Automation QA Engineer
UK
The median Automation QA Engineer daily rate in the UK is £490 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 May 2024.
The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 16 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 561 | 649 | 800 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +88 | +151 | -164 |
| Contract jobs requiring a QA Automation Engineer | 15 | 35 | 49 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.035% | 0.061% | 0.056% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.038% | 0.065% | 0.059% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 11 | 33 | 37 |
| 10th Percentile | £413 | £392 | £385 |
| 25th Percentile | £438 | £434 | £406 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £490 | £600 | £488 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.33% | +23.08% | +11.43% |
| 75th Percentile | £500 | £738 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £671 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £495 | £438 | £444 |
| % change year-on-year | +13.14% | -1.41% | +19.93% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title | 39,484 | 53,902 | 83,447 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.78% | 94.62% | 95.41% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25,682 | 37,660 | 58,636 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £410 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £543 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.23% | +3.33% | +10.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,662 | 1,503 | 2,044 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.82 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.38 | £15.76 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.58 | £45.00 | £24.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.72% | +87.50% | +6.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.30 | £65.75 | £49.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £73.44 | £76.20 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.50 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.88% | +112.50% | +5.26% |
QA Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured QA Automation Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
QA Automation Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QA Automation Engineer.
QA Automation Engineer
Top 8 Contract Locations
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 UK over the 6 months to 16 May 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 |
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| England | +98 | 12 | £500 | -23.08% | 4 |
| London | +88 | 7 | £475 | -26.92% | 3 |
| UK excluding London | +49 | 6 | £495 | +13.14% | 4 |
| Work from Home | +116 | 5 | £450 | -30.77% | 5 |
| North of England | +27 | 5 | £500 | -9.09% | |
| North West | - | 4 | £500 | - | |
| Yorkshire | +11 | 1 | £425 | -22.73% | |
| Wales | - | 1 | £490 | - |
QA Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 16 May 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 featuring QA Automation Engineer in the job title.
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QA Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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