Test Automation Contract Job Trends in New Malden

Automated Testing
Merton > New Malden

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in New Malden requiring Test Automation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Test Automation 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in New Malden 25.00% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 45.45% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £475 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £525 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Merton median daily rate £500 - £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £55.65 - -
25th Percentile £57.29 - -
Median hourly rate £62.47 - -
75th Percentile £65.70 - -
90th Percentile £66.18 - -
Merton median hourly rate £62.47 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
New Malden

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 New Malden.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11 5 18
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in New Malden 55.00% 100.00% 94.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 4
10th Percentile £423 - -
25th Percentile £456 £675 £91
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £750 £271
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +177.26% -47.22%
75th Percentile £525 £825 £475
90th Percentile - - -
Merton median daily rate £425 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -5.56% +5.88% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 13
10th Percentile £17.98 - £32.16
25th Percentile £36.17 £68.80 £40.82
Median hourly rate £58.94 £73.60 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.93% +33.82% +24.69%
75th Percentile £66.50 £78.40 £65.11
90th Percentile - - £71.50
Merton median hourly rate £58.94 £73.60 £55.00
% change year-on-year -19.93% +33.82% +24.69%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in New Malden

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

Test Automation job vacancy trend in New Malden

Test Automation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in New Malden 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:

Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Senior
1 2 (40.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Rust Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Rust Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (40.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) Project Delivery
2 3 (60.00%) Project Management
2 3 (60.00%) Software Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Systems Engineering
2 3 (60.00%) Technical Leadership
2 3 (60.00%) Test Management
2 3 (60.00%) Validation
2 3 (60.00%) Verification and Validation
2 3 (60.00%) Workload Management
3 2 (40.00%) Agile
3 2 (40.00%) Scrum
4 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
4 1 (20.00%) Containerisation
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (20.00%) DevSecOps
4 1 (20.00%) UML
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Python
1 1 (20.00%) Rust
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Degree
1 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) EMC Certification
2 3 (60.00%) HNC
2 3 (60.00%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) Def Stans
1 3 (60.00%) IEC 61508
1 3 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 15288
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Functional Safety
2 1 (20.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) EMC
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft