Appium Contract Job Trends in the South East

Appium
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Appium skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 181 159 196
Rank change year-on-year -22 +37 +40
Contract jobs citing Appium 1 5 5
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.023% 0.15% 0.10%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.21% 1.13% 0.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £413 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +52.94% +6.25% -3.03%
75th Percentile - £438 £441
90th Percentile - - £516
England median daily rate £410 £340 £425
% change year-on-year +20.59% -20.00% -11.46%

All Development Application Skills
South East

Appium falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 470 442 590
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 10.89% 12.92% 12.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 344 259 400
10th Percentile £259 £349 £381
25th Percentile £363 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -6.98% -2.27%
75th Percentile £550 £589 £615
90th Percentile £646 £650 £672
England median daily rate £500 £520 £550
% change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 20 29
10th Percentile £43.75 £51.23 £51.00
25th Percentile £55.00 £54.56 £55.00
Median hourly rate £75.00 £59.02 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +27.08% -5.57% -1.96%
75th Percentile £89.63 £62.81 £70.00
90th Percentile £97.00 £67.44 £76.53
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +5.69%

Appium
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Appium relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Appium job vacancy trend in the South East

Appium
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Appium.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Appium

Appium
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Appium within the South East region over the 6 months to 9 January 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
Berkshire - 1 £650 - 2
Thames Valley - 1 £650 - 6
Appium
England

Appium
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA