QA Automation Engineer Contracts in London

Automation QA Engineer
England > London

The median Automation QA Engineer daily rate in London is £485, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 377 422 551
Rank change year-on-year +45 +129 +12
Contract jobs requiring a QA Automation Engineer 4 9 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.026% 0.044% 0.076%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.027% 0.047% 0.079%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 27
10th Percentile £433 £450 £325
25th Percentile £444 £581 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £675 £510
Median % change year-on-year -28.15% +32.35% +16.57%
75th Percentile £521 £738 £606
90th Percentile £524 - £680
England median daily rate £413 £600 £475
% change year-on-year -31.25% +26.32% +5.56%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 14,705 19,194 35,324
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.92% 93.86% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,509 13,971 25,561
10th Percentile £338 £350 £375
25th Percentile £450 £456 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £790 £800 £788
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 161 212 302
10th Percentile £17.25 £18.02 £15.75
25th Percentile £24.50 £21.94 £20.25
Median hourly rate £39.00 £40.50 £32.25
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +25.58% +7.50%
75th Percentile £60.00 £61.94 £57.50
90th Percentile £80.75 £76.25 £75.00
England median hourly rate £41.50 £45.94 £30.00
% change year-on-year -9.66% +53.13% +50.00%

QA Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured QA Automation Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for QA Automation Engineer in London

QA Automation Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QA Automation Engineer in London.

Daily rate trend for QA Automation Engineer in London

QA Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 31 October 2024, QA Automation Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring QA Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Java
1 4 (100.00%) QA
2 2 (50.00%) Selenium
2 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) QA Automation
3 1 (25.00%) SDET
3 1 (25.00%) C#
3 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (25.00%) SQL
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) Cypress.io
3 1 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (25.00%) WebDriver
3 1 (25.00%) FitNesse
3 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (25.00%) Android
3 1 (25.00%) BDD
3 1 (25.00%) Apple iOS
3 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Functional Testing
3 1 (25.00%) TypeScript
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Appium
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving

QA Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Selenium
2 1 (25.00%) Appium
2 1 (25.00%) Cypress.io
2 1 (25.00%) FitNesse
2 1 (25.00%) WebDriver
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (25.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Android
1 1 (25.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) QA Automation
1 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) BDD
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (25.00%) Functional Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) SDET
2 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Sprint Retrospective
2 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) C#
2 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) QA
2 1 (25.00%) Accessibility