QA Automation Engineer Contract Job Trends in Sussex

Automation QA Engineer
South East > Sussex

The median Automation QA Engineer daily rate in Sussex is £275, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 August 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
5 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a QA Automation Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Sussex 4.76% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 5.88% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £263 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 - -
75th Percentile £288 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £275 - £413

All Contract IT Job Roles
Sussex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Sussex. 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 Sussex with a recognized job title 17 7 32
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 80.95% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 1 12
10th Percentile £239 - £350
25th Percentile £307 £158 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £446 £165 £508
Median % change year-on-year +170.45% -67.49% -24.81%
75th Percentile £594 £173 £556
90th Percentile £650 - £575
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 20
10th Percentile - £13.26 £10.42
25th Percentile - £13.64 £30.17
Median hourly rate - £17.55 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year - -64.90% -
75th Percentile - £39.06 £67.50
90th Percentile - £71.13 £75.00
South East median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £57.35
% change year-on-year +114.71% -56.15% +14.70%

QA Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Sussex

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'QA Automation Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Sussex.

QA Automation Engineer job vacancy trend in Sussex

QA Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 10 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sussex

For the 6 months to 5 August 2026, QA Automation Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Sussex region featuring QA Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) LLM
1 1 (100.00%) Prompt Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) pytest
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation

QA Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sussex 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:

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) pytest
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) LLM
1 1 (100.00%) Prompt Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
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