QA Automation Engineer Contracts in the North of England

Automation QA Engineer
England > North of England

The median Automation QA Engineer daily rate in the North of England is £368, 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 160 190 235
Rank change year-on-year +30 +45 +12
Contract jobs requiring a QA Automation Engineer 2 2 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.050% 0.041% 0.082%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.055% 0.044% 0.086%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 6
10th Percentile £334 - £397
25th Percentile £346 £475 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £368 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -26.50% - +0.50%
75th Percentile £389 £525 £613
90th Percentile £402 - £638
England median daily rate £413 £600 £475
% change year-on-year -31.25% +26.32% +5.56%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 3,654 4,594 6,986
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.02% 93.39% 95.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,980 3,135 4,992
10th Percentile £263 £262 £225
25th Percentile £386 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £588
90th Percentile £650 £675 £675
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 223 223 236
10th Percentile £15.39 £15.75 £10.20
25th Percentile £18.00 £17.88 £15.50
Median hourly rate £31.00 £27.50 £21.25
Median % change year-on-year +12.73% +29.41% +21.43%
75th Percentile £48.75 £46.18 £44.30
90th Percentile £70.00 £61.59 £70.00
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 the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for QA Automation Engineer in the North of England

QA Automation Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QA Automation Engineer in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for QA Automation Engineer in the North of England

QA Automation Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA Automation Engineer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 31 October 2024. 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 East - 2 £368 -
QA Automation Engineer
England

QA Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

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 North of England region featuring QA Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Load Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 2 (100.00%) Kanban
1 2 (100.00%) Git
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Scala
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) SFIA
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Sprint Retrospective
1 2 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Sprint Review
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD

QA Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Git
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 2 (100.00%) Kanban
1 2 (100.00%) Load Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) SFIA
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Sprint Retrospective
1 2 (100.00%) Sprint Review
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) Scala
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA