Automation Test Analyst Contracts in London

Test Automation Analyst
England > London

The median Test Automation Analyst daily rate in London is £423, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 July 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
18 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 358 389 443
Rank change year-on-year +31 +54 +148
Contract jobs requiring an Automation Test Analyst 11 8 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.081% 0.047% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.087% 0.050% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 29
10th Percentile £372 £425 £456
25th Percentile £385 £452 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £423 £464 £650
Median % change year-on-year -8.89% -28.65% +57.58%
75th Percentile £480 £474 £738
90th Percentile £533 £513 -
England median daily rate £385 £463 £600
% change year-on-year -16.76% -22.92% +41.18%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 12,644 16,154 23,926
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.22% 94.09% 94.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,560 11,522 17,491
10th Percentile £331 £330 £360
25th Percentile £425 £445 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £681 £700
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 198 275 272
10th Percentile £17.98 £16.49 £18.50
25th Percentile £22.79 £20.98 £23.27
Median hourly rate £30.90 £30.16 £37.42
Median % change year-on-year +2.46% -19.40% +6.91%
75th Percentile £50.38 £48.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £63.75 £69.20 £82.50
England median hourly rate £27.59 £40.33 £43.00
% change year-on-year -31.59% -6.22% +70.01%

Automation Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Automation Test Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Automation Test Analyst in London

Automation Test Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Automation Test Analyst in London.

Daily rate trend for Automation Test Analyst in London

Automation Test Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Automation Test Analyst in London over the 6 months to 18 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Automation Test Analyst in London

Automation Test Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Automation Test Analyst in London.

Hourly rate trend for Automation Test Analyst in London

Automation Test Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 18 July 2025, Automation Test Analyst 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 London region featuring Automation Test Analyst in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 9 (81.82%) SC Cleared
2 9 (81.82%) Security Cleared
3 6 (54.55%) Test Scripting
3 6 (54.55%) Agile
3 6 (54.55%) Java
3 6 (54.55%) Selenium
4 5 (45.45%) Software Testing
4 5 (45.45%) Cypress.io
4 5 (45.45%) Playwright
5 4 (36.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (36.36%) System Testing
5 4 (36.36%) Use Case
5 4 (36.36%) Integration Testing
5 4 (36.36%) TestComplete
5 4 (36.36%) Open Source
5 4 (36.36%) Waterfall
5 4 (36.36%) JavaScript
5 4 (36.36%) .NET
5 4 (36.36%) Windows
5 4 (36.36%) OOP
5 4 (36.36%) OO
5 4 (36.36%) Python
5 4 (36.36%) HP UFT
5 4 (36.36%) Reuters
5 4 (36.36%) Bloomberg
5 4 (36.36%) C#
5 4 (36.36%) Service Management
6 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills

Automation Test Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) SSH
Development Applications
1 6 (54.55%) Selenium
2 5 (45.45%) Cypress.io
3 4 (36.36%) HP UFT
3 4 (36.36%) TestComplete
4 2 (18.18%) JIRA
5 1 (9.09%) Git
5 1 (9.09%) Gradle
5 1 (9.09%) Jenkins
5 1 (9.09%) JMeter
General
1 4 (36.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (45.45%) Playwright
2 4 (36.36%) .NET
3 1 (9.09%) Kafka
3 1 (9.09%) WireMock
Operating Systems
1 4 (36.36%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 6 (54.55%) Agile
2 6 (54.55%) Test Scripting
3 5 (45.45%) Software Testing
4 4 (36.36%) Integration Testing
4 4 (36.36%) OO
4 4 (36.36%) OOP
4 4 (36.36%) Open Source
4 4 (36.36%) Service Management
4 4 (36.36%) System Testing
4 4 (36.36%) Use Case
4 4 (36.36%) Waterfall
5 3 (27.27%) Decision-Making
5 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (18.18%) CI/CD
7 1 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
7 1 (9.09%) Defect Management
7 1 (9.09%) DevOps
7 1 (9.09%) SDLC
7 1 (9.09%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 6 (54.55%) Java
2 4 (36.36%) C#
2 4 (36.36%) JavaScript
2 4 (36.36%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (81.82%) SC Cleared
1 9 (81.82%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) QA
2 1 (9.09%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Bloomberg
1 4 (36.36%) Reuters