Automation Test Analyst Contract Job Trends in Warrington

Test Automation Analyst
Cheshire > Warrington

The median Test Automation Analyst daily rate in Warrington is £463, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 February 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Automation Test Analyst 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Warrington 2.38% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.63% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £456 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 - -
75th Percentile £469 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median daily rate £463 - £450

All Contract IT Job Roles
Warrington

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Warrington. 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 Warrington with a recognized job title 76 56 81
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.48% 93.33% 93.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 32 48
10th Percentile £215 £203 £164
25th Percentile £356 £250 £322
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £444 £425 £463
Median % change year-on-year +4.41% -8.11% +8.82%
75th Percentile £488 £525 £503
90th Percentile £573 £575 £575
Cheshire median daily rate £447 £473 £500
% change year-on-year -5.40% -5.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 10
10th Percentile - - £13.68
25th Percentile £15.50 - £16.13
Median hourly rate £19.00 - £26.33
75th Percentile £24.37 - £32.23
90th Percentile £67.25 - £48.00
Cheshire median hourly rate £22.43 £24.09 £24.81
% change year-on-year -6.89% -2.88% +27.79%

Automation Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Warrington

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

Automation Test Analyst job vacancy trend in Warrington

Automation Test Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Warrington

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Automation Test Analyst job vacancies in Warrington.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Automation Test Analyst job vacancies in Warrington

Automation Test Analyst Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warrington

For the 6 months to 4 February 2026, Automation Test Analyst 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 Warrington region featuring Automation Test Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 2 (100.00%) ETL
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Data Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) RESTful
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) Tableau
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Visualisation

Automation Test Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warrington 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
2 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) Tableau
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) RESTful
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 2 (100.00%) ETL
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Data Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA