Automation Test Lead Contract Job Trends in Solihull

Test Automation Leader
West Midlands > Solihull

As of 27 November 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Test Automation Leader daily rate in Solihull.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Automation Test Lead 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Solihull 2.13% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.22% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
West Midlands median daily rate - - £496

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Solihull

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Solihull. 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 Solihull with a recognized job title 45 52 68
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.74% 98.11% 94.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 37 27
10th Percentile £320 £277 £269
25th Percentile £390 £358 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £447 £501
Median % change year-on-year +0.67% -10.69% +14.40%
75th Percentile £588 £489 £625
90th Percentile £624 £500 £770
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%

Automation Test Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Solihull

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

Automation Test Lead job vacancy trend in Solihull

Automation Test Lead Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Solihull

For the 6 months to 27 November 2025, Automation Test Lead 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 Solihull region featuring Automation Test Lead in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Exploratory Testing
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript

Automation Test Lead Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Solihull 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
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Exploratory Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft