Automation Tester Jobs in Cheshire

Automation Tester
North West > Cheshire

The median Automation Tester salary in Cheshire is £47,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 98 94 97
Rank change year-on-year -4 +3 -19
Permanent jobs requiring an Automation Tester 5 1 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 0.33% 0.10% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.12% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 5 1 4
10th Percentile £43,250 - £34,375
25th Percentile £46,250 £62,500 £37,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £65,000 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +33.33% +14.71%
75th Percentile £48,750 £67,500 £57,500
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% +17.65%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cheshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Cheshire. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Cheshire with a recognized job title 1,476 861 981
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.04% 89.32% 93.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,111 481 532
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,420 £25,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £33,844
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £74,782 £88,750 £72,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £54,882 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.90% +4.54% +10.53%

Automation Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Job postings that featured Automation Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Job vacancy trend for Automation Tester in Cheshire

Automation Tester
Salary Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Automation Tester in Cheshire.

Salary trend for Automation Tester in Cheshire

Automation Tester
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Automation Tester within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 18 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
Wilmslow - 4 £47,500 -
Warrington - 1 £42,500 - 1
Automation Tester
North West

Automation Tester Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 18 April 2024, Automation Tester 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 permanent job ads across the Cheshire region featuring Automation Tester in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) C#
1 5 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 5 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 5 (100.00%) Gherkin
2 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Cucumber
3 1 (20.00%) BDD
3 1 (20.00%) SpecFlow
3 1 (20.00%) WebDriver
3 1 (20.00%) SaaS
3 1 (20.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) JMeter
3 1 (20.00%) Scrum
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) ISTQB
3 1 (20.00%) QA
3 1 (20.00%) Selenium
3 1 (20.00%) TeamCity
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Non-Functional Testing
3 1 (20.00%) User Stories
3 1 (20.00%) DevOps

Automation Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Cucumber
2 1 (20.00%) JMeter
2 1 (20.00%) Selenium
2 1 (20.00%) SpecFlow
2 1 (20.00%) TeamCity
2 1 (20.00%) WebDriver
General
1 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (100.00%) Gherkin
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) BDD
2 1 (20.00%) DevOps
2 1 (20.00%) Non-Functional Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Scrum
2 1 (20.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C#
1 5 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA