Senior Test Automation Engineer Contract Job Trends in the North East

Senior Automation Test Engineer
England > North East

As of 1 March 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 the North East.

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Test Automation Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 0.20% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £625 £525 £365
% change year-on-year +19.05% +43.84% -33.64%

All Contract IT Job Roles
North East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North East. 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 the North East with a recognized job title 474 308 293
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.95% 92.22% 93.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 318 204 145
10th Percentile £163 £263 £163
25th Percentile £346 £350 £335
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -18.18%
75th Percentile £536 £581 £550
90th Percentile £600 £650 £633
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 13 58
10th Percentile £17.88 £11.78 £11.09
25th Percentile £44.50 £12.50 £12.13
Median hourly rate £60.00 £18.75 £16.75
Median % change year-on-year +220.00% +11.94% -65.82%
75th Percentile £72.50 £46.18 £46.18
90th Percentile - - £50.00
England median hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £34.25
% change year-on-year - +2.19% -14.38%

Senior Test Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Test Automation Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Senior Test Automation Engineer job vacancy trend in the North East

Senior Test Automation Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Test Automation Engineer job vacancies in the North East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Test Automation Engineer job vacancies in the North East

Senior Test Automation Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Test Automation Engineer within the North East region over the 6 months to 1 March 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Tyne and Wear - 1 - -
Senior Test Automation Engineer
England

Senior Test Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 7 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East

For the 6 months to 1 March 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 North East region featuring Senior Test Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) Creative Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript

Senior Test Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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:

Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Creative Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility