Test Automation Engineer Contract Job Trends in Swindon

Automation Test Engineer
Wiltshire > Swindon

As of 8 May 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Automation Test Engineer daily rate in Swindon.

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Test Automation Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Swindon 0.68% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.81% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Wiltshire median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Swindon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Swindon. 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 Swindon with a recognized job title 123 94 105
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 84.25% 94.00% 87.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 65 67
10th Percentile £305 £250 £147
25th Percentile £377 £325 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £400
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +25.00% -23.81%
75th Percentile £542 £590 £544
90th Percentile £725 £650 £712
Wiltshire median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -0.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 7
10th Percentile £24.36 - £14.25
25th Percentile £46.00 - £15.75
Median hourly rate £49.00 - £16.50
75th Percentile £51.00 - £30.25
90th Percentile - - -
Wiltshire median hourly rate £29.50 £18.87 £25.00
% change year-on-year +56.33% -24.52% -61.83%

Test Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Swindon

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

Test Automation Engineer job vacancy trend in Swindon

Test Automation Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Swindon

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Automation Engineer job vacancies in Swindon.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Automation Engineer job vacancies in Swindon

Test Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swindon

For the 6 months to 8 May 2026, Test 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 Swindon region featuring Test Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Apex Code
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Conga
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Deployment
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Tracking
1 1 (100.00%) Exploratory Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) GoCardless
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Payment Gateway
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) REST Assured
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting

Test Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swindon 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Payment Gateway
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) REST Assured
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
1 1 (100.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Deployment
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Tracking
1 1 (100.00%) Exploratory Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Apex Code
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Conga
1 1 (100.00%) GoCardless
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce