QA Automation Engineer Contract Job Trends in Kidderminster

Automation QA Engineer
Worcestershire > Kidderminster

The median Automation QA Engineer daily rate in Kidderminster is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 February 2026.

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

 6 months to
28 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a QA Automation Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Kidderminster 11.11% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 11.11% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Worcestershire median daily rate £425 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Kidderminster

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Kidderminster. 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 Kidderminster with a recognized job title 18 6 0
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 100.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £204 - -
25th Percentile £230 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £344 - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Worcestershire median daily rate £575 £600 £513
% change year-on-year -4.17% +17.07% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £30.00 - -
Median hourly rate £35.00 - -
75th Percentile £40.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Worcestershire median hourly rate £30.00 £17.64 £17.33
% change year-on-year +70.04% +1.82% -2.16%

QA Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kidderminster

For the 6 months to 28 February 2026, QA 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 Kidderminster region featuring QA Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) .NET
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Data Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Data-Driven Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (50.00%) SDET
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Selenium
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) WebDriver

QA Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kidderminster 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Selenium
1 1 (50.00%) WebDriver
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) AI
1 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Data Validation
1 1 (50.00%) Data-Driven Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) SDET
1 1 (50.00%) SDLC
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
QA Automation Engineer jobs