Test Automation Jobs in Hampshire

Automated Testing
South East > Hampshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Hampshire 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 64 30 34
Rank change year-on-year -34 +4 +13
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 142 229 448
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 3.65% 7.76% 8.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.43% 8.35% 9.06%
Number of salaries quoted 91 163 271
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £41,623 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% +15.79%
75th Percentile £62,500 £76,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £91,500 £75,000
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
Hampshire

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 Hampshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,203 2,742 4,947
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 82.23% 92.95% 95.30%
Number of salaries quoted 2,444 1,914 3,536
10th Percentile £27,000 £29,075 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £40,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £53,875
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% -0.70% +7.75%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £81,875
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 Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in Hampshire

Test Automation
Salary Trend in Hampshire

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

Salary trend for Test Automation in Hampshire

Test Automation
Salary Histogram in Hampshire

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

Salary histogram for Test Automation in Hampshire

Test Automation
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Automation within the Hampshire 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
Basingstoke +21 46 £50,000 - 5
Fareham +24 27 £47,500 +30.14% 3
Southampton -41 22 £60,000 +9.09% 6
Portsmouth -14 18 £50,000 -18.37% 3
Farnborough -19 11 £56,250 -25.00% 8
Romsey -12 5 £55,000 -13.73% 3
Andover -16 1 £65,000 -18.75%
Petersfield - 1 £57,500 -
Test Automation
South East

Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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 (0.70%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.70%) Mathematica
Cloud Services
1 43 (30.28%) SaaS
2 35 (24.65%) AWS
3 30 (21.13%) Azure
4 14 (9.86%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (4.93%) Pulumi
6 4 (2.82%) IBM Cloud
6 4 (2.82%) Snowflake
7 2 (1.41%) GCP
8 1 (0.70%) CloudBees
8 1 (0.70%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 10 (7.04%) Network Security
2 1 (0.70%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (9.15%) SQL Server
2 7 (4.93%) NoSQL
3 5 (3.52%) Redis
4 3 (2.11%) MySQL
5 2 (1.41%) DB2
5 2 (1.41%) MongoDB
5 2 (1.41%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.70%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 64 (45.07%) Selenium
2 24 (16.90%) Git
3 18 (12.68%) JIRA
4 13 (9.15%) TeamCity
5 11 (7.75%) SpecFlow
6 10 (7.04%) Visual Studio
7 9 (6.34%) Cypress.io
7 9 (6.34%) Jasmine
7 9 (6.34%) NUnit
7 9 (6.34%) Visual Studio Code
8 8 (5.63%) Jenkins
9 7 (4.93%) Cucumber
9 7 (4.93%) Team Foundation Server
10 6 (4.23%) JBehave
10 6 (4.23%) Robot Framework
10 6 (4.23%) Sonatype Nexus
11 5 (3.52%) Postman
12 4 (2.82%) MSI
12 4 (2.82%) TestRail
13 3 (2.11%) SoapUI
General
1 20 (14.08%) Aerospace
2 19 (13.38%) Organisational Skills
3 17 (11.97%) Finance
4 12 (8.45%) Social Skills
5 6 (4.23%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (4.23%) Retail
6 5 (3.52%) Marketing
7 4 (2.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.11%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.41%) Agriculture
9 2 (1.41%) Aviation
9 2 (1.41%) Law
9 2 (1.41%) Military
9 2 (1.41%) Multimedia
9 2 (1.41%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.70%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 32 (22.54%) Developer
2 29 (20.42%) Tester
3 27 (19.01%) Senior
4 24 (16.90%) Automation Tester
5 22 (15.49%) Lead
6 17 (11.97%) Full Stack Developer
7 15 (10.56%) Software Developer
8 14 (9.86%) Analyst
9 13 (9.15%) Senior Developer
10 12 (8.45%) Test Analyst
11 11 (7.75%) Full Stack PHP Developer
11 11 (7.75%) Mid-Level PHP Developer
11 11 (7.75%) PHP Developer
11 11 (7.75%) PHP Laravel Developer
11 11 (7.75%) QA Analyst
11 11 (7.75%) Test Engineer
11 11 (7.75%) Test Leader
12 10 (7.04%) Software Engineer
13 9 (6.34%) .NET Developer
13 9 (6.34%) QA Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (21.83%) .NET
2 26 (18.31%) React
2 26 (18.31%) RESTful
3 23 (16.20%) CSS
3 23 (16.20%) HTML
4 18 (12.68%) ASP.NET
5 16 (11.27%) .NET Core
5 16 (11.27%) AngularJS
5 16 (11.27%) jQuery
5 16 (11.27%) Vue
6 15 (10.56%) Laravel
7 14 (9.86%) OAuth
8 9 (6.34%) .NET Framework
8 9 (6.34%) Blazor
8 9 (6.34%) Entity Framework
9 7 (4.93%) ARM Templates
9 7 (4.93%) HTML5
9 7 (4.93%) OpenID
10 6 (4.23%) Gherkin
10 6 (4.23%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 7 (4.93%) Onboarding
1 7 (4.93%) PKI
1 7 (4.93%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (4.23%) Data Centre
3 2 (1.41%) Algorithms
3 2 (1.41%) Blockchain
3 2 (1.41%) Data Structures
3 2 (1.41%) e-Learning
3 2 (1.41%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (1.41%) IoT
3 2 (1.41%) Low-Code
3 2 (1.41%) Mainframe
3 2 (1.41%) Product Ownership
3 2 (1.41%) Public Cloud
3 2 (1.41%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (0.70%) FPGA
4 1 (0.70%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (0.70%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.70%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 16 (11.27%) Windows
2 10 (7.04%) Linux
3 7 (4.93%) Windows Server
3 7 (4.93%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (1.41%) Android
4 2 (1.41%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (64.79%) Agile
2 43 (30.28%) Test Scripting
3 40 (28.17%) DevOps
3 40 (28.17%) Full Stack Development
4 36 (25.35%) Software Testing
5 31 (21.83%) TDD
6 30 (21.13%) Mentoring
7 29 (20.42%) Test Strategy
8 28 (19.72%) User Experience
9 27 (19.01%) CI/CD
9 27 (19.01%) Design Patterns
10 25 (17.61%) Coaching
11 24 (16.90%) Actionable Insight
11 24 (16.90%) OOP
11 24 (16.90%) Requirements Analysis
11 24 (16.90%) Technical Analysis
11 24 (16.90%) Test Assurance
12 23 (16.20%) Software Engineering
13 21 (14.79%) Scrum
14 20 (14.08%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 48 (33.80%) JavaScript
2 41 (28.87%) SQL
3 36 (25.35%) C#
4 22 (15.49%) Java
5 20 (14.08%) Python
6 15 (10.56%) PHP
7 10 (7.04%) TypeScript
8 8 (5.63%) PowerShell
9 7 (4.93%) Bicep
9 7 (4.93%) T-SQL
10 5 (3.52%) Kotlin
11 3 (2.11%) Ruby
12 1 (0.70%) Ada
12 1 (0.70%) C
12 1 (0.70%) C++
12 1 (0.70%) COBOL
12 1 (0.70%) Embedded C
12 1 (0.70%) Perl
12 1 (0.70%) VB
12 1 (0.70%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 41 (28.87%) Security Cleared
2 29 (20.42%) DV Cleared
3 23 (16.20%) ISTQB
4 13 (9.15%) DBS Check
4 13 (9.15%) Degree
5 12 (8.45%) SC Cleared
6 8 (5.63%) ISEB
7 5 (3.52%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.41%) Chartered Engineer
9 1 (0.70%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.70%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (39.44%) QA
2 2 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 2 (1.41%) SLA
3 1 (0.70%) MISRA
System Software
1 13 (9.15%) Docker
2 7 (4.93%) Active Directory
2 7 (4.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.41%) Firmware
4 1 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (11.97%) Terraform
2 8 (5.63%) Ansible
3 7 (4.93%) Kubernetes
3 7 (4.93%) MIIS
4 4 (2.82%) WMI
5 1 (0.70%) Nessus
Vendors
1 7 (4.93%) VMware
2 5 (3.52%) Microsoft
3 4 (2.82%) IBM
4 2 (1.41%) Red Hat
5 1 (0.70%) Parasoft
5 1 (0.70%) Thales