Quality Assurance (QA) Automation
Hampshire > Southampton
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Southampton requiring QA Automation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
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6 months to 18 Aug 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 20 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing QA Automation | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Southampton | - | - | 0.63% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | - | 0.88% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £406 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £413 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £419 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Hampshire median daily rate | £275 | - | £413 |
All Process & Methodology Skills
Southampton
QA Automation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Southampton.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 130 | 114 | 113 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton | 82.80% | 84.44% | 71.52% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 81 | 71 | 73 |
| 10th Percentile | £170 | £170 | £203 |
| 25th Percentile | £375 | £320 | £356 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £500 | £488 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.00% | +2.56% | -8.24% |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | £602 | £634 |
| 90th Percentile | £688 | £688 | £650 |
| Hampshire median daily rate | £550 | £538 | £580 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.33% | -7.33% | +10.48% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 18 | 2 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | £18.52 | £70.95 | £52.80 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £71.63 | - |
| Median hourly rate | £37.24 | £73.00 | £80.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -48.99% | -8.75% | +223.23% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.05 | £74.13 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £62.23 | £74.65 | - |
| Hampshire median hourly rate | £47.50 | £33.89 | £57.35 |
| % change year-on-year | +40.18% | -40.92% | +9.24% |
QA Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing QA Automation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton.
QA Automation
Daily Rate Trend in Southampton
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing QA Automation.
