Quality Assurance (QA) Automation
North East > Tyne and Wear
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Tyne and Wear requiring QA Automation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited QA Automation over the 6 months leading up to 24 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 24 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 33 | - | 45 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +3 |
| Contract jobs citing QA Automation | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear | 0.41% | - | 0.36% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.51% | - | 0.39% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | - | £465 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -2.11% |
| North East median daily rate | £450 | - | £465 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -4.62% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Tyne and Wear
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 Tyne and Wear.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 198 | 193 | 254 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear | 82.16% | 86.55% | 91.04% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 146 | 90 | 197 |
| 10th Percentile | £213 | £312 | £316 |
| 25th Percentile | £350 | £371 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £460 | £488 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.64% | -11.36% | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £573 | £588 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £625 | £639 | £740 |
| North East median daily rate | £464 | £475 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.37% | -9.52% | +5.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 8 | 35 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £11.60 | £11.50 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £13.96 | £12.13 | - |
| Median hourly rate | £18.13 | £17.50 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.57% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £27.66 | £48.75 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £49.73 | £50.00 | - |
| North East median hourly rate | £17.00 | £17.50 | £40.75 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.86% | -57.06% | +146.97% |
QA Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear
Job postings citing QA Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.
QA Automation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QA Automation in Tyne and Wear.
QA Automation
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA Automation within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 24 May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle upon Tyne | - | 1 | £450 | - | 4 |
| QA Automation North East |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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:
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