1 to 25 of 124 Contract Test Automation Jobs in the UK

Test Automation Engineer / Software Tester

Hiring Organisation
Matchtech
Location
Farnborough, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£410/day
hear from you. The Role As a Test Automation Engineer, you will play a key role in designing, developing, and executing automated testing solutions across web applications, APIs, and enterprise systems. You'll work closely with developers, business analysts, and stakeholders to ensure solutions are thoroughly tested … controls, and change management processes Essential Skills & Experience 3-5+ years' experience in Test Automation or Quality Engineering Strong experience with automated testing frameworks and tools including: Playwright Selenium Cucumber SpecFlow/ReqNRoll Experience with: Behaviour Driven Development (BDD) Test Driven Development (TDD) Strong coding skills ...

Technical Test Manager

Hiring Organisation
LMA Recruitment
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£600 - £650 per day
device management. Evaluate and implement modern mobile testing tools and device farm solutions. CI/CD & DevOps Improve stability and performance of automated test pipelines. Resolve issues relating to parallel execution, environment mismatches, and pipeline failures. Work with DevOps teams to optimise Azure DevOps pipelines and quality gates. Embed … understanding of Quality Engineering principles and automation strategy. DevOps & CI/CD Experience with Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or similar. Expertise in automated testing pipelines and release engineering. Strong understanding of parallel execution, environment management, and quality gates. AI & Automation (Essential) Proven experience implementing AI-driven testing ...

Test Manager

Hiring Organisation
Brio Digital
Location
Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£600 - £650/day
Test Manager £600-£650/day | Inside IR35 | Until March 2027 | 3 Days/Week On-site in Leeds | Immediate Start We're looking for an experienced Test Manager to lead quality assurance across a large-scale digital transformation programme. You'll be responsible for defining the overall … Quality Engineers, and ensuring quality is embedded throughout the software delivery lifecycle. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with a strong background in test management, automation and stakeholder engagement who enjoys leading teams in a fast-paced Agile environment. Key Responsibilities Define and deliver the overall test ...

Software Test Engineer - Contract

Hiring Organisation
KO2 Embedded Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Location
Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£60 - £68/hour
Software Test Engineer - Contract - Python Test and Manual Testing Motherwell (3 days onsite per week) | Up to £68 ph, Inside IR35 | 6 months initial, likely to extend KO2 Embedded Recruitment Solutions is recruiting a Software Test Engineer for a client developing a market leading medical device … their site in Motherwell. The role: This is a hands-on software testing position covering both Python test automation and manual testing. The ideal person can write automated tests in Python and is happy to carry out manual testing when automation isn't possible - including GUI testing ...

Test Manager

Hiring Organisation
JAM Recruitment Ltd
Location
Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract, Work From Home
Contract Rate
Up to £53.24 per hour
Test Manager Warton based role (Hybrid working) £53.24 per hour Umbrella Inside IR35 6 Month Contract initially. This is a great opportunity to work within one of the UK's leading Defence organisations based in Warton. Hybrid working 3 days per week in the office. Typical duties include … limited to): Strategic Test Leadership: Develop and implement a comprehensive testing strategy for the entire value stream, aligning with business objectives, security requirements, and quality standards. Cross-Team Collaboration: Work closely with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Development Leads, Security Engineers, and other stakeholders across multiple product teams to embed ...

QA Test Analyst

Hiring Organisation
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Location
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
Competitive salary
candidate will play a key role in ensuring the quality, reliability, and performance of digital services through the design, development, and maintenance of robust automated testing solutions. This role is ideal for someone with a strong background in test automation, a passion for quality engineering, and experience working … within complex, large-scale environments. Key Responsibilities Design, build, and maintain automated test solutions for both UI and API layers Develop and enhance test frameworks and automation suites to improve efficiency and scalability Collaborate with developers, analysts, and stakeholders to define test strategies and acceptance criteria ...

Senior Java Developer

Hiring Organisation
Henderson Scott
Location
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
Up to £300.00 per day
using microservices and component-based architecture, working across both server-side and client-side development. Ideally you will have experience with continuous delivery practices, Test-Driven Development (TDD), CI/CD pipelines, Git, and test automation frameworks. You must be comfortable collaborating closely with backend, frontend … building modern, component-based user interfaces using React. Solid understanding of component-based architecture, microservices architecture, and design systems. Experience with continuous delivery tools, Test-Driven Development (TDD), and test automation frameworks such as Jest. Solid understanding of component-based and microservices architecture along with design systems ...

Data Test Lead

Hiring Organisation
Searchability (UK) Ltd
Location
Leeds, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£400 - £500 per day
Test Data Lead - Leeds (Hybrid) Test Data Management/Data Masking/Synthetic Data/Financial Services Salary/Rate: £400-£500 (12-month contract) Location: Leeds (2-3 days per week onsite) Start: ASAP Duration: 12-month contract with strong likelihood of extension For more information, please … financial services organisation as they continue to deliver a major Core Transformation Programme. Due to continued growth, they are looking to appoint an experienced Test Data Lead to head up their Quality Engineering Test Data capability, leading a team responsible for delivering secure, compliant and scalable test ...

Data Test Lead

Hiring Organisation
Searchability
Location
Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£400 - £500 per day
Test Data Lead - Leeds (Hybrid) Test Data Management/Data Masking/Synthetic Data/Financial Services Salary/Rate: £400-£500 (12-month contract) Location: Leeds (2-3 days per week onsite) Start: ASAP Duration: 12-month contract with strong likelihood of extension For more information, please … call , or email me at This is an exciting opportunity to shape the future Test Data strategy while leading a team focused on data masking, synthetic data and test data provisioning using modern tooling. WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING? As the Test Data Lead, you will ...

Software Test Automation Engineer

Hiring Organisation
JAM Recruitment Ltd
Location
Nuneaton, Warwickshire, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract, Work From Home
tier one supplier of safety critical systems to the Automotive industry is seeking to recruit a Software Test Automation Engineer to work on a contract based in Nuneaton (hybrid working) that is initially scheduled for 6 months. The Role This contract will involve software test related … diagnostic equipment. Experience Ideal candidates will be experienced Software Engineers with experience in the following areas: C Programming Test Automation Diagnotics/ISO14229 CAN logging Python/CAPL Scripting Automotive Apply For more information on this contract please email your ...

QA Lead (AI)

Hiring Organisation
LMA Recruitment
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£450 - £500 per day
leader to define, lead, and evolve Quality Engineering practices across a complex enterprise transformation. You will play a critical role in establishing modern automation-first testing approaches, embedding quality governance, and driving the adoption of AI-powered testing capabilities across the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC). Working closely with … teams. Provide leadership, guidance, and mentoring to QA and Test Engineering teams. Automation & AI-Driven Testing Lead the adoption and expansion of automated testing across the programme. Drive the development and optimisation of automation frameworks. Implement AI-driven testing approaches including: Automated test generation Regression optimisation ...

Quality Engineering Lead (Test Lead)

Hiring Organisation
Randstad Technologies Recruitment
Location
Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£400 - £450/day Inside IR35 via Umbrella
Position: Quality Engineering Lead (Test Lead) - Software Engineering Employment Type: Contract( Inside IR35) Location: Leeds, UK(Hybrid 3-days in a week) Job Overview & Responsibilities : Lead, mentor, and support a team of quality engineers through multi-disciplinary team planning and ecosystem integration to accelerate delivery and embed quality throughout … application lifecycle. Apply functional and business knowledge to architect end-to-end testing strategies, establishing key quality metrics to effectively evaluate test execution and defect resolution. Serve as a subject matter expert, driving cross-functional collaboration, contributing to high-level decisions, and providing solutions to complex problems across multiple ...

Automation Tester

Hiring Organisation
Teksystems
Location
South West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
frameworks, validating complex event flows, and driving quality across the software development lifecycle. What You'll Be Doing Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks for backend applications and services Build and execute automated tests for APIs, microservices, and event-driven workflows Validate Kafka-based messaging systems … event streams Develop high-quality test automation solutions in Java or Kotlin Use Testcontainers to create isolated and repeatable testing environments Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines Work closely with Software Engineers, Product teams, and fellow Quality Engineers to embed quality throughout development Contribute ...

Quality Assurance Test Engineer Digital Banking Insurance

Hiring Organisation
Salt Search
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£200 per day
looking for an experienced Quality Assurance Test Engineer to join a growing Digital Banking team delivering innovative insurance products used by hundreds of thousands of customers. You'll play … role in ensuring the quality of modern web applications and APIs, working closely with Software Engineers and Product Owners to build robust manual and automated testing solutions across the software development lifecycle. What You'll Be Doing Design, execute and maintain manual and automated test plans. Build and enhance ...

Automation Tester - Data

Hiring Organisation
TXP
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£0.00 - £425/day
Automation Tester - Data 6 months, scope to extend Inside IR35, £425 P/D Location: 1 x every 3 weeks on site in Telford (Kit collection in London, Manchester or Bristol) Eligible for SC Automation Test Engineer focused on validating data pipelines and ensuring integrity of data … across ETL processes. Key Responsibilities Design and execute automated tests across data pipelines Validate data transformations between source and target systems Build and maintain test frameworks for ETL validation Work closely with data engineers to ensure quality is embedded Support defect identification, root cause analysis, and resolution Experience Required ...

AI Automation Engineer - SC Cleared

Hiring Organisation
VIQU IT
Location
London, Bishopsgate, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£300 - £400/day Inside IR35
Automation Engineer - SC clearance required - London/Leeds - Hybrid 2/3 days per week onsite Exciting opportunity to join a leading finance house in either London or Leeds, you will have be able to demonstrate and evidence experience of delivering the below: Key criteria: * Proven, demonstratable experience … driven and AI-assisted testing, including GenAI, RAG-based systems, intelligent automation, and tools such as GitHub Copilot, Amazon Q, and Cursor AI * Proven experience in innovation and PoCs, particularly in AI-led test generation and regression optimisation * Senior QA/SDET with experience across web, mobile ...

AI Automation Engineer - SC Cleared

Hiring Organisation
VIQU IT Recruitment
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£350 - £450 per day
clearance required - AI Automation Engineer - Hybrid 2/3 days per week Location can be flexible, London or Leeds. Key criteria: Large prestigious finance house are looking to expand their test team to include AI skills, to join this team you will have previous experience in AI-driven … assisted testing, including GenAI, RAG-based systems, intelligent automation, and tools such as GitHub Copilot, Amazon Q, and Cursor AI, you will bring experience in innovation and PoCs, particularly in AI-led test generation and regression optimisation. Senior QA/SDET with experience across web, mobile, API, desktop ...

AI Automation Engineer

Hiring Organisation
VIQU IT Recruitment
Location
Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£400 - £500 per day
clearance required - AI Automation Engineer - Hybrid 2/3 days per week onsite Exciting opportunity to join a leading finance house in either London or Leeds Key criteria: Experience in AI-driven and AI-assisted testing, including GenAI, RAG-based systems, intelligent automation, and tools such as GitHub … Copilot, Amazon Q, and Cursor AI, ex. perience in innovation and PoCs, particularly in AI-led test generation and regression optimisation. Proven experience of performing QA/SDET with experience across web, mobile, API, desktop, and cloud testing, highly experienced in test automation frameworks including Selenium, Playwright ...

Senior Java Developer

Hiring Organisation
Henderson Scott
Location
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£280.00 - £300.00 per day
back-end development and JSF-based UI, delivering scalable applications using microservices and component-based architecture. The candidate is experienced in continuous delivery practices, Test-Driven Development (TDD), and CI/CD pipelines, with hands-on expertise in Git and test automation frameworks. The candidate also demonstrates … back-end development and JSF-based UI * Solid understanding of component-based and microservices architecture along with design systems * Experience with continuous delivery tools, Test-Driven Development (TDD), and test automation frameworks such as Jest * Hands-on experience with Git and CI/CD pipelines * Exposure ...

SC Cleared Automation Test Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Sanderson Government and Defence
Location
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£500 - £550 per day + Inside IR35
Automation Tester - Contract Location: Glasgow (3 days onsite)# Rate: £500 per day (Inside IR35) Duration: 6-month contract Clearance: DV or SC We're looking for an experienced Automation Teste r to join a fast-paced Agile team delivering high-quality digital solutions. Key Responsibilities Design, develop … maintain automated test scripts (UI, API, integration) Build and enhance automation frameworks (Selenium, Playwright, Cypress) Identify automation opportunities from user stories and acceptance criteria Execute automated tests within CI/CD pipelines Perform root cause analysis and collaborate on defect resolution Monitor pipelines, manage flaky tests ...

Software Test Automation Engineer

Hiring Organisation
JAM Recruitment Ltd
Location
Nuneaton, Warwickshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
GBP Annual
tier one supplier of safety critical systems to the Automotive industry is seeking to recruit a Software Test Automation Engineer to work on a contract based in Nuneaton (hybrid working) that is initially scheduled for 6 months. The Role This contract will involve software test related ...

EP - Application Developer - 131

Hiring Organisation
Experis
Location
London, South Bank, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
will work closely with Business Analysts and stakeholders to understand requirements, design and execute test scenarios, and contribute to both manual and automated testing using a bespoke BDD automation framework . Your Key Responsibilities: Analyse business and technical requirements Design and execute test scenarios and test cases Perform functional, integration, and regression testing Work with a bespoke BDD (Behaviour-Driven Development) automation framework Identify, log, and track defects through to resolution Collaborate with developers, analysts, and wider delivery teams Communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders Contribute to continuous improvement of testing ...

EP - Application Developer - 131

Hiring Organisation
Experis
Location
South Bank, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
GBP Annual
will work closely with Business Analysts and stakeholders to understand requirements, design and execute test scenarios, and contribute to both manual and automated testing using a bespoke BDD automation framework . Your Key Responsibilities: Analyse business and technical requirements Design and execute test scenarios and test cases Perform functional, integration, and regression testing Work with a bespoke BDD (Behaviour-Driven Development) automation framework Identify, log, and track defects through to resolution Collaborate with developers, analysts, and wider delivery teams Communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders Contribute to continuous improvement of testing ...

QA Lead (AI-Driven Platform Transformation)

Hiring Organisation
LMA Recruitment
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
Salary negotiable
capability across a complex, AI-enabled platform transformation program for a leading insurance client. Key ResponsibilitiesTest Strategy & Technical Leadership- Define and implement a modern, automation-first QA strategy aligned to an AI-driven SDLC- Act as the technical authority for quality engineering Automation & AI-Driven Testing- Lead adoption … automation-first testing approaches- Define AI-driven QA techniques (test generation, regression optimisation) SDLC & Governance- Establish strong quality governance and traceability Platform & Integration Testing- Own testing strategy across workflow, underwriting, pricing, policy lifecycle CI/CD & Environments- Optimise pipelines and enable continuous testing- Support multiple releases ...

Test Manager

Hiring Organisation
Rullion Managed Services
Location
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£400 - £500/day
Test Manager 4 Month contract Full-time Inside IR35 Hybrid - One/Two days in the office, flex on which days Office address: Trinity House, 2 Burton Street, Nottingham, NG1 4BX We are seeking an experienced Test Manager to join the IT team of a leading energy company. … requirements and regulatory standards. As a Test Manager, you will define and implement a comprehensive testing strategy, including the balance of manual and automated testing, tool selection, and scheduling. You will lead and manage the testing team, assign tasks, and ensure all activities are completed efficiently and on time. ...