Test Automation Contract Job Trends in Winchester

Automated Testing
Hampshire > Winchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Winchester requiring Test Automation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 - 4
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Test Automation 3 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Winchester 15.79% - 10.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.75% - 12.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile - - £377
25th Percentile £713 - £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 - £405
75th Percentile £749 - £406
90th Percentile £756 - £407
Hampshire median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +2.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Winchester

Test 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 Winchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 16 23 25
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Winchester 84.21% 69.70% 83.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 17 7
10th Percentile £170 £295 £345
25th Percentile £188 £418 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £405
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +23.46% -23.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £675
90th Percentile £738 £593 £785
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £551 £538
% change year-on-year -4.68% +2.47% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £22.50
Median hourly rate - - £25.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +66.67%
75th Percentile - - £27.50
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £20.71 £67.50 £51.96
% change year-on-year -69.32% +29.91% +15.47%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Winchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Test Automation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Winchester.

Test Automation job vacancy trend in Winchester

Test Automation
Daily Rate Trend in Winchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Winchester citing Test Automation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Winchester citing Test Automation

Test Automation
Hourly Rate Trend in Winchester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Winchester citing Test Automation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Winchester citing Test Automation

Test Automation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Winchester 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Bluetooth
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Android Studio
1 1 (33.33%) Cypress.io
1 1 (33.33%) GitLab
1 1 (33.33%) Gradle
1 1 (33.33%) WiX
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Automation Tester
1 2 (66.67%) Tester
2 1 (33.33%) Android Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Apache NiFi
1 1 (33.33%) Flask
1 1 (33.33%) JavaFX
1 1 (33.33%) Nuxt
1 1 (33.33%) Vue
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Android
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Functional Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Non-Functional Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Test Planning
1 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) AI
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Android Development
2 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) C++
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared