucumber
1 4 (80.00%) Jenkins
1 4 (80.00%) JIRA
1 4 (80.00%) REST Assured
1 4 (80.00%) Selenium
General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 3 (60.00%) Automotive
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (80.00%) .NET
1 4 (80.00%) REST
1 4 (80.00%) RESTful
1 4 (80.00%) SOAP
2 2 (40.00%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Client/Server
1 1 (20.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 4 (80.00%) Regression Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Scenario Testing
3 3 (60.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 3 (60.00%) CI/CD
3 3 (60.00%) TDD
4 2 (40.00%) API Testing
4 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (40.00%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (40.00%) Contract Management
5 1 (20.00%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) C#
1 4 (80.00%) Python
2 3 (60.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle