Automation Test Analyst Contract Job Trends in Reading

Test Automation Analyst
Berkshire > Reading

As of 12 January 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Test Automation Analyst daily rate in Reading.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Automation Test Analyst 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.14% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Berkshire median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £75.00 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £75.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 666 803 934
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.80% 89.42% 93.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 480 458 621
10th Percentile £325 £300 £213
25th Percentile £425 £430 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £565 £513
Median % change year-on-year -5.31% +10.24% -1.63%
75th Percentile £624 £638 £615
90th Percentile £663 £675 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 4 18
10th Percentile £14.58 £46.63 £52.41
25th Percentile £70.50 £52.81 £60.12
Median hourly rate £87.00 £60.33 £63.29
Median % change year-on-year +44.22% -4.68% -2.63%
75th Percentile £95.00 £67.26 £65.81
90th Percentile £105.85 £71.82 £67.50
Berkshire median hourly rate £65.00 £59.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +10.17% -1.67% +9.09%

Automation Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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 Reading.

Automation Test Analyst job vacancy trend in Reading

Automation Test Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Automation Test Analyst job vacancies in Reading.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Automation Test Analyst job vacancies in Reading

Automation Test Analyst Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 12 January 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 Reading region featuring Automation Test Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting

Automation Test Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript