QA Automation Tester Contracts with Work from Home Options

Automation QA Tester
UK > Work from Home

The median Automation QA Tester daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £463, 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 319 398 574
Rank change year-on-year +79 +176 +22
Contract jobs requiring a QA Automation Tester 3 1 14
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.025% 0.005% 0.036%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.027% 0.006% 0.038%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 8
10th Percentile £267 - £431
25th Percentile £338 - £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £517 £463
Median % change year-on-year -10.54% +11.78% +15.63%
75th Percentile £528 - £483
90th Percentile £564 - £491
UK median daily rate £469 £481 £456
% change year-on-year -2.60% +5.48% +10.61%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 11,313 17,773 36,914
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.20% 94.50% 95.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,133 12,477 26,633
10th Percentile £325 £325 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £631 £645 £650
90th Percentile £738 £743 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 194 389 527
10th Percentile £19.39 £16.93 £15.15
25th Percentile £25.52 £24.97 £25.00
Median hourly rate £41.53 £50.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.94% - +101.61%
75th Percentile £66.00 £70.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £85.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £38.00 £45.00 £27.73
% change year-on-year -15.56% +62.28% +38.65%

QA Automation Tester
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured QA Automation Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

QA Automation Tester trend for jobs with a WFH option

QA Automation Tester
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing QA Automation Tester.

QA Automation Tester daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

QA Automation Tester
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing QA Automation Tester over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

QA Automation Tester daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

QA Automation Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 31 October 2024, QA Automation Tester 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring QA Automation Tester in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) QA
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (100.00%) API Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Cypress.io
2 2 (66.67%) Non-Functional Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) BrowserStack
2 2 (66.67%) Postman
2 2 (66.67%) QA Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Cross-Browser Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) WebdriverIO
3 1 (33.33%) BlazeMeter
3 1 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (33.33%) Middleware
3 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) CRM
3 1 (33.33%) Regression Testing
3 1 (33.33%) JMeter
3 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
3 1 (33.33%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) Requirements Management
3 1 (33.33%) JIRA

QA Automation Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) BrowserStack
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) BlazeMeter
2 1 (33.33%) Firebase
2 1 (33.33%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Cypress.io
1 2 (66.67%) Postman
2 1 (33.33%) Appium
2 1 (33.33%) Cucumber
2 1 (33.33%) GitLab
2 1 (33.33%) Jenkins
2 1 (33.33%) JIRA
2 1 (33.33%) JMeter
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Middleware
1 1 (33.33%) WebdriverIO
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) API Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Non-Functional Testing
2 2 (66.67%) QA Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (33.33%) CRM
3 1 (33.33%) Cross-Browser Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Regression Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Requirements Management
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Test Management
3 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 1 (33.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft