Test Automation Manager Contract Job Trends

Automation Test Manager
UK

The median Automation Test Manager daily rate in the UK is £446, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025.

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

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 585 544 596
Rank change year-on-year -41 +52 +192
Contract jobs requiring a Test Automation Manager 2 8 9
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.005% 0.023% 0.021%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.006% 0.025% 0.022%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 8
10th Percentile £377 £312 £450
25th Percentile £400 £317 £497
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £446 £324 £600
Median % change year-on-year +37.73% -46.00% -4.00%
75th Percentile £496 £378 £688
90th Percentile £521 £500 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £446 £324 £675
% change year-on-year +37.73% -52.00% +8.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 33,474 31,919 40,968
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.98% 92.77% 93.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,192 19,646 27,547
10th Percentile £290 £300 £288
25th Percentile £404 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £644
90th Percentile £720 £738 £740
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,966 1,020 1,459
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.48 £15.16
25th Percentile £18.00 £21.00 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £33.52 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.97% -25.51% +50.00%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.59 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.00 £72.53 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -27.78% +80.00%

Test Automation Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Test Automation Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

Test Automation Manager
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Automation Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Automation Manager job vacancies in the UK

Test Automation Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Automation Manager over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Test Automation Manager in the UK

Test Automation Manager
Top 5 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Automation Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 17 December 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
England -42 2 £446 +39.24%
UK excluding London -60 2 £446 +37.73%
East Midlands - 1 £368 -
Midlands - 1 £368 -
South East - 1 £525 -

Test Automation Manager Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 17 December 2025, Test Automation Manager 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 featuring Test Automation Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (50.00%) HP UFT
2 1 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) Katalon Studio
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Playwright
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Test Management
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing

Test Automation Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
2 1 (50.00%) HP UFT
2 1 (50.00%) Katalon Studio
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Test Management
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Java