Automation Test Lead Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Test Automation Leader
England > Yorkshire

The median Test Automation Leader daily rate in Yorkshire is £463, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 December 2025.

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

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 126 95 -
Rank change year-on-year -31 - -
Contract jobs requiring an Automation Test Lead 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 0.054% 0.078% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.059% 0.086% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £456 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £550 -
Median % change year-on-year -15.91% - -
75th Percentile £469 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £358 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -35.00% +10.00% -14.89%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Yorkshire. 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 1,690 1,169 1,710
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.00% 91.19% 94.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,146 685 1,110
10th Percentile £225 £220 £255
25th Percentile £380 £369 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £638 £650 £688
England median daily rate £504 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.00% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 47 27
10th Percentile £15.86 £15.22 £14.62
25th Percentile £19.85 £18.57 £17.86
Median hourly rate £25.58 £24.18 £21.31
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% +13.47% +1.48%
75th Percentile £81.25 £38.75 £25.27
90th Percentile - £48.75 £36.80
England median hourly rate £25.47 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.08% -16.67% +36.36%

Automation Test Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Automation Test Lead job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Automation Test Lead
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Automation Test Lead job vacancies in Yorkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Automation Test Lead job vacancies in Yorkshire

Automation Test Lead
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Automation Test Lead within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 4 December 2025. 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
North Yorkshire - 1 £463 -
Automation Test Lead
England

Automation Test Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 4 December 2025, Automation Test Lead 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 Yorkshire region featuring Automation Test Lead in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SpecFlow
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation

Automation Test Lead Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) SpecFlow
1 1 (100.00%) TestRail
1 1 (100.00%) Zephyr
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) XPath
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft