Test Automation Contract Job Trends in Surrey

Automated Testing
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Surrey requiring Test Automation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 29 18
Rank change year-on-year +14 -11 +24
Contract jobs citing Test Automation 48 12 44
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 8.38% 4.30% 6.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.84% 4.76% 8.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 5 36
10th Percentile £364 - £325
25th Percentile £409 £438 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £475 £513
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -7.32% -6.82%
75th Percentile £588 £525 £638
90th Percentile £625 - £688
South East median daily rate £481 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -3.75% -9.09% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 0 1
10th Percentile £60.00 - -
25th Percentile £62.50 - £57.50
Median hourly rate £70.00 - £60.00
75th Percentile - - £62.50
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £70.00 £55.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +27.27% -8.33% +6.67%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 488 252 513
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 85.17% 90.32% 81.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 326 180 370
10th Percentile £204 £200 £250
25th Percentile £363 £311 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.68% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £563 £538 £599
90th Percentile £650 £588 £694
South East median daily rate £520 £500 £501
% change year-on-year +4.00% -0.20% -0.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 23 64
10th Percentile £19.40 £13.88 £11.71
25th Percentile £52.50 £22.63 £15.50
Median hourly rate £62.50 £28.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +123.21% -6.67% -33.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £38.57 £70.00
90th Percentile £71.99 £60.75 £76.86
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £24.66 £49.50
% change year-on-year +112.90% -50.18% -5.71%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Test Automation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

Test Automation job vacancy trend in Surrey

Test Automation
Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Test Automation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Test Automation

Test Automation
Daily Rate Histogram in Surrey

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Automation in Surrey over the 6 months to 18 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Test Automation in Surrey

Test Automation
Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Test Automation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Test Automation

Test Automation
Hourly Rate Histogram in Surrey

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Test Automation in Surrey over the 6 months to 18 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Test Automation in Surrey

Test Automation
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

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 Surrey region over the 6 months to 18 June 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
Guildford - 23 £511 - 3
Redhill -1 5 £550 +10.00%
Staines -12 5 £413 -
Reigate -1 4 - - 2
Egham - 2 £360 -
Test Automation
South East

Test Automation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (8.33%) Confluence
2 2 (4.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (10.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 17 (35.42%) OpenShift
2 7 (14.58%) Azure
3 6 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (4.17%) Firebase
4 2 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (4.17%) Power Automate
4 2 (4.17%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.08%) AWS
5 1 (2.08%) GCP
5 1 (2.08%) GitHub
5 1 (2.08%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (2.08%) Google Play
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.17%) MongoDB
2 1 (2.08%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (2.08%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 17 (35.42%) SonarQube
2 6 (12.50%) JIRA
2 6 (12.50%) Postman
3 4 (8.33%) NUnit
3 4 (8.33%) Selenium
4 3 (6.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (4.17%) fastlane
5 2 (4.17%) Git
5 2 (4.17%) Jenkins
6 1 (2.08%) Android Studio
6 1 (2.08%) Bitbucket
6 1 (2.08%) Crashlytics
6 1 (2.08%) Gradle
6 1 (2.08%) Tricentis qTest
6 1 (2.08%) Xcode
General
1 6 (12.50%) Public Sector
2 5 (10.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (6.25%) Social Skills
4 2 (4.17%) Finance
5 1 (2.08%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 11 (22.92%) Developer
2 9 (18.75%) Senior
2 9 (18.75%) Test Engineer
3 8 (16.67%) Java Engineer
4 7 (14.58%) Analyst
4 7 (14.58%) Java Developer
4 7 (14.58%) Pensions Analyst
5 6 (12.50%) Software Engineer
6 5 (10.42%) Consultant
6 5 (10.42%) Software Test Engineer
7 4 (8.33%) Java Software Engineer
7 4 (8.33%) SC Cleared Java Developer
7 4 (8.33%) Senior Test Automation Engineer
7 4 (8.33%) Senior Test Engineer
7 4 (8.33%) Test Automation Engineer
7 4 (8.33%) Tester
8 2 (4.17%) Lead
8 2 (4.17%) Power Platform Consultant
8 2 (4.17%) Robotic Process Automation Consultant
8 2 (4.17%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (35.42%) AngularJS
1 17 (35.42%) Quarkus
2 9 (18.75%) RESTful
3 7 (14.58%) REST
4 4 (8.33%) Playwright
5 2 (4.17%) Microsoft Graph
6 1 (2.08%) Android Jetpack
6 1 (2.08%) Android SDK
6 1 (2.08%) Core Data
6 1 (2.08%) Django
6 1 (2.08%) iOS SDK
6 1 (2.08%) Jetpack Compose
6 1 (2.08%) JSON Schema
6 1 (2.08%) OAuth
6 1 (2.08%) OAuth2
6 1 (2.08%) OpenID
6 1 (2.08%) React
6 1 (2.08%) Retrofit
6 1 (2.08%) SwiftUI
6 1 (2.08%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 9 (18.75%) Product Ownership
2 5 (10.42%) Linux Command Line
2 5 (10.42%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (8.33%) Virtual Team
4 2 (4.17%) Mobile App
5 1 (2.08%) Algorithms
5 1 (2.08%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.08%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.08%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.42%) Unix
2 1 (2.08%) Android
2 1 (2.08%) Apple iOS
2 1 (2.08%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (72.92%) Agile
2 28 (58.33%) Scrum
3 27 (56.25%) SDLC
4 21 (43.75%) Sprint Planning
5 18 (37.50%) DevSecOps
6 17 (35.42%) Software Engineering
6 17 (35.42%) Unit Testing
7 16 (33.33%) Front End Development
7 16 (33.33%) Sprint Review
8 9 (18.75%) DevOps
8 9 (18.75%) User Stories
9 7 (14.58%) Acceptance Criteria
9 7 (14.58%) CI/CD
10 6 (12.50%) API Testing
10 6 (12.50%) Code Quality
10 6 (12.50%) Exploratory Testing
10 6 (12.50%) Software Testing
10 6 (12.50%) Test Strategy
11 5 (10.42%) AI
11 5 (10.42%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (41.67%) Java
2 12 (25.00%) SQL
3 9 (18.75%) Python
4 6 (12.50%) C#
5 3 (6.25%) T-SQL
6 2 (4.17%) JavaScript
7 1 (2.08%) Kotlin
7 1 (2.08%) PowerShell
7 1 (2.08%) Swift
7 1 (2.08%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 20 (41.67%) SC Cleared
1 20 (41.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (2.08%) Degree
2 1 (2.08%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (43.75%) QA
2 3 (6.25%) Accessibility
3 2 (4.17%) WCAG
4 1 (2.08%) GMP
System Software
1 1 (2.08%) Docker
Systems Management
1 18 (37.50%) Kubernetes
2 17 (35.42%) Argo
3 4 (8.33%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (2.08%) Ansible
Vendors
1 16 (33.33%) Red Hat
2 2 (4.17%) Blue Prism
2 2 (4.17%) Dynatrace
2 2 (4.17%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.08%) Apple
3 1 (2.08%) Automation Anywhere
3 1 (2.08%) Google
3 1 (2.08%) Splunk
3 1 (2.08%) Tagetik
3 1 (2.08%) UiPath