Automation Tester Contracts in the South West

Automation Tester
England > South West

As of 23 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Automation Tester daily rate in the South West.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 - 157
Rank change year-on-year - - -9
Contract jobs requiring an Automation Tester 1 0 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.060% - 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.066% - 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £375
Median % change year-on-year - - -23.31%
75th Percentile - - £444
90th Percentile - - £470
England median daily rate £463 £475 £464
% change year-on-year -2.63% +2.43% +3.06%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 the South West with a recognized job title 1,521 2,953 3,185
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.24% 93.24% 92.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 961 1,880 2,379
10th Percentile £217 £213 £280
25th Percentile £380 £400 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £514 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.77% -2.05% +5.00%
75th Percentile £613 £613 £640
90th Percentile £688 £700 £719
England median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 140 416 251
10th Percentile £18.13 £14.00 £18.09
25th Percentile £22.45 £27.50 £50.00
Median hourly rate £58.75 £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.82% -15.38% +38.30%
75th Percentile £68.00 £71.25 £72.98
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £83.40
England median hourly rate £29.07 £37.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -21.81% -17.38% +95.65%

Automation Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings that featured Automation Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Automation Tester in the South West

Automation Tester
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Automation Tester in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Automation Tester in the South West

Automation Tester
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Automation Tester in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Automation Tester in the South West

Automation Tester
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Automation Tester within the South West region over the 6 months to 23 May 2025. 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
Gloucestershire - 1 - - 6
Automation Tester
England

Automation Tester Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 23 May 2025, Automation Tester contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South West region featuring Automation Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation

Automation Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible