QA Automation Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Quality Assurance (QA) Automation
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Milton Keynes requiring QA Automation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing QA Automation 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 0.25% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £500 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Milton Keynes

QA 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 Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 328 192 458
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 81.39% 90.57% 89.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 231 144 351
10th Percentile £230 £247 £279
25th Percentile £363 £402 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £561 £599 £600
90th Percentile £638 £656 £738
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £472 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.70% - +3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 2 27
10th Percentile £15.69 £12.67 £15.85
25th Percentile £22.98 £13.68 £18.32
Median hourly rate £29.61 £15.35 £23.75
Median % change year-on-year +92.90% -35.37% +25.00%
75th Percentile £32.81 £17.03 £30.00
90th Percentile £36.00 £18.03 £48.75
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £25.15 £35.60 £23.75
% change year-on-year -29.35% +49.89% +39.71%

QA Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing QA Automation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes.

QA Automation job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

QA Automation
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing QA Automation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing QA Automation

QA Automation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) WebDriver
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) QA Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (100.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) SDET
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Retrospective
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) QA