Senior Automation Tester Contract Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Senior Automation Tester
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The median Senior Automation Tester daily rate in Newcastle upon Tyne is £520, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 June 2026.

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

 6 months to
28 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Automation Tester 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.18% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 - -
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £520 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 550 200 180
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.66% 94.34% 91.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 344 149 90
10th Percentile £313 £245 £348
25th Percentile £400 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £460 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -3.16% -15.93%
75th Percentile £576 £538 £549
90th Percentile £640 £625 £631
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £453 £460 £475
% change year-on-year -1.52% -3.16% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 5 23
10th Percentile £26.66 £13.92 £16.25
25th Percentile £62.50 £14.75 £19.13
Median hourly rate £65.00 £19.25 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +237.66% -59.47% +48.44%
75th Percentile £70.00 £20.63 £50.00
90th Percentile - £39.45 £70.00
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £65.00 £13.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year +400.00% -25.71% -45.31%

Senior Automation Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

Senior Automation Tester job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Senior Automation Tester Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne

For the 6 months to 28 June 2026, Senior Automation Tester 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 Senior Automation Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Maven
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) WireMock

Senior Automation Tester 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 (100.00%) AWS
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) Maven
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) WireMock
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes