Senior Test Automation Engineer Contract Job Trends in Newport

Senior Automation Test Engineer
South Wales > Newport

As of 1 February 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Senior Automation Test Engineer daily rate in Newport.

 6 months to
1 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Test Automation Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Newport 1.85% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.92% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South Wales median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Newport

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Newport. 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 Newport with a recognized job title 52 63 69
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.30% 91.30% 85.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 28 46
10th Percentile £401 £149 £142
25th Percentile £416 £189 £206
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £389 £450
Median % change year-on-year +41.48% -13.61% -14.29%
75th Percentile £589 £603 £600
90th Percentile £701 £668 £656
South Wales median daily rate £413 £425 £420
% change year-on-year -2.94% +1.19% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 21 16
10th Percentile - £15.20 £12.96
25th Percentile £15.00 £20.12 £19.60
Median hourly rate £30.00 £25.36 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year +18.30% -42.03% +132.53%
75th Percentile £82.50 £41.25 £55.56
90th Percentile £84.00 £45.00 £86.90
South Wales median hourly rate £18.18 £25.36 £33.00
% change year-on-year -28.31% -23.15% +100.67%

Senior Test Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 8 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newport

For the 6 months to 1 February 2026, Senior Test 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 Newport region featuring Senior Test Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Deployment
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience

Senior Test Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newport 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Military
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Deployment
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
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