Test Automation Jobs in Berkshire

Automated Testing
South East > Berkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for Test Automation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Test Automation over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 79 33 38
Rank change year-on-year -46 +5 -12
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 84 249 224
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 2.72% 7.83% 6.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.15% 8.20% 7.17%
Number of salaries quoted 51 100 171
10th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,125 £72,125
90th Percentile - £88,750 £77,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £59,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.56% +3.48% +15.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Test Automation is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,664 3,035 3,124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 86.41% 95.41% 91.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,852 1,664 1,990
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £58,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +1.74% +4.55%
75th Percentile £71,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £86,000 £92,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing Test Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in Berkshire

Test Automation
Salary Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test Automation in Berkshire.

Salary trend for Test Automation in Berkshire

Test Automation
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Automation in Berkshire over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Automation in Berkshire

Test Automation
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Automation within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading -40 53 £62,500 -3.85% 10
Bracknell -10 22 £70,000 -
Newbury +10 1 - -
Maidenhead +5 1 - - 2
Test Automation
South East

Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 12 (14.29%) Apache
2 4 (4.76%) OpenStack
3 2 (2.38%) Confluence
4 1 (1.19%) Apache Spark
4 1 (1.19%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 26 (30.95%) Azure
2 18 (21.43%) AWS
3 16 (19.05%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (9.52%) SaaS
5 7 (8.33%) Amazon EKS
5 7 (8.33%) GitHub
5 7 (8.33%) Serverless
6 6 (7.14%) Amazon ECS
7 5 (5.95%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (5.95%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (5.95%) PaaS
8 1 (1.19%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (1.19%) Amazon S3
8 1 (1.19%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (1.19%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (1.19%) GCP
8 1 (1.19%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.19%) DHCP
1 1 (1.19%) DNS
1 1 (1.19%) MQTT
1 1 (1.19%) RS-485
1 1 (1.19%) VLAN
1 1 (1.19%) VPN
1 1 (1.19%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (9.52%) SQL Server
2 7 (8.33%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (7.14%) NoSQL
3 6 (7.14%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.19%) Big Data
4 1 (1.19%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (1.19%) Hadoop
4 1 (1.19%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (1.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 23 (27.38%) Selenium
2 21 (25.00%) Cucumber
3 20 (23.81%) Git
4 15 (17.86%) Jenkins
5 12 (14.29%) JUnit
5 12 (14.29%) REST Assured
5 12 (14.29%) TestNG
5 12 (14.29%) WebDriver
6 10 (11.90%) JIRA
7 9 (10.71%) TestRail
8 7 (8.33%) Bitbucket Server
8 7 (8.33%) JMeter
8 7 (8.33%) Serenity BDD
9 6 (7.14%) Bitbucket
9 6 (7.14%) SoapUI
10 2 (2.38%) Postman
10 2 (2.38%) Robot Framework
11 1 (1.19%) Artifactory
11 1 (1.19%) Hudson
11 1 (1.19%) SonarQube
General
1 16 (19.05%) Social Skills
2 10 (11.90%) Public Sector
3 8 (9.52%) Retail
4 7 (8.33%) Back Office
4 7 (8.33%) Police
5 5 (5.95%) Law
6 3 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.38%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (2.38%) Finance
8 1 (1.19%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.19%) Legal
8 1 (1.19%) Marketing
8 1 (1.19%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 36 (42.86%) Developer
2 17 (20.24%) Tester
3 16 (19.05%) Automation Tester
4 12 (14.29%) Mobile Developer
5 10 (11.90%) Software Developer
6 9 (10.71%) Analyst
6 9 (10.71%) QA Engineer
7 7 (8.33%) Systems Developer
7 7 (8.33%) Test Analyst
8 6 (7.14%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
8 6 (7.14%) Java Developer
9 5 (5.95%) Azure Developer
9 5 (5.95%) DevOps Engineer
10 4 (4.76%) Full Stack Developer
10 4 (4.76%) Full Stack Java Developer
10 4 (4.76%) Lead
11 3 (3.57%) Developer in Test
11 3 (3.57%) Senior
12 2 (2.38%) Embedded Engineer
12 2 (2.38%) Java Automation Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (22.62%) REST
1 19 (22.62%) Web Services
2 17 (20.24%) .NET
3 12 (14.29%) React Native
4 11 (13.10%) Apache Commons
4 11 (13.10%) Guava
4 11 (13.10%) Java Concurrency
4 11 (13.10%) WireMock
5 9 (10.71%) .NET Core
6 8 (9.52%) CSS
6 8 (9.52%) JSON
7 7 (8.33%) AngularJS
8 6 (7.14%) Elastic Stack
8 6 (7.14%) Node.js
8 6 (7.14%) RESTful
8 6 (7.14%) SOAP
8 6 (7.14%) Spring
8 6 (7.14%) Spring Boot
8 6 (7.14%) XML
9 4 (4.76%) Apache Camel
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.14%) Distributed Systems
2 2 (2.38%) Client/Server
2 2 (2.38%) IoT
2 2 (2.38%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (2.38%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.19%) Distributed Computing
3 1 (1.19%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (1.19%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 10 (11.90%) Linux
2 3 (3.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (2.38%) CentOS
3 2 (2.38%) Windows
3 2 (2.38%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.19%) Debian
4 1 (1.19%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (1.19%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (72.62%) Agile
2 36 (42.86%) CI/CD
3 29 (34.52%) DevOps
4 28 (33.33%) Scrum
5 20 (23.81%) BDD
6 19 (22.62%) Containerisation
6 19 (22.62%) Software Testing
7 16 (19.05%) Test Management
8 15 (17.86%) Code Quality
8 15 (17.86%) Continuous Integration
8 15 (17.86%) SDET
9 14 (16.67%) Computer Science
10 13 (15.48%) Design Patterns
11 12 (14.29%) Actionable Insight
11 12 (14.29%) API Development
11 12 (14.29%) API Testing
11 12 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
11 12 (14.29%) Mobile Development
11 12 (14.29%) Propensity Modelling
11 12 (14.29%) Scenario Testing
Programming Languages
1 28 (33.33%) Java
2 27 (32.14%) SQL
3 24 (28.57%) C#
4 15 (17.86%) JavaScript
5 9 (10.71%) Python
6 2 (2.38%) Go
6 2 (2.38%) PL/SQL
6 2 (2.38%) PowerShell
6 2 (2.38%) Shell Script
6 2 (2.38%) TypeScript
6 2 (2.38%) VBScript
7 1 (1.19%) C
7 1 (1.19%) C++
7 1 (1.19%) Groovy
7 1 (1.19%) Perl
Qualifications
1 37 (44.05%) Security Cleared
2 22 (26.19%) Degree
3 21 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 14 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (10.71%) ISTQB
5 9 (10.71%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 8 (9.52%) DBS Check
6 8 (9.52%) DV Cleared
7 7 (8.33%) Azure Certification
8 6 (7.14%) AWS Certification
9 1 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (33.33%) QA
System Software
1 31 (36.90%) Docker
2 6 (7.14%) Hyper-V
3 2 (2.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 34 (40.48%) Kubernetes
2 11 (13.10%) Ansible
3 7 (8.33%) Terraform
4 2 (2.38%) Kibana
4 2 (2.38%) Rancher
5 1 (1.19%) Kustomize
5 1 (1.19%) Packer
5 1 (1.19%) Puppet
Vendors
1 12 (14.29%) Xamarin
2 8 (9.52%) Microsoft
3 4 (4.76%) VMware
3 4 (4.76%) WSO2
4 2 (2.38%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.19%) AppDynamics
5 1 (1.19%) Atlassian
5 1 (1.19%) Google
5 1 (1.19%) IBM
5 1 (1.19%) Oracle