Automation Tester Contract Job Trends in Leicester

Automation Tester
Leicestershire > Leicester

The median Automation Tester daily rate in Leicester is £725, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 November 2025.

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

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Automation Tester 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Leicester 5.49% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 5.88% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £360 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 - -
75th Percentile £738 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Leicestershire median daily rate £543 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Leicester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Leicester. 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 Leicester with a recognized job title 85 72 135
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.41% 93.51% 94.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 50 96
10th Percentile £126 £225 £210
25th Percentile £349 £275 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £437 £465
Median % change year-on-year +4.41% -6.06% +14.86%
75th Percentile £556 £529 £575
90th Percentile £625 £713 £670
Leicestershire median daily rate £425 £425 £450
% change year-on-year - -5.56% +11.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - £12.46
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £13.84 - £13.16
Median % change year-on-year - - -72.29%
75th Percentile - - £56.00
90th Percentile - - £61.40
Leicestershire median hourly rate £23.00 £24.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -4.17% +14.29% +13.51%

Automation Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicester

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

Automation Tester job vacancy trend in Leicester

Automation Tester
Daily Rate Trend in Leicester

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

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

Automation Tester
Daily Rate Histogram in Leicester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Automation Tester in Leicester over the 6 months to 27 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Automation Tester in Leicester

Automation Tester Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicester

For the 6 months to 27 November 2025, Automation Tester 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 Leicester region featuring Automation Tester in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 5 (100.00%) Test Strategy
2 3 (60.00%) DV Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) Functional Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Non-Functional Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) Test Planning
3 2 (40.00%) Apache
3 2 (40.00%) Apache NiFi
3 2 (40.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (40.00%) Cypress.io
3 2 (40.00%) Java
3 2 (40.00%) Oracle
3 2 (40.00%) Performance Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Selenium
3 2 (40.00%) System Integration Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Test Scripting
3 2 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing

Automation Tester Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicester 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) Apache
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Cypress.io
1 2 (40.00%) Selenium
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) Apache NiFi
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 5 (100.00%) Test Strategy
2 3 (60.00%) Functional Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Non-Functional Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Test Planning
3 2 (40.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (40.00%) Performance Testing
3 2 (40.00%) System Integration Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Test Scripting
3 2 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle