QA Automation Contract Job Trends in Ipswich

Quality Assurance (QA) Automation
Suffolk > Ipswich

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Ipswich requiring QA Automation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing QA Automation 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Ipswich 0.78% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.02% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - -
Suffolk median daily rate £350 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Ipswich

QA 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 Ipswich.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 98 28 30
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Ipswich 76.56% 84.85% 83.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 21 16
10th Percentile £367 £200 £151
25th Percentile £425 £300 £299
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £375 £369
Median % change year-on-year +35.20% +1.69% -43.27%
75th Percentile £570 £500 £459
90th Percentile £725 £550 £538
Suffolk median daily rate £505 £370 £375
% change year-on-year +36.49% -1.33% -37.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 6
10th Percentile £15.21 £15.84 -
25th Percentile £16.01 £16.36 £14.05
Median hourly rate £17.12 £17.46 £14.60
Median % change year-on-year -1.98% +19.59% -15.51%
75th Percentile £18.75 £18.32 £15.15
90th Percentile - £18.68 -
Suffolk median hourly rate £17.06 £22.04 £14.60
% change year-on-year -22.59% +50.92% -15.51%

QA Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Ipswich

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

QA Automation job vacancy trend in Ipswich

QA Automation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Ipswich 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) 4G
1 1 (100.00%) 5G
1 1 (100.00%) Broadband
1 1 (100.00%) IPv4
1 1 (100.00%) IPv6
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) xDSL
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Automation Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) QA Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker