Test Automation Jobs in Hertfordshire

Automated Testing
East of England > Hertfordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire 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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 92 35 55
Rank change year-on-year -57 +20 -17
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 29 125 115
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 1.49% 6.47% 5.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.84% 6.83% 6.02%
Number of salaries quoted 24 48 41
10th Percentile £37,500 - £25,000
25th Percentile £49,688 £50,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £85,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -32.35% +47.83% -11.54%
75th Percentile £63,750 £92,500 £68,750
90th Percentile - £107,500 £77,500
East of England median annual salary £51,250 £68,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year -25.45% +25.00% -4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,580 1,829 1,909
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 81.11% 94.67% 93.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,239 779 873
10th Percentile £25,809 £31,250 £26,350
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £37,128
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £75,000
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in Hertfordshire

Test Automation
Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Salary trend for Test Automation in Hertfordshire

Test Automation
Salary Histogram in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Automation in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Automation in Hertfordshire

Test Automation
Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Automation within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 26 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
Watford -8 15 £57,500 -32.35% 3
Stevenage -13 10 £58,750 +6.82% 4
Borehamwood +2 2 - -
Hatfield +8 1 £62,500 - 2
Hemel Hempstead - 1 - -
Test Automation
East of England

Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Postilion
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.90%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.45%) ATM
1 1 (3.45%) DHCP
1 1 (3.45%) DNS
1 1 (3.45%) Firewall
1 1 (3.45%) TCP/IP
1 1 (3.45%) VLAN
1 1 (3.45%) VPN
1 1 (3.45%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (24.14%) MySQL
2 6 (20.69%) MongoDB
3 2 (6.90%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (3.45%) MariaDB
4 1 (3.45%) Redis
4 1 (3.45%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (17.24%) Selenium
2 3 (10.34%) Appium
3 2 (6.90%) JMeter
4 1 (3.45%) LoadRunner
4 1 (3.45%) NeoLoad
4 1 (3.45%) SpecFlow
General
1 11 (37.93%) Social Skills
2 5 (17.24%) Electronics
3 4 (13.79%) Retail
4 3 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (10.34%) Games
4 3 (10.34%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.45%) Aerospace
5 1 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Finance
5 1 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.45%) Legal
5 1 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (31.03%) Analyst
2 7 (24.14%) Developer
2 7 (24.14%) PHP Developer
2 7 (24.14%) Test Analyst
3 5 (17.24%) Lead
3 5 (17.24%) Team Leader
4 3 (10.34%) Architect
4 3 (10.34%) Hardware Architect
4 3 (10.34%) Test Architect
5 2 (6.90%) Information Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) IT Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) Programme Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) Software Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Network Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Performance Analyst
6 1 (3.45%) Performance Test Analyst
6 1 (3.45%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (3.45%) Senior Test Analyst
6 1 (3.45%) Software Test Analyst
6 1 (3.45%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (20.69%) Node.js
1 6 (20.69%) OpenLayers
2 3 (10.34%) HTML
3 2 (6.90%) Playwright
4 1 (3.45%) .NET
4 1 (3.45%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.24%) Analogue Electronics
1 5 (17.24%) Robotics
2 2 (6.90%) BBC
3 1 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.45%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (37.93%) Integration Testing
1 11 (37.93%) Test Strategy
2 10 (34.48%) Software Testing
3 7 (24.14%) Validation
4 6 (20.69%) TDD
5 5 (17.24%) Agile
5 5 (17.24%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (17.24%) Functional Testing
5 5 (17.24%) Project Management
5 5 (17.24%) Test Scripting
6 4 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (10.34%) API Testing
7 3 (10.34%) Mathematics
7 3 (10.34%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
7 3 (10.34%) Physics
7 3 (10.34%) User Acceptance Testing
8 2 (6.90%) Data Visualisation
8 2 (6.90%) Manual Testing
8 2 (6.90%) Software Engineering
8 2 (6.90%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 9 (31.03%) JavaScript
1 9 (31.03%) PHP
2 8 (27.59%) Python
3 5 (17.24%) C
4 2 (6.90%) SQL
4 2 (6.90%) TypeScript
5 1 (3.45%) Bash
5 1 (3.45%) Java
Qualifications
1 11 (37.93%) Degree
2 4 (13.79%) Security Cleared
3 3 (10.34%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (10.34%) ISTQB
4 1 (3.45%) BC Cleared
4 1 (3.45%) CCNA
4 1 (3.45%) CCNP
4 1 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.45%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.45%) ISEB
4 1 (3.45%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (3.45%) JNCIA
System Software
1 1 (3.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) Iperf
1 1 (3.45%) Nmap
Vendors
1 3 (10.34%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.45%) IBM
2 1 (3.45%) MuleSoft
2 1 (3.45%) Splunk