Test Automation Contract Job Trends in Luton

Automated Testing
Bedfordshire > Luton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Luton requiring Test Automation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Test Automation 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Luton 2.30% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.65% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £72 - -
Bedfordshire median daily rate £450 £650 -
% change year-on-year -30.77% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £63.75 - -
25th Percentile £65.63 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 - -
75th Percentile £73.13 - -
90th Percentile £74.25 - -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £70.00 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Luton

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 Luton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 151 87 183
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Luton 86.78% 97.75% 91.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 56 128
10th Percentile £350 £500 £371
25th Percentile £416 £509 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £691 £576
90th Percentile £650 £700 £625
Bedfordshire median daily rate £500 £580 £525
% change year-on-year -13.79% +10.48% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 9 23
10th Percentile £60.00 £20.26 -
25th Percentile £62.50 £40.75 £15.39
Median hourly rate £68.21 £80.00 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.74% +344.44% -72.73%
75th Percentile £73.46 £88.00 £21.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £88.90 £65.75
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £68.21 £30.78 £21.50
% change year-on-year +121.60% +43.16% -61.49%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Luton

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Test Automation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Luton.

Test Automation job vacancy trend in Luton

Test Automation
Daily Rate Trend in Luton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Luton citing Test Automation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Luton citing Test Automation

Test Automation
Hourly Rate Trend in Luton

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Luton citing Test Automation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Luton citing Test Automation

Test Automation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Luton 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 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (25.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Principal Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Principal Software Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) .NET Software Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) C# Software Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Software Test Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
1 1 (25.00%) WinForms
1 1 (25.00%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) SDLC
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (75.00%) Regression Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) Software Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) Integration Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Kanban
3 1 (25.00%) Microservices
3 1 (25.00%) OO
3 1 (25.00%) OOD
3 1 (25.00%) Scrum
3 1 (25.00%) Software Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Validation
3 1 (25.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C++
2 3 (75.00%) Python
3 1 (25.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) ISTQB
2 3 (75.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared