Test Automation Contracts in Suffolk

Automated Testing
East of England > Suffolk

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Suffolk requiring Test Automation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Test Automation over the 6 months leading up to 21 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 - 18
Rank change year-on-year - - +1
Contract jobs citing Test Automation 6 0 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Suffolk 8.22% - 6.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.11% - 7.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 7
10th Percentile £150 - £390
25th Percentile £206 - £544
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 - £700
Median % change year-on-year - - +45.83%
75th Percentile £315 - £743
90th Percentile £350 - -
East of England median daily rate £450 £498 £475
% change year-on-year -9.55% +4.74% -4.04%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Suffolk

Test 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 Suffolk.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 54 41 124
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Suffolk 73.97% 64.06% 86.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 26 105
10th Percentile £200 £105 £353
25th Percentile £216 £178 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £313 £600
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -47.92% +10.09%
75th Percentile £438 £538 £700
90th Percentile £530 £588 £745
East of England median daily rate £500 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +17.65% -15.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 2
10th Percentile - - £14.66
25th Percentile - £14.05 £15.64
Median hourly rate £46.18 £14.60 £17.78
Median % change year-on-year +216.30% -17.89% -13.27%
75th Percentile - £15.61 £19.42
90th Percentile - £29.15 £20.10
East of England median hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -6.25% +90.48% +6.01%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Suffolk

Job postings citing Test Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Suffolk.

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in Suffolk

Test Automation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Suffolk

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Automation in Suffolk.

Daily rate trend for Test Automation in Suffolk

Test Automation
Daily Rate Histogram in Suffolk

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Automation in Suffolk over the 6 months to 21 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Test Automation in Suffolk

Test Automation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Suffolk

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Automation in Suffolk.

Hourly rate trend for Test Automation in Suffolk

Test Automation
Contract Job Locations in Suffolk

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Automation within the Suffolk region over the 6 months to 21 July 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
Ipswich - 6 £300 - 7
Test Automation
East of England

Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Suffolk 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 5 (83.33%) Robot Framework
General
1 1 (16.67%) Electronics
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
1 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
1 1 (16.67%) Marketing
1 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
1 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
1 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Automation Engineer
1 4 (66.67%) Network Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support
2 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support Technician
2 1 (16.67%) Desktop Technician
2 1 (16.67%) Installation Technician
2 1 (16.67%) Python Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Support Technician
2 1 (16.67%) Test Automation Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Test Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) CI/CD
2 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (16.67%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Programme Management
2 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (83.33%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) SAP