Test Automation Contract Job Trends in Worthing

Automated Testing
West Sussex > Worthing

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Worthing requiring Test Automation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 12 -
Rank change year-on-year -8 - -
Contract jobs citing Test Automation 8 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Worthing 8.70% 5.66% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.30% 6.67% -
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 0
10th Percentile - £402 -
25th Percentile £358 £427 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £431 £468 -
Median % change year-on-year -8.01% - -
75th Percentile £459 £469 -
90th Percentile £479 £470 -
West Sussex median daily rate £358 £386 £450
% change year-on-year -7.25% -14.22% -21.74%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Worthing

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 Worthing.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 86 45 45
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Worthing 93.48% 84.91% 91.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 36 40
10th Percentile £358 £374 £357
25th Percentile £418 £470 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £522 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.15% +16.00% -10.00%
75th Percentile £502 £638 £475
90th Percentile £627 £720 £500
West Sussex median daily rate £450 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £13.13 - -
Median hourly rate £13.25 £13.85 -
Median % change year-on-year -4.33% - -
75th Percentile £13.38 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Sussex median hourly rate £30.50 £18.82 £28.00
% change year-on-year +62.06% -32.79% +14.47%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Worthing

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

Test Automation job vacancy trend in Worthing

Test Automation
Daily Rate Trend in Worthing

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

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

Test Automation
Daily Rate Histogram in Worthing

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Automation in Worthing over the 6 months to 2 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Test Automation in Worthing

Test Automation
Hourly Rate Trend in Worthing

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

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

Test Automation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Worthing 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 4 (50.00%) Confluence
2 2 (25.00%) SAS
3 1 (12.50%) WebLogic
Cloud Services
1 7 (87.50%) AWS
2 1 (12.50%) Tricentis Tosca
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 8 (100.00%) JIRA
2 6 (75.00%) GitLab
3 4 (50.00%) Artifactory
4 3 (37.50%) Zephyr
5 2 (25.00%) Jenkins
6 1 (12.50%) Git
6 1 (12.50%) Postman
6 1 (12.50%) Toad
General
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Analyst
1 2 (25.00%) QA Tester
1 2 (25.00%) Test Analyst
1 2 (25.00%) Tester
2 1 (12.50%) Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Data Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Migration Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle Developer
2 1 (12.50%) QA Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) QA Test Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) SAP Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) SAP Test Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) SAS Developer
2 1 (12.50%) SAS Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Software Architect
2 1 (12.50%) SQL Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Talend Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Unix Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) XML
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) Unix
2 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Agile
2 4 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
2 4 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 4 (50.00%) ETL
2 4 (50.00%) Migration
2 4 (50.00%) Test Scripting
3 3 (37.50%) Data Migration
3 3 (37.50%) End-to-End Testing
3 3 (37.50%) Integration Testing
3 3 (37.50%) Manual Testing
3 3 (37.50%) Scenario Testing
3 3 (37.50%) System Testing
3 3 (37.50%) Test Management
4 2 (25.00%) CI/CD
5 1 (12.50%) Data Integration
5 1 (12.50%) Data Pipeline
5 1 (12.50%) Defect Management
5 1 (12.50%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) SQL
2 4 (50.00%) PL/SQL
3 2 (25.00%) Python
4 1 (12.50%) Java
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 8 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (50.00%) ISTQB
3 2 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (12.50%) ISEB
4 1 (12.50%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Oracle
2 4 (50.00%) Denodo
2 4 (50.00%) Talend
3 1 (12.50%) SAP
3 1 (12.50%) webMethods