Senior Automation Tester Contract Job Trends in London
Senior Automation Tester
England > London
The median Senior Automation Tester daily rate in London is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2026.
The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 19 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 452 | 354 | 377 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -98 | +23 | - |
| Contract jobs requiring a Senior Automation Tester | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| As % of all contract jobs in London | 0.025% | 0.045% | 0.031% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.026% | 0.049% | 0.033% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 6 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £366 | £538 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £441 | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £588 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -19.15% | +2.17% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £500 | £694 | £765 |
| 90th Percentile | £545 | £738 | - |
| England median daily rate | £475 | £400 | £575 |
| % change year-on-year | +18.75% | -30.43% | - |
All Contract IT Job Roles
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.
| 6 months to 19 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title | 18,910 | 12,299 | 15,017 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.88% | 92.53% | 94.07% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 12,249 | 8,185 | 9,750 |
| 10th Percentile | £363 | £335 | £349 |
| 25th Percentile | £450 | £425 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -4.35% |
| 75th Percentile | £663 | £664 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | £775 | £800 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £512 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.54% | -2.48% | -2.78% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 426 | 212 | 170 |
| 10th Percentile | £16.72 | £17.00 | £17.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £21.93 | £22.38 | £23.80 |
| Median hourly rate | £41.00 | £26.54 | £37.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +54.51% | -29.24% | -6.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £64.81 | £48.38 | £59.69 |
| 90th Percentile | £83.13 | £67.31 | £80.08 |
| England median hourly rate | £41.71 | £25.15 | £43.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +65.84% | -41.51% | -6.89% |
Senior Automation Tester Job Vacancy Trend in London
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Automation Tester' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.
Senior Automation Tester Daily Rate Trend in London
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Automation Tester job vacancies in London.
Senior Automation Tester Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London
For the 6 months to 19 October 2026, Senior 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 London region featuring Senior Automation Tester in the job title.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | QA | 100.0% | 5 |
| 1 | Test Automation | 100.0% | 5 |
| 3 | Cypress.io | 80.0% | 4 |
| 3 | Playwright | 80.0% | 4 |
| 3 | QA Automation | 80.0% | 4 |
| 3 | Selenium | 80.0% | 4 |
| 3 | SQL | 80.0% | 4 |
| 8 | Technology Strategy | 60.0% | 3 |
| 9 | Agile | 40.0% | 2 |
| 9 | CI/CD | 40.0% | 2 |
| 9 | DevOps | 40.0% | 2 |
| 9 | Validation | 40.0% | 2 |
| 13 | Amazon ECS | 20.0% | 1 |
| 13 | Amazon EKS | 20.0% | 1 |
| 13 | AWS | 20.0% | 1 |
| 13 | Azure | 20.0% | 1 |
| 13 | Azure DevOps | 20.0% | 1 |
| 13 | C# | 20.0% | 1 |
| 13 | Containerisation | 20.0% | 1 |
| 13 | Data Quality | 20.0% | 1 |
| 13 | Data Validation | 20.0% | 1 |
| 13 | Defect Management | 20.0% | 1 |
| 13 | Deployment Automation | 20.0% | 1 |
| 13 | DV Cleared | 20.0% | 1 |
| 13 | End-to-End Testing | 20.0% | 1 |
| 13 | Event-Driven | 20.0% | 1 |
| 13 | Event-Driven Architecture | 20.0% | 1 |
| 13 | GitHub | 20.0% | 1 |
| 13 | GitHub Actions | 20.0% | 1 |
| 13 | GitLab | 20.0% | 1 |
Senior Automation Tester Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DevOps Automation Engineer | 20.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Senior AWS DevOps Engineer | 20.0% | 1 |