Test Automation Architect Contract Job Trends in London

Automation Test Architect
England > London

The median Automation Test Architect daily rate in London is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 August 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 457 - 378
Rank change year-on-year - - +81
Contract jobs requiring a Test Automation Architect 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.005% - 0.025%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% - 0.026%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £354
25th Percentile - - £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £588
Median % change year-on-year - - +38.24%
75th Percentile - - £606
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £425 - £588
% change year-on-year - - +23.68%

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.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 18,806 12,525 15,259
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.21% 92.97% 94.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,209 8,427 10,627
10th Percentile £363 £325 £347
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £658 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 359 209 194
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.98 £17.88
25th Percentile £21.93 £23.00 £22.00
Median hourly rate £39.00 £29.07 £33.29
Median % change year-on-year +34.16% -12.66% -11.24%
75th Percentile £60.50 £49.50 £55.00
90th Percentile £79.00 £65.00 £71.88
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.32 £45.00
% change year-on-year +67.85% -43.73% +2.63%

Test Automation Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Test Automation Architect job vacancy trend in London

Test Automation Architect
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Automation Architect job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Automation Architect job vacancies in London

Test Automation Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 23 August 2026, Test Automation Architect 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 Test Automation Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 20022
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) Kafka
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Observability
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) OOP
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework

Test Automation Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) WebDriver
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) Kafka
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
1 1 (100.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Observability
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) OOP
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (100.00%) SDET
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 20022
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle