Test Automation Jobs in the South West

Automated Testing
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 101 53 37
Rank change year-on-year -48 -16 +17
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 244 386 616
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 2.67% 5.51% 7.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.17% 5.83% 8.17%
Number of salaries quoted 151 203 371
10th Percentile £35,000 £33,150 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% +8.00% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £68,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £73,675
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,698 6,620 7,544
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 84.16% 94.53% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 5,535 3,691 4,984
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,500 £30,892
25th Percentile £37,500 £39,250 £38,037
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% +5.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Test Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in the South West

Test Automation
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test Automation in the South West.

Salary trend for Test Automation in the South West

Test Automation
Salary Histogram in the South West

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

Salary histogram for Test Automation in the South West

Test Automation
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Automation within the South West 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
Bristol -31 95 £60,000 - 26
Devon +5 59 £60,000 +60.00% 13
Dorset +6 40 £52,500 -4.55% 3
Gloucestershire -50 34 £65,000 +18.18% 7
Wiltshire -33 13 £51,750 -23.33% 4
Somerset -24 2 £37,500 -26.83% 13
Test Automation
England

Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 (4.92%) Confluence
2 11 (4.51%) Apache
3 6 (2.46%) SAS
4 4 (1.64%) CMS
4 4 (1.64%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.82%) JBoss
5 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.82%) Mule
5 2 (0.82%) nginx
Applications
1 15 (6.15%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (5.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 36 (14.75%) AWS
2 33 (13.52%) Azure
3 15 (6.15%) npm
4 14 (5.74%) GitHub
5 11 (4.51%) GCP
6 7 (2.87%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (2.87%) Power Platform
7 5 (2.05%) GitHub Actions
8 4 (1.64%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (1.64%) OpenShift
9 3 (1.23%) Entra ID
9 3 (1.23%) Power Automate
10 2 (0.82%) Amazon ECR
10 2 (0.82%) Amazon EKS
10 2 (0.82%) Amazon S3
10 2 (0.82%) Datadog
10 2 (0.82%) IBM Cloud
10 2 (0.82%) OCI
10 2 (0.82%) Route 53
10 2 (0.82%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 31 (12.70%) 5G
1 31 (12.70%) SD-WAN
1 31 (12.70%) WAN
2 8 (3.28%) TCP/IP
3 7 (2.87%) DNS
3 7 (2.87%) HTTP
3 7 (2.87%) Internet
3 7 (2.87%) SMTP
4 2 (0.82%) Network Security
4 2 (0.82%) SSL
4 2 (0.82%) VPN
5 1 (0.41%) Broadband
5 1 (0.41%) Firewall
5 1 (0.41%) LAN
5 1 (0.41%) SAN
5 1 (0.41%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.56%) MySQL
2 15 (6.15%) Relational Database
3 14 (5.74%) SQL Server
4 12 (4.92%) NoSQL
5 7 (2.87%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (2.46%) Power BI
6 6 (2.46%) Tableau
7 4 (1.64%) Data Lake
7 4 (1.64%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 4 (1.64%) RDBMS
8 3 (1.23%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (1.23%) Big Data
9 1 (0.41%) DB2
9 1 (0.41%) MariaDB
9 1 (0.41%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.41%) Redis
Development Applications
1 40 (16.39%) Selenium
2 36 (14.75%) Git
3 30 (12.30%) JIRA
4 28 (11.48%) Jenkins
5 22 (9.02%) Cucumber
6 13 (5.33%) LabVIEW
6 13 (5.33%) Storybook
7 12 (4.92%) Cypress.io
8 11 (4.51%) TeamCity
9 9 (3.69%) Subversion
10 8 (3.28%) Maven
10 8 (3.28%) Postman
10 8 (3.28%) Team Foundation Server
11 6 (2.46%) SonarQube
11 6 (2.46%) SpecFlow
11 6 (2.46%) WebDriver
12 5 (2.05%) JMeter
13 4 (1.64%) Moq
13 4 (1.64%) Visual Studio
13 4 (1.64%) Zephyr
General
1 95 (38.93%) Social Skills
2 81 (33.20%) Finance
3 60 (24.59%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (14.34%) Presentation Skills
5 30 (12.30%) Electronics
6 24 (9.84%) Banking
6 24 (9.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 19 (7.79%) Law
8 15 (6.15%) Public Sector
9 14 (5.74%) Financial Institution
9 14 (5.74%) Retail
10 13 (5.33%) Organisational Skills
11 10 (4.10%) Influencing Skills
11 10 (4.10%) Investment Banking
12 8 (3.28%) Legal
13 7 (2.87%) Automotive
14 6 (2.46%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.82%) Games
15 2 (0.82%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.82%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 72 (29.51%) Developer
2 38 (15.57%) Senior
3 34 (13.93%) Lead
3 34 (13.93%) Software Engineer
4 31 (12.70%) Software Developer
5 25 (10.25%) Test Engineer
6 16 (6.56%) Senior Developer
7 14 (5.74%) QA Engineer
7 14 (5.74%) RF Engineer
8 13 (5.33%) Product Engineer
8 13 (5.33%) Senior Software Engineer
8 13 (5.33%) Verification Engineer
9 12 (4.92%) Java Engineer
10 10 (4.10%) Project Leader
10 10 (4.10%) Python Engineer
10 10 (4.10%) Systems Engineer
10 10 (4.10%) Technical Leader
10 10 (4.10%) Technical Project Leader
11 9 (3.69%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
11 9 (3.69%) Senior Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (11.89%) .NET
2 26 (10.66%) Node.js
3 17 (6.97%) AngularJS
3 17 (6.97%) React
4 16 (6.56%) Spring
5 15 (6.15%) Gherkin
6 13 (5.33%) CSS
6 13 (5.33%) HTML
6 13 (5.33%) Sass
7 11 (4.51%) RESTful
7 11 (4.51%) Spring Boot
8 9 (3.69%) .NET Framework
8 9 (3.69%) REST
9 8 (3.28%) ASP.NET
9 8 (3.28%) Kafka
9 8 (3.28%) pytest
10 7 (2.87%) Entity Framework
10 7 (2.87%) jQuery
10 7 (2.87%) LAMP
10 7 (2.87%) SVG
Miscellaneous
1 32 (13.11%) Self-Motivation
2 23 (9.43%) GNSS
3 15 (6.15%) Management Information System
3 15 (6.15%) Product Ownership
4 10 (4.10%) FPGA
4 10 (4.10%) Onboarding
5 9 (3.69%) Mobile App
6 8 (3.28%) Public Cloud
7 7 (2.87%) Animation
7 7 (2.87%) CUDA
7 7 (2.87%) MicroBlaze
7 7 (2.87%) Robotics
7 7 (2.87%) Tandem
7 7 (2.87%) VHDL
7 7 (2.87%) Video Editing
8 6 (2.46%) Algorithms
8 6 (2.46%) Credit Risk
8 6 (2.46%) Market Risk
9 5 (2.05%) Private Cloud
9 5 (2.05%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 48 (19.67%) Linux
2 44 (18.03%) Windows
3 22 (9.02%) Apple iOS
4 20 (8.20%) Unix
5 8 (3.28%) Debian
5 8 (3.28%) Ubuntu
6 5 (2.05%) Android
7 3 (1.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.82%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.41%) CentOS
9 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (48.36%) Problem-Solving
2 101 (41.39%) Agile
3 60 (24.59%) Software Engineering
4 57 (23.36%) DevOps
5 55 (22.54%) B2B
6 52 (21.31%) Computer Science
7 50 (20.49%) Scrum
8 47 (19.26%) CI/CD
9 46 (18.85%) Mentoring
10 45 (18.44%) Continuous Integration
11 38 (15.57%) Containerisation
12 37 (15.16%) Coaching
13 34 (13.93%) Project Delivery
14 33 (13.52%) End-to-End Testing
15 31 (12.70%) Test Assurance
16 28 (11.48%) Time Management
17 27 (11.07%) Continuous Improvement
17 27 (11.07%) Test Scripting
18 26 (10.66%) SDLC
18 26 (10.66%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 83 (34.02%) Java
2 68 (27.87%) Python
3 61 (25.00%) JavaScript
4 34 (13.93%) C#
5 30 (12.30%) SQL
6 28 (11.48%) C++
7 23 (9.43%) C
7 23 (9.43%) MATLAB
7 23 (9.43%) TypeScript
8 14 (5.74%) Bash
9 12 (4.92%) PHP
10 10 (4.10%) Go
10 10 (4.10%) Kotlin
11 8 (3.28%) Rust
12 7 (2.87%) Perl
12 7 (2.87%) Ruby
12 7 (2.87%) Tcl
12 7 (2.87%) VB
13 6 (2.46%) R
14 4 (1.64%) Scala
Qualifications
1 100 (40.98%) Degree
2 14 (5.74%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (5.33%) HND
4 11 (4.51%) Security Cleared
5 7 (2.87%) DV Cleared
6 6 (2.46%) ISTQB
7 5 (2.05%) ISEB
7 5 (2.05%) SC Cleared
8 2 (0.82%) HNC
8 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.41%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 1 (0.41%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.41%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.41%) MCSA
9 1 (0.41%) MCSD
9 1 (0.41%) OCP
9 1 (0.41%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (19.67%) QA
2 18 (7.38%) PMO
3 7 (2.87%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.23%) JTAG
5 1 (0.41%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.41%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 30 (12.30%) Docker
2 15 (6.15%) Firmware
3 14 (5.74%) Embedded Firmware
4 7 (2.87%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.23%) Active Directory
6 2 (0.82%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.41%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (6.15%) Kubernetes
2 11 (4.51%) Ansible
2 11 (4.51%) Progress Chef
2 11 (4.51%) Terraform
3 7 (2.87%) Puppet
4 5 (2.05%) Argo
5 2 (0.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.82%) Nagios
5 2 (0.82%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 41 (16.80%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.51%) Xamarin
3 9 (3.69%) UiPath
4 7 (2.87%) Altera
4 7 (2.87%) Google
4 7 (2.87%) Green Hills
4 7 (2.87%) Motorola
4 7 (2.87%) Oracle
4 7 (2.87%) Xilinx
5 6 (2.46%) Alteryx
5 6 (2.46%) Pega
6 5 (2.05%) Red Hat
7 4 (1.64%) Atlassian
8 3 (1.23%) Automation Anywhere
8 3 (1.23%) Blue Prism
8 3 (1.23%) MuleSoft
9 2 (0.82%) Apple
9 2 (0.82%) Dynatrace
9 2 (0.82%) New Relic
9 2 (0.82%) Splunk