QA Automation Engineer Contract Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Automation QA Engineer
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The median Automation QA Engineer daily rate in Newcastle upon Tyne is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a QA Automation Engineer 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.97% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £375 - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £500 - -
90th Percentile £515 - -
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £475 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Newcastle upon Tyne

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne. 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 Newcastle upon Tyne with a recognized job title 299 168 158
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.08% 86.60% 90.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 206 93 105
10th Percentile £167 £185 £211
25th Percentile £338 £335 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £425 £485
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -12.37% -11.82%
75th Percentile £525 £573 £600
90th Percentile £591 £650 £720
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £438 £445 £475
% change year-on-year -1.69% -6.32% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 4 7
10th Percentile £14.05 £15.68 £14.50
25th Percentile £17.88 £17.17 £16.25
Median hourly rate £36.00 £44.50 £32.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.10% +39.06% +156.00%
75th Percentile £53.75 £70.00 £46.88
90th Percentile £54.50 - £60.00
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £36.00 £21.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year +71.43% +20.00% +40.00%

QA Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'QA Automation Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne.

QA Automation Engineer job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

QA Automation Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for QA Automation Engineer job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for QA Automation Engineer job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne

QA Automation Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Newcastle upon Tyne

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing QA Automation Engineer in Newcastle upon Tyne over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for QA Automation Engineer in Newcastle upon Tyne

QA Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne

For the 6 months to 13 December 2025, QA Automation Engineer 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region featuring QA Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) Gatling
1 3 (100.00%) JMeter
1 3 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 3 (100.00%) QA
1 3 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Acceptance Criteria
2 2 (66.67%) Accessibility
2 2 (66.67%) API Testing
2 2 (66.67%) BDD
2 2 (66.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Cucumber
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Gherkin
2 2 (66.67%) ISTQB
2 2 (66.67%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
2 2 (66.67%) Java
2 2 (66.67%) JIRA
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Regression Testing
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Scenario Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Selenium

QA Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) GitHub
1 1 (33.33%) GitHub Actions
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Gatling
1 3 (100.00%) JMeter
2 2 (66.67%) Cucumber
2 2 (66.67%) JIRA
2 2 (66.67%) Selenium
2 2 (66.67%) TestRail
3 1 (33.33%) Cypress.io
3 1 (33.33%) GitLab
3 1 (33.33%) Jenkins
General
1 3 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 3 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Acceptance Criteria
2 2 (66.67%) API Testing
2 2 (66.67%) BDD
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Regression Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Scenario Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) Test Management
3 1 (33.33%) Functional Testing
3 1 (33.33%) SDLC
3 1 (33.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) Bicep
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (66.67%) ISTQB
1 2 (66.67%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) QA
2 2 (66.67%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Kubernetes
1 1 (33.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Checkmarx