Test Automation Engineer Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Automation Test Engineer
UK > Northern Ireland

As of 25 February 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Automation Test Engineer daily rate in Northern Ireland.

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Test Automation Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland 0.94% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.06% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate £435 £475 £425
% change year-on-year -8.42% +11.76% -10.53%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Northern Ireland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Northern Ireland. 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 Northern Ireland with a recognized job title 188 129 163
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.26% 90.21% 97.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 65 95
10th Percentile £321 £145 £173
25th Percentile £398 £200 £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £325 £450
Median % change year-on-year +46.15% -27.78% +5.88%
75th Percentile £561 £506 £581
90th Percentile £638 £583 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 14 23
10th Percentile £13.57 £22.50 -
25th Percentile £19.10 £24.18 £12.25
Median hourly rate £26.11 £26.59 £15.63
Median % change year-on-year -1.81% +70.12% +4.20%
75th Percentile £53.75 £50.17 £19.88
90th Percentile - £73.68 £23.54
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -7.14% - -10.88%

Test Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Test Automation Engineer job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Test Automation Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Automation Engineer job vacancies in Northern Ireland.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Automation Engineer job vacancies in Northern Ireland

Test Automation Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Automation Engineer within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 25 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
County Antrim - 2 - -
Test Automation Engineer
UK

Test Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland

For the 6 months to 25 February 2026, 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 Northern Ireland region featuring Test Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Playwright
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) TypeScript
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) API Testing
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Backlog Management
2 1 (50.00%) Black-Box Testing
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (50.00%) Docker
2 1 (50.00%) Event-Driven
2 1 (50.00%) Git
2 1 (50.00%) GitLab
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) Jest
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Microservices
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) React
2 1 (50.00%) Selenium
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) WebDriver
2 1 (50.00%) WebdriverIO

Test Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 (50.00%) AWS
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Git
1 1 (50.00%) GitLab
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
1 1 (50.00%) Selenium
1 1 (50.00%) WebDriver
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Playwright
2 1 (50.00%) Jest
2 1 (50.00%) React
2 1 (50.00%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Distributed Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) API Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Backlog Management
2 1 (50.00%) Black-Box Testing
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (50.00%) Event-Driven
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Microservices
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) TypeScript
2 1 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Docker