QA Automation Engineer Contract Job Trends in Solihull

Automation QA Engineer
West Midlands > Solihull

The median Automation QA Engineer daily rate in Solihull is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026.

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

 6 months to
9 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a QA Automation Engineer 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Solihull 2.91% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.97% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £425 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 101 55 129
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 98.06% 98.21% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 31 62
10th Percentile £389 £220 £163
25th Percentile £413 £326 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £445 £375
Median % change year-on-year +10.56% +18.67% -26.47%
75th Percentile £569 £544 £451
90th Percentile £618 £594 £500
West Midlands median daily rate £485 £475 £485
% change year-on-year +2.11% -2.06% -3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 5
10th Percentile £25.92 - -
25th Percentile £27.30 - £11.25
Median hourly rate £29.50 - £11.50
Median % change year-on-year - - -12.61%
75th Percentile £40.03 - £11.75
90th Percentile - - £14.90
West Midlands median hourly rate £33.98 £22.05 £19.77
% change year-on-year +54.10% +11.53% -2.37%

QA Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Solihull

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

QA Automation Engineer job vacancy trend in Solihull

QA Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 10 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Solihull

For the 6 months to 9 June 2026, QA 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 Solihull region featuring QA Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 3 (100.00%) JUnit
1 3 (100.00%) QA
1 3 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) SDET
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Selenium
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (100.00%) WebDriver

QA Automation Engineer 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:

Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 3 (100.00%) JUnit
1 3 (100.00%) Selenium
1 3 (100.00%) WebDriver
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 3 (100.00%) SDET
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) QA
QA Automation Engineer jobs