Test Automation Contract Job Trends in York

Automated Testing
North Yorkshire > York

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in York requiring Test Automation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Test Automation 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in York 2.17% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.50% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North Yorkshire median daily rate £550 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
York

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 York.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 80 20 44
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in York 86.96% 83.33% 91.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 12 25
10th Percentile £143 £201 £106
25th Percentile £200 £350 £135
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £425 £180
Median % change year-on-year +9.53% +136.11% -52.00%
75th Percentile £688 £563 £363
90th Percentile £860 £638 £475
North Yorkshire median daily rate £466 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +9.53% -5.56% +15.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 6
10th Percentile - - £11.15
25th Percentile £15.00 - £11.30
Median hourly rate £18.55 - £14.40
75th Percentile £23.74 - £18.75
90th Percentile £24.72 - £22.88
North Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.81 £19.78 £13.50
% change year-on-year +15.35% +46.48% -35.54%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in York

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

Test Automation job vacancy trend in York

Test Automation
Daily Rate Trend in York

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

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

Test Automation
Hourly Rate Trend in York

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

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

Test Automation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in York 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:

Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Lead
1 2 (100.00%) QA Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) QA Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) AI Agents
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) LLM
1 2 (100.00%) Red Team
1 2 (100.00%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA