Automation Test Analyst Contract Job Trends in the North West

Test Automation Analyst
England > North West

The median Test Automation Analyst daily rate in the North West is £463, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 February 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 - 137
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Automation Test Analyst 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.075% - 0.035%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.082% - 0.037%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £456 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 - £450
75th Percentile £469 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £463 £400 £525
% change year-on-year +15.63% -23.81% +13.51%

All Contract IT Job Roles
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 2,451 1,936 2,684
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.11% 92.68% 93.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,569 1,146 1,809
10th Percentile £213 £250 £288
25th Percentile £363 £378 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £572 £566 £588
90th Percentile £650 £656 £675
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 218 98 244
10th Percentile £17.34 £15.45 £12.50
25th Percentile £21.75 £19.00 £15.50
Median hourly rate £41.94 £29.52 £29.50
Median % change year-on-year +42.10% +0.05% +13.46%
75th Percentile £57.50 £46.18 £46.18
90th Percentile £74.26 £73.92 £60.88
England median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -14.29% - -1.30%

Automation Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Automation Test Analyst job vacancy trend in the North West

Automation Test Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Automation Test Analyst job vacancies in the North West.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Automation Test Analyst job vacancies in the North West

Automation Test Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Automation Test Analyst within the North West region over the 6 months to 4 February 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
Cheshire - 2 £463 -
Automation Test Analyst
England

Automation Test Analyst Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 4 February 2026, Automation Test Analyst 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 West region featuring Automation Test Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 2 (100.00%) ETL
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Data Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) RESTful
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) Tableau
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Visualisation

Automation Test Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
2 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) Tableau
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) RESTful
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 2 (100.00%) ETL
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Data Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA