QA Automation Contracts in Newcastle upon Tyne

Quality Assurance (QA) Automation
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne requiring QA Automation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited QA Automation over the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 - 43
Rank change year-on-year - - +4
Contract jobs citing QA Automation 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.47% - 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% - 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £465
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.11%
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £450 - £465
% change year-on-year - - -2.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 179 164 240
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 83.26% 85.86% 93.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 87 189
10th Percentile £225 £344 £345
25th Percentile £363 £401 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £500 £565
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% -11.50% +13.00%
75th Percentile £574 £600 £655
90th Percentile £625 £650 £745
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £460 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -8.00% -9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 18 0
10th Percentile £16.32 £18.25 -
25th Percentile £18.67 £20.75 -
Median hourly rate £33.74 £47.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -28.98% - -
75th Percentile £49.56 £50.00 -
90th Percentile £51.03 £68.75 -
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £18.24 £17.50 -
% change year-on-year +4.20% - -

QA Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Job postings citing QA Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Job vacancy trend for QA Automation in Newcastle upon Tyne

QA Automation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QA Automation in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Daily rate trend for QA Automation in Newcastle upon Tyne

QA Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) QA Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) QA Test Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA