Automation Tester Contract Job Trends in West Sussex

Automation Tester
South East > West Sussex

As of 1 May 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Automation Tester daily rate in West Sussex.

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Automation Tester 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 0.35% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South East median daily rate £512 £350 £450
% change year-on-year +46.36% -22.22% +7.14%

All Contract IT Job Roles
West Sussex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in West 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 West Sussex with a recognized job title 258 131 251
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.17% 89.73% 96.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 85 188
10th Percentile £280 £244 £258
25th Percentile £356 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £468 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.50% +4.00% -4.00%
75th Percentile £588 £537 £515
90th Percentile £708 £629 £588
South East median daily rate £514 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.80% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 13 12
10th Percentile £13.13 £15.39 £13.69
25th Percentile £13.26 £16.95 £18.20
Median hourly rate £37.12 £18.82 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +97.24% -12.47% -2.98%
75th Percentile £60.00 £36.25 £22.75
90th Percentile £66.00 £81.15 £28.53
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £32.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +69.23% -31.58% -1.86%

Automation Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

Automation Tester job vacancy trend in West Sussex

Automation Tester
Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Automation Tester job vacancies in West Sussex.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Automation Tester job vacancies in West Sussex

Automation Tester
Contract Job Locations in West Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Automation Tester within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 1 May 2026. 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
Burgess Hill - 1 - -
Automation Tester
South East

Automation Tester Skill Set
Top 10 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex

For the 6 months to 1 May 2026, Automation Tester 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 West Sussex region featuring Automation Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Kafka
1 1 (100.00%) Kotlin
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy

Automation Tester Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West 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%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Kotlin
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA