Test Automation Engineer Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Automation Test Engineer
UK > Scotland

The median Automation Test Engineer daily rate in Scotland is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 - 119
Rank change year-on-year - - +41
Contract jobs requiring a Test Automation Engineer 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.050% - 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.054% - 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £433
25th Percentile £513 - £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +35.71%
75th Percentile £538 - £513
90th Percentile - - £528
UK median daily rate £455 £430 £463
% change year-on-year +5.81% -7.03% -9.98%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 1,864 1,504 2,022
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.32% 94.35% 94.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 950 862 1,231
10th Percentile £302 £250 £200
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £556
90th Percentile £675 £600 £638
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.68% -4.76% -2.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 62 131
10th Percentile £12.73 £16.02 £12.30
25th Percentile £13.50 £16.84 £15.71
Median hourly rate £20.95 £19.05 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.97% -2.31% -3.56%
75th Percentile £61.50 £25.03 £57.50
90th Percentile £77.50 £56.33 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £27.70 £37.50
% change year-on-year +53.43% -26.13% -16.67%

Test Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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 Scotland.

Test Automation Engineer job vacancy trend in Scotland

Test Automation Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

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

Test Automation Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 10 June 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
Glasgow - 1 £525 - 3
Test Automation Engineer
UK

Test Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 10 June 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 Scotland region featuring Test Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Appium
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) REST Assured
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis

Test Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Appium
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) REST Assured
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) SpecFlow
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes