Test Automation Jobs in Cambridge

Automated Testing
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cambridge 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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 42 14 61
Rank change year-on-year -28 +47 -25
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 41 143 76
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 4.15% 13.91% 4.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.03% 14.55% 4.92%
Number of salaries quoted 29 27 31
10th Percentile - £46,500 £34,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £62,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £70,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -39.29% +27.27% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £88,750 £70,000
90th Percentile - £92,500 £80,000
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £47,500 £67,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -29.63% +22.73% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cambridge

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 Cambridge with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 815 983 1,546
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 82.41% 95.62% 95.85%
Number of salaries quoted 620 409 562
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,900 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £74,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £85,000
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in Cambridge

Test Automation
Salary Trend in Cambridge

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

Salary trend for Test Automation in Cambridge

Test Automation
Salary Histogram in Cambridge

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Automation in Cambridge over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Automation in Cambridge

Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge 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:

Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 12 (29.27%) GitHub
2 1 (2.44%) Amazon ECS
2 1 (2.44%) AWS
2 1 (2.44%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (2.44%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (9.76%) RS-232
1 4 (9.76%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.44%) HTTP
2 1 (2.44%) Internet
2 1 (2.44%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (14.63%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (4.88%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (2.44%) MariaDB
3 1 (2.44%) Redis
3 1 (2.44%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (29.27%) JIRA
2 11 (26.83%) Appium
2 11 (26.83%) UI Automator
3 9 (21.95%) Git
4 8 (19.51%) Jenkins
5 6 (14.63%) Trac
6 5 (12.20%) Zephyr
7 4 (9.76%) Subversion
8 1 (2.44%) Cypress.io
8 1 (2.44%) GitLab
8 1 (2.44%) Phabricator
8 1 (2.44%) TeamCity
8 1 (2.44%) TestDirector
8 1 (2.44%) Visual Studio
General
1 16 (39.02%) Automotive
2 7 (17.07%) Electronics
3 6 (14.63%) Manufacturing
4 4 (9.76%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (7.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (7.32%) Social Skills
6 2 (4.88%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (2.44%) Finance
7 1 (2.44%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 14 (34.15%) Test Engineer
2 8 (19.51%) Software Engineer
3 6 (14.63%) Developer
3 6 (14.63%) Python Developer
4 5 (12.20%) Senior
5 4 (9.76%) Embedded Engineer
5 4 (9.76%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 4 (9.76%) Lead
5 4 (9.76%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 4 (9.76%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
5 4 (9.76%) Senior Software Engineer
5 4 (9.76%) Software Test Engineer
6 3 (7.32%) Compiler Engineer
6 3 (7.32%) QA Engineer
6 3 (7.32%) Test Automation Engineer
7 2 (4.88%) Head of Test
7 2 (4.88%) Mobile Engineer
7 2 (4.88%) QA Automation Engineer
7 2 (4.88%) QA Test Engineer
7 2 (4.88%) Software Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (19.51%) Django
2 4 (9.76%) CSS
2 4 (9.76%) HTML
2 4 (9.76%) LLVM
2 4 (9.76%) Yocto
3 3 (7.32%) .NET
3 3 (7.32%) Node.js
3 3 (7.32%) OpenID
3 3 (7.32%) SAML
4 2 (4.88%) Flask
5 1 (2.44%) FastAPI
5 1 (2.44%) Gherkin
5 1 (2.44%) HTML5
5 1 (2.44%) MSMQ
5 1 (2.44%) React
5 1 (2.44%) Twitter Bootstrap
5 1 (2.44%) Web Services
5 1 (2.44%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 10 (24.39%) Mobile App
2 7 (17.07%) IoT
2 7 (17.07%) Smartphone
3 4 (9.76%) Device Driver
4 3 (7.32%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (4.88%) Client/Server
5 2 (4.88%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (4.88%) Product Ownership
6 1 (2.44%) ARM Cortex
6 1 (2.44%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 28 (68.29%) Linux
2 10 (24.39%) Windows
3 8 (19.51%) Mac OS
4 6 (14.63%) Android
4 6 (14.63%) Unix
5 4 (9.76%) Embedded Linux
5 4 (9.76%) FreeRTOS
6 2 (4.88%) Apple iOS
6 2 (4.88%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (41.46%) Agile
2 14 (34.15%) Software Engineering
3 12 (29.27%) DevOps
4 11 (26.83%) Manual Testing
5 10 (24.39%) Software Testing
6 9 (21.95%) Computer Science
7 8 (19.51%) Line Management
8 6 (14.63%) Continuous Integration
8 6 (14.63%) User Experience
9 5 (12.20%) Computer Architecture
9 5 (12.20%) Mentoring
9 5 (12.20%) Open Source
9 5 (12.20%) People Management
9 5 (12.20%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (12.20%) SDLC
10 4 (9.76%) Continuous Improvement
10 4 (9.76%) MVVM
10 4 (9.76%) OO
10 4 (9.76%) Scrum
10 4 (9.76%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 18 (43.90%) Python
2 9 (21.95%) C
3 7 (17.07%) C#
4 6 (14.63%) Bash
5 2 (4.88%) Java
6 1 (2.44%) C++
6 1 (2.44%) JavaScript
6 1 (2.44%) PowerShell
6 1 (2.44%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 16 (39.02%) Degree
2 6 (14.63%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (24.39%) QA
2 1 (2.44%) ISO 9001
2 1 (2.44%) JTAG
2 1 (2.44%) NIST
System Software
1 11 (26.83%) Docker
2 3 (7.32%) Firmware
3 1 (2.44%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (9.76%) Ansible
1 4 (9.76%) Terraform
2 3 (7.32%) Progress Chef
3 1 (2.44%) Grafana
3 1 (2.44%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.44%) Podman
Vendors
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft