Test Automation Contracts in London

Automated Testing
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Test Automation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Test Automation over the 6 months leading up to 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 48 48
Rank change year-on-year -6 0 -3
Contract jobs citing Test Automation 604 781 1,191
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 4.55% 4.44% 4.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.93% 5.01% 5.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 406 539 864
10th Percentile £338 £363 £413
25th Percentile £401 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £788 £770 £806
England median daily rate £475 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -9.52% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 10 6
10th Percentile £36.50 £52.25 £76.25
25th Percentile £38.75 £52.50 £80.63
Median hourly rate £45.00 £55.00 £90.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% -38.89% +44.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.75 -
90th Percentile £73.50 £71.88 -
England median hourly rate £55.00 £56.25 £71.00
% change year-on-year -2.22% -20.77% +18.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Test Automation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,246 15,579 23,323
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.17% 88.54% 90.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,177 11,085 16,913
10th Percentile £331 £340 £370
25th Percentile £425 £445 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £585
Median % change year-on-year - -5.98% +1.74%
75th Percentile £675 £680 £700
90th Percentile £799 £800 £800
England median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 226 294 268
10th Percentile £16.50 £15.96 £18.50
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.02 £23.00
Median hourly rate £32.00 £30.00 £40.77
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -26.42% +13.25%
75th Percentile £50.50 £48.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £63.75 £68.75 £82.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £39.55
% change year-on-year -34.02% -3.62% +54.01%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Test Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in London

Test Automation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Test Automation in London

Test Automation
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for Test Automation in London

Test Automation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Automation in London

Test Automation
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Test Automation in London over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Test Automation in London

Test Automation
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Automation within the London region over the 6 months to 6 July 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London -19 73 £500 -9.09% 234
South London +1 10 £495 +6.74% 14
West London +13 9 £400 +6.67% 24
East London +1 2 £380 -20.00% 17
Test Automation
England

Test Automation
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:

Application Platforms
1 26 (4.30%) Confluence
2 9 (1.49%) Apache Spark
3 8 (1.32%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (1.16%) Apache
5 4 (0.66%) CMS
5 4 (0.66%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.17%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.17%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.17%) IIS
7 1 (0.17%) JBoss
7 1 (0.17%) nginx
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Coherence
7 1 (0.17%) Umbraco
Applications
1 8 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.50%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.83%) Aladdin
3 3 (0.50%) Shopify
3 3 (0.50%) Temenos T24
4 2 (0.33%) Finacle
4 2 (0.33%) Infor CloudSuite
4 2 (0.33%) NEC Housing
4 2 (0.33%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.33%) SAP CRM
4 2 (0.33%) SAP Hybris
4 2 (0.33%) SimCorp Dimension
5 1 (0.17%) MoSes
5 1 (0.17%) Sage X3
5 1 (0.17%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.17%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.17%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 157 (25.99%) AWS
2 154 (25.50%) Azure
3 69 (11.42%) Azure DevOps
4 52 (8.61%) GitHub
5 39 (6.46%) GCP
6 38 (6.29%) Serverless
7 31 (5.13%) GitHub Actions
8 27 (4.47%) AWS Lambda
9 21 (3.48%) Amazon S3
10 18 (2.98%) Power Platform
11 17 (2.81%) AWS CloudFormation
12 16 (2.65%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 16 (2.65%) Amazon SQS
13 15 (2.48%) Azure AKS
13 15 (2.48%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 14 (2.32%) Datadog
14 14 (2.32%) SaaS
15 13 (2.15%) Azure Service Bus
15 13 (2.15%) Entra ID
16 12 (1.99%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.81%) HTTP
2 11 (1.82%) DNS
3 9 (1.49%) Firewall
4 8 (1.32%) SSL
5 6 (0.99%) Multicast
6 5 (0.83%) Network Security
6 5 (0.83%) SSH
7 4 (0.66%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.50%) Bluetooth
8 3 (0.50%) FTP
8 3 (0.50%) SMTP
8 3 (0.50%) VPN
8 3 (0.50%) Wireshark
9 2 (0.33%) DSL
9 2 (0.33%) Internet
9 2 (0.33%) LAN
9 2 (0.33%) Remote Desktop
9 2 (0.33%) SNMP
9 2 (0.33%) Telnet
9 2 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (7.78%) SQL Server
2 33 (5.46%) NoSQL
3 26 (4.30%) PostgreSQL
4 19 (3.15%) Data Warehouse
5 14 (2.32%) DynamoDB
5 14 (2.32%) MongoDB
6 11 (1.82%) Amazon RDS
6 11 (1.82%) Oracle Database
6 11 (1.82%) Relational Database
7 8 (1.32%) Data Lake
8 7 (1.16%) Power BI
8 7 (1.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 6 (0.99%) Amazon Redshift
9 6 (0.99%) BigQuery
9 6 (0.99%) MySQL
10 5 (0.83%) Apache Iceberg
10 5 (0.83%) Delta Lake
10 5 (0.83%) MS Access
11 4 (0.66%) Big Data
11 4 (0.66%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 94 (15.56%) Selenium
2 92 (15.23%) Jenkins
3 87 (14.40%) Git
4 76 (12.58%) JIRA
5 43 (7.12%) Cypress.io
5 43 (7.12%) Postman
6 37 (6.13%) Cucumber
7 34 (5.63%) GitLab
8 31 (5.13%) JMeter
9 30 (4.97%) REST Assured
10 27 (4.47%) JUnit
11 19 (3.15%) Appium
12 16 (2.65%) SpecFlow
13 14 (2.32%) Bitbucket
14 13 (2.15%) SonarQube
15 12 (1.99%) Gatling
16 11 (1.82%) Maven
16 11 (1.82%) SoapUI
17 10 (1.66%) LoadRunner
18 9 (1.49%) WebDriver
General
1 201 (33.28%) Social Skills
2 164 (27.15%) Finance
3 89 (14.74%) Banking
4 77 (12.75%) Analytical Skills
5 46 (7.62%) Front Office
6 33 (5.46%) Public Sector
7 26 (4.30%) Investment Banking
8 15 (2.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (2.32%) Presentation Skills
10 12 (1.99%) Financial Institution
11 10 (1.66%) Documentation Skills
11 10 (1.66%) Retail
12 9 (1.49%) Publishing
13 8 (1.32%) Law
14 7 (1.16%) Back Office
15 5 (0.83%) Billing
15 5 (0.83%) International Banking
15 5 (0.83%) Telecoms
16 4 (0.66%) Legal
16 4 (0.66%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 127 (21.03%) Developer
2 78 (12.91%) Senior
3 69 (11.42%) Analyst
4 64 (10.60%) Test Engineer
5 61 (10.10%) Tester
6 53 (8.77%) Lead
7 45 (7.45%) Test Analyst
8 36 (5.96%) QA Engineer
9 34 (5.63%) Automation Tester
10 33 (5.46%) Software Engineer
11 31 (5.13%) Test Manager
12 23 (3.81%) DevOps Engineer
12 23 (3.81%) Test Automation Engineer
13 22 (3.64%) Business Analyst
14 21 (3.48%) Python Engineer
15 20 (3.31%) Consultant
16 19 (3.15%) Java Developer
17 17 (2.81%) Automation Engineer
17 17 (2.81%) AWS Engineer
17 17 (2.81%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (9.27%) REST
2 55 (9.11%) .NET
3 45 (7.45%) Kafka
4 44 (7.28%) React
5 35 (5.79%) Playwright
6 32 (5.30%) RESTful
7 29 (4.80%) Node.js
8 26 (4.30%) pytest
9 25 (4.14%) Spring
10 24 (3.97%) HTML
11 22 (3.64%) CSS
11 22 (3.64%) Jest
12 19 (3.15%) .NET Framework
12 19 (3.15%) Web Services
13 17 (2.81%) Spring Boot
14 16 (2.65%) JSON
15 15 (2.48%) OAuth
15 15 (2.48%) SOAP
16 14 (2.32%) XML
17 13 (2.15%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 34 (5.63%) Product Ownership
2 26 (4.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 22 (3.64%) Cloud Native
4 21 (3.48%) Fixed Income
5 19 (3.15%) Distributed Systems
6 18 (2.98%) Public Cloud
7 16 (2.65%) Algorithms
8 15 (2.48%) Data Structures
8 15 (2.48%) Mobile App
9 14 (2.32%) Greenfield Project
10 12 (1.99%) Data Protection Act
10 12 (1.99%) Equities
11 9 (1.49%) Derivative
11 9 (1.49%) Onboarding
12 7 (1.16%) Linux Command Line
12 7 (1.16%) Virtual Team
13 6 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
13 6 (0.99%) Distributed Architecture
13 6 (0.99%) Equity Derivative
13 6 (0.99%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 48 (7.95%) Linux
2 33 (5.46%) Windows
3 24 (3.97%) Android
4 17 (2.81%) Apple iOS
5 14 (2.32%) Unix
6 4 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.17%) CentOS
7 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 255 (42.22%) Agile
2 250 (41.39%) CI/CD
3 202 (33.44%) DevOps
4 143 (23.68%) Problem-Solving
5 84 (13.91%) Test Strategy
5 84 (13.91%) User Acceptance Testing
6 79 (13.08%) Software Engineering
7 75 (12.42%) Scrum
8 71 (11.75%) Software Testing
8 71 (11.75%) Test Scripting
9 68 (11.26%) TDD
10 65 (10.76%) Manual Testing
11 63 (10.43%) Infrastructure as Code
11 63 (10.43%) Performance Testing
11 63 (10.43%) Regression Testing
12 62 (10.26%) Continuous Integration
13 61 (10.10%) Microservices
14 60 (9.93%) Integration Testing
15 56 (9.27%) Containerisation
16 53 (8.77%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 183 (30.30%) Python
2 167 (27.65%) Java
3 117 (19.37%) SQL
4 89 (14.74%) C#
5 83 (13.74%) JavaScript
6 51 (8.44%) TypeScript
7 24 (3.97%) Go
8 22 (3.64%) Bash
9 21 (3.48%) PowerShell
10 17 (2.81%) C++
11 12 (1.99%) Kotlin
12 10 (1.66%) Scala
13 8 (1.32%) Ruby
13 8 (1.32%) Shell Script
14 7 (1.16%) VB
15 6 (0.99%) Bicep
15 6 (0.99%) PHP
16 5 (0.83%) F#
16 5 (0.83%) Groovy
16 5 (0.83%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 87 (14.40%) Security Cleared
2 72 (11.92%) SC Cleared
3 62 (10.26%) Degree
4 25 (4.14%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (3.64%) ISTQB
6 12 (1.99%) DV Cleared
7 10 (1.66%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (1.16%) AWS Certification
8 7 (1.16%) Azure Certification
9 6 (0.99%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (0.50%) CISA
10 3 (0.50%) CREST Certified
11 2 (0.33%) CISSP
11 2 (0.33%) CRISC
11 2 (0.33%) GIAC
11 2 (0.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.33%) Numerate Degree
11 2 (0.33%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.33%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 157 (25.99%) QA
2 30 (4.97%) Accessibility
3 13 (2.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 12 (1.99%) Data Quality
5 6 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.83%) SLA
6 5 (0.83%) WCAG
7 3 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.50%) GDPR
7 3 (0.50%) ITGC
8 2 (0.33%) EMIR
8 2 (0.33%) GRC
8 2 (0.33%) MiFID
8 2 (0.33%) NIST
8 2 (0.33%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.33%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.33%) SOX 404
9 1 (0.17%) COBIT
9 1 (0.17%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 68 (11.26%) Docker
2 4 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.50%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.33%) FreeRADIUS
4 2 (0.33%) iptables
4 2 (0.33%) zsh
5 1 (0.17%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 78 (12.91%) Kubernetes
2 54 (8.94%) Terraform
3 34 (5.63%) Ansible
4 13 (2.15%) HP ALM
5 8 (1.32%) Grafana
6 7 (1.16%) Prometheus
6 7 (1.16%) Puppet
7 3 (0.50%) Argo
7 3 (0.50%) Kustomize
7 3 (0.50%) Packer
7 3 (0.50%) Progress Chef
7 3 (0.50%) ZABBIX
8 2 (0.33%) Cacti
8 2 (0.33%) Nagios
8 2 (0.33%) Netcool
8 2 (0.33%) Proxmox
8 2 (0.33%) Salt
9 1 (0.17%) Graylog
9 1 (0.17%) Kibana
9 1 (0.17%) logstash
Vendors
1 57 (9.44%) Microsoft
2 46 (7.62%) Oracle
3 20 (3.31%) Google
4 19 (3.15%) Databricks
5 18 (2.98%) SAP
5 18 (2.98%) Splunk
6 15 (2.48%) Salesforce
7 14 (2.32%) HP
8 13 (2.15%) UiPath
9 10 (1.66%) ServiceNow
10 9 (1.49%) ION Trading
11 7 (1.16%) Citrix
12 5 (0.83%) Avaloq
12 5 (0.83%) Bloomberg
12 5 (0.83%) CA Agile Central
12 5 (0.83%) CyberArk
12 5 (0.83%) Murex
12 5 (0.83%) Solace
13 4 (0.66%) Guidewire
13 4 (0.66%) Reuters