Test Automation Contract Job Trends in Ipswich

Automated Testing
Suffolk > Ipswich

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Ipswich requiring Test Automation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 - 18
Rank change year-on-year - - -2
Contract jobs citing Test Automation 8 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in Ipswich 19.51% - 5.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 21.05% - 5.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 3
10th Percentile £169 - £285
25th Percentile £253 - £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £305 - £400
Median % change year-on-year - - -21.95%
75th Percentile £329 - £531
90th Percentile £355 - £595
Suffolk median daily rate £305 - £513
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.50 - -
Median hourly rate £16.00 - -
75th Percentile £16.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Suffolk median hourly rate £16.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Ipswich

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 Ipswich.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 38 47 89
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Ipswich 92.68% 85.45% 93.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 22 62
10th Percentile £300 £300 £251
25th Percentile £360 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £438 £475
Median % change year-on-year +9.71% -7.89% -17.39%
75th Percentile £540 £534 £688
90th Percentile £550 £549 £745
Suffolk median daily rate £400 £450 £475
% change year-on-year -11.11% -5.26% -17.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 1
10th Percentile £15.84 - -
25th Percentile £16.36 £14.05 £13.50
Median hourly rate £17.46 £14.60 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.59% +4.29% -12.50%
75th Percentile £18.32 £15.15 £14.50
90th Percentile £18.68 - -
Suffolk median hourly rate £23.75 £14.60 £14.00
% change year-on-year +62.67% +4.29% -12.50%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Ipswich

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

Test Automation job vacancy trend in Ipswich

Test Automation
Daily Rate Trend in Ipswich

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

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

Test Automation
Daily Rate Histogram in Ipswich

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Automation in Ipswich over the 6 months to 20 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Test Automation in Ipswich

Test Automation
Hourly Rate Trend in Ipswich

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

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

Test 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (12.50%) BlazeMeter
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (62.50%) Robot Framework
2 2 (25.00%) Jenkins
3 1 (12.50%) GitLab
3 1 (12.50%) JMeter
3 1 (12.50%) Locust
3 1 (12.50%) Newman
3 1 (12.50%) Selenium
3 1 (12.50%) TestCafe
General
1 2 (25.00%) Electronics
1 2 (25.00%) Finance
1 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (25.00%) Marketing
1 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Automation Engineer
1 4 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Installation Technician
3 1 (12.50%) Desktop Support
3 1 (12.50%) Desktop Support Technician
3 1 (12.50%) Desktop Technician
3 1 (12.50%) Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Performance Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Performance Test Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Portal Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Python Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Support Technician
3 1 (12.50%) Test Automation Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) Node.js
1 1 (12.50%) React
1 1 (12.50%) RESTful
1 1 (12.50%) Taurus
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Linux
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (25.00%) DevOps
3 2 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
3 2 (25.00%) Programme Management
3 2 (25.00%) Service Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) API Development
4 1 (12.50%) API Integration
4 1 (12.50%) API Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Data Management
4 1 (12.50%) Data Modelling
4 1 (12.50%) Load Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Microservices
4 1 (12.50%) Performance Testing
4 1 (12.50%) User Experience
4 1 (12.50%) UX Design
4 1 (12.50%) Validation
4 1 (12.50%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) Python
2 1 (12.50%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (62.50%) QA
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Ansible
1 1 (12.50%) Consul
1 1 (12.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) SAP