Test Automation Jobs in the UK excluding London

Automated Testing
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 96 35 36
Rank change year-on-year -61 +1 +5
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 1,964 4,182 5,085
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.77% 6.95% 7.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.30% 7.27% 7.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,160 1,535 2,857
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,850 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,494
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £84,056 £77,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,550 57,521 66,624
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.98% 95.64% 94.06%
Number of salaries quoted 41,216 29,548 40,995
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Test Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in the UK excluding London

Test Automation
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test Automation in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Test Automation in the UK excluding London

Test Automation
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Automation in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Automation in the UK excluding London

Test Automation
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Automation within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 May 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
South East -56 510 £55,000 -7.17% 101
Scotland -32 421 £50,000 -16.67% 46
North of England -77 355 £56,250 -2.17% 117
Midlands -87 249 £50,000 -9.09% 75
South West -58 241 £55,000 +0.92% 71
North West -71 216 £55,000 -4.35% 72
West Midlands -62 187 £52,500 -7.05% 47
Yorkshire -65 107 £55,000 - 41
East of England -85 107 £55,000 -15.38% 66
Wales -27 72 £50,000 +19.05% 13
East Midlands -103 61 £47,500 -13.64% 28
North East -38 32 £60,000 +4.35% 4
Northern Ireland -22 10 £57,500 -6.12% 7
Channel Islands - 2 £115,000 -
Test Automation
UK

Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 107 (5.45%) Apache Spark
2 64 (3.26%) Confluence
3 26 (1.32%) Apache
4 22 (1.12%) SharePoint
5 15 (0.76%) Cloud Foundry
5 15 (0.76%) CMS
6 10 (0.51%) OpenStack
7 8 (0.41%) IIS
7 8 (0.41%) Umbraco
8 6 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
8 6 (0.31%) SAS
9 4 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.20%) TWiki
10 3 (0.15%) JBoss
10 3 (0.15%) WordPress
11 2 (0.10%) Mule
11 2 (0.10%) nginx
12 1 (0.051%) Apache Airflow
12 1 (0.051%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 33 (1.68%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (0.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (0.76%) MS Visio
5 7 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.20%) Doxygen
6 4 (0.20%) Simulink
7 2 (0.10%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.10%) Fusion 360
8 1 (0.051%) Mathematica
8 1 (0.051%) OrCAD
8 1 (0.051%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 30 (1.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.46%) Magento
3 5 (0.25%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.10%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.10%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.10%) SystmOne
5 1 (0.051%) Postilion
Cloud Services
1 486 (24.75%) AWS
2 438 (22.30%) Azure
3 163 (8.30%) SaaS
4 131 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
5 94 (4.79%) GitHub
6 78 (3.97%) GCP
7 59 (3.00%) Amazon S3
8 58 (2.95%) Amazon EKS
9 54 (2.75%) Dynamics 365
9 54 (2.75%) IBM Cloud
10 48 (2.44%) OCI
10 48 (2.44%) Route 53
10 48 (2.44%) Serverless
11 47 (2.39%) Amazon ECR
12 37 (1.88%) Power Automate
13 33 (1.68%) BlazeMeter
14 31 (1.58%) GitHub Actions
14 31 (1.58%) Power Platform
15 26 (1.32%) PaaS
16 25 (1.27%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 68 (3.46%) Kerberos
2 60 (3.05%) 5G
3 40 (2.04%) Wireless
4 39 (1.99%) Wi-Fi
5 35 (1.78%) SD-WAN
5 35 (1.78%) WAN
6 28 (1.43%) Bluetooth
7 24 (1.22%) HTTP
8 23 (1.17%) TCP/IP
9 22 (1.12%) GSM
9 22 (1.12%) ISDN
9 22 (1.12%) LTE
9 22 (1.12%) PSTN
9 22 (1.12%) UMTS
10 21 (1.07%) Internet
11 18 (0.92%) DSL
11 18 (0.92%) MQTT
12 17 (0.87%) Network Security
13 16 (0.81%) DNS
14 14 (0.71%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 186 (9.47%) NoSQL
2 127 (6.47%) SQL Server
3 86 (4.38%) Apache Hive
3 86 (4.38%) HBase
4 81 (4.12%) MySQL
5 78 (3.97%) PostgreSQL
6 77 (3.92%) MongoDB
7 69 (3.51%) Relational Database
8 66 (3.36%) Big Data
9 65 (3.31%) Metadata
10 58 (2.95%) Hadoop
11 55 (2.80%) Amazon RDS
12 31 (1.58%) Elasticsearch
13 30 (1.53%) Data Lake
14 28 (1.43%) Data Warehouse
15 24 (1.22%) Tableau
16 22 (1.12%) DB2
17 20 (1.02%) DynamoDB
18 14 (0.71%) Power BI
19 11 (0.56%) Redis
Development Applications
1 430 (21.89%) Git
2 338 (17.21%) Jenkins
3 283 (14.41%) Selenium
4 188 (9.57%) JIRA
5 128 (6.52%) Cucumber
6 115 (5.86%) Bitbucket
7 108 (5.50%) Cypress.io
8 96 (4.89%) JMeter
9 92 (4.68%) Bitbucket Server
10 85 (4.33%) Postman
11 71 (3.62%) Visual Studio
12 67 (3.41%) Artifactory
13 60 (3.05%) Appium
14 45 (2.29%) LabVIEW
15 43 (2.19%) JUnit
15 43 (2.19%) Team Foundation Server
16 40 (2.04%) WebDriver
17 39 (1.99%) TeamCity
18 38 (1.93%) Jasmine
19 37 (1.88%) GitLab
General
1 532 (27.09%) Finance
2 451 (22.96%) Social Skills
3 413 (21.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 332 (16.90%) Law
5 206 (10.49%) Analytical Skills
6 189 (9.62%) Marketing
7 143 (7.28%) Public Sector
8 117 (5.96%) Banking
9 94 (4.79%) Legal
10 85 (4.33%) Electronics
11 77 (3.92%) Retail
12 61 (3.11%) Aerospace
13 56 (2.85%) Investment Banking
14 55 (2.80%) Automotive
15 53 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
16 42 (2.14%) Manufacturing
17 41 (2.09%) Presentation Skills
18 40 (2.04%) Games
19 39 (1.99%) Telecoms
20 38 (1.93%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 465 (23.68%) Developer
2 453 (23.07%) Software Engineer
3 327 (16.65%) Senior
4 269 (13.70%) Lead
5 165 (8.40%) Test Engineer
6 150 (7.64%) Tester
7 122 (6.21%) Senior Software Engineer
8 114 (5.80%) QA Engineer
9 111 (5.65%) Java Engineer
10 99 (5.04%) Java Software Engineer
11 93 (4.74%) Lead Software Engineer
11 93 (4.74%) Software Developer
12 91 (4.63%) DevOps Engineer
13 87 (4.43%) AWS Engineer
14 76 (3.87%) Analyst
15 75 (3.82%) AWS Software Engineer
15 75 (3.82%) Senior Developer
16 62 (3.16%) Developer/Software Engineer
17 60 (3.05%) Automation Tester
18 59 (3.00%) Full Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 269 (13.70%) .NET
2 206 (10.49%) RESTful
3 173 (8.81%) React
4 159 (8.10%) HTML
5 150 (7.64%) CSS
6 140 (7.13%) JSON
7 135 (6.87%) Web Services
8 116 (5.91%) XML
9 112 (5.70%) REST
10 106 (5.40%) Spring Boot
11 103 (5.24%) AngularJS
12 98 (4.99%) Spring
13 82 (4.18%) Node.js
13 82 (4.18%) OpenID
14 70 (3.56%) .NET Core
15 69 (3.51%) ASP.NET
16 68 (3.46%) LDAP
16 68 (3.46%) SAML
17 65 (3.31%) JSON-LD
18 55 (2.80%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 146 (7.43%) Management Information System
2 132 (6.72%) Algorithms
3 112 (5.70%) Product Ownership
4 99 (5.04%) Self-Motivation
5 86 (4.38%) Public Cloud
6 77 (3.92%) Enterprise Cloud
7 73 (3.72%) Mobile App
8 69 (3.51%) Cloud Native
9 65 (3.31%) Reference Data
10 54 (2.75%) e-Learning
11 49 (2.49%) Blockchain
11 49 (2.49%) Hybrid Cloud
12 43 (2.19%) Satnav
13 37 (1.88%) IoT
14 34 (1.73%) Private Cloud
15 33 (1.68%) Market Risk
16 29 (1.48%) Onboarding
17 28 (1.43%) Embedded Systems
18 26 (1.32%) Low-Code
19 25 (1.27%) GNSS
Operating Systems
1 216 (11.00%) Linux
2 149 (7.59%) Windows
3 121 (6.16%) Unix
4 36 (1.83%) Apple iOS
5 34 (1.73%) Android
6 25 (1.27%) Windows Server
7 21 (1.07%) Mac OS
8 18 (0.92%) Embedded Linux
9 12 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 12 (0.61%) Ubuntu
10 11 (0.56%) FreeRTOS
11 10 (0.51%) Debian
12 7 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
13 4 (0.20%) CentOS
13 4 (0.20%) VMS
13 4 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
14 2 (0.10%) Mac OS X
14 2 (0.10%) Windows 10
15 1 (0.051%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,163 (59.22%) Agile
2 651 (33.15%) Software Engineering
3 587 (29.89%) CI/CD
4 541 (27.55%) DevOps
5 434 (22.10%) Problem-Solving
6 421 (21.44%) Software Testing
7 397 (20.21%) SDLC
8 339 (17.26%) Mentoring
9 315 (16.04%) TDD
10 266 (13.54%) Continuous Integration
11 255 (12.98%) Artificial Intelligence
12 253 (12.88%) Coaching
13 243 (12.37%) Microservices
14 240 (12.22%) Continuous Improvement
15 235 (11.97%) Scrum
16 224 (11.41%) Operational Stability
17 211 (10.74%) Community of Practice
18 203 (10.34%) Test Scripting
19 192 (9.78%) Computer Science
20 183 (9.32%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 523 (26.63%) SQL
2 511 (26.02%) Java
3 440 (22.40%) Python
4 392 (19.96%) C#
5 386 (19.65%) JavaScript
6 146 (7.43%) C
7 126 (6.42%) TypeScript
8 124 (6.31%) PL/SQL
9 123 (6.26%) C++
10 108 (5.50%) Go
11 65 (3.31%) Prolog
11 65 (3.31%) SPARQL
12 63 (3.21%) PHP
13 45 (2.29%) Kotlin
14 44 (2.24%) PowerShell
15 41 (2.09%) Bash
16 37 (1.88%) T-SQL
17 36 (1.83%) MATLAB
18 27 (1.37%) Ruby
19 23 (1.17%) Scala
Qualifications
1 366 (18.64%) Degree
2 212 (10.79%) Security Cleared
3 134 (6.82%) SC Cleared
4 111 (5.65%) Computer Science Degree
5 85 (4.33%) ISTQB
6 52 (2.65%) DV Cleared
7 34 (1.73%) ISEB
8 32 (1.63%) Master's Degree
9 26 (1.32%) DBS Check
10 21 (1.07%) BPSS Clearance
11 14 (0.71%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 13 (0.66%) Azure Certification
12 13 (0.66%) HND
13 8 (0.41%) Microsoft Certification
14 7 (0.36%) Numerate Degree
15 6 (0.31%) AWS Certification
16 5 (0.25%) ITIL Certification
17 4 (0.20%) Chartered Engineer
17 4 (0.20%) CIPD
17 4 (0.20%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 482 (24.54%) QA
2 35 (1.78%) Accessibility
3 31 (1.58%) GDPR
4 26 (1.32%) Software Quality Assurance
5 21 (1.07%) ISO 9001
5 21 (1.07%) SLA
6 20 (1.02%) PMO
7 15 (0.76%) WAI
8 10 (0.51%) HIPAA
9 9 (0.46%) NCSC
10 8 (0.41%) Data Quality
10 8 (0.41%) MISRA
10 8 (0.41%) PSD2
11 7 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
11 7 (0.36%) JTAG
12 4 (0.20%) DICOM
12 4 (0.20%) HL7
12 4 (0.20%) ISO 13485
13 3 (0.15%) MISRA C
14 2 (0.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 177 (9.01%) Docker
2 86 (4.38%) HDFS
3 80 (4.07%) Active Directory
4 37 (1.88%) Firmware
5 26 (1.32%) Embedded Firmware
6 20 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
7 13 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
8 6 (0.31%) Hyper-V
8 6 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (0.20%) VMware Server
10 3 (0.15%) VirtualBox
11 1 (0.051%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 227 (11.56%) Terraform
2 184 (9.37%) Kubernetes
3 78 (3.97%) Ansible
4 52 (2.65%) Prometheus
5 23 (1.17%) Progress Chef
6 12 (0.61%) Grafana
6 12 (0.61%) Kibana
7 11 (0.56%) Puppet
8 7 (0.36%) MIIS
9 5 (0.25%) Argo
10 4 (0.20%) WMI
11 2 (0.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.10%) HP ALM
11 2 (0.10%) Kustomize
11 2 (0.10%) Nagios
11 2 (0.10%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.051%) Functional Safety
12 1 (0.051%) Kiali
12 1 (0.051%) Podman
12 1 (0.051%) Rancher
Vendors
1 205 (10.44%) Microsoft
2 114 (5.80%) Databricks
3 86 (4.38%) Informatica
4 66 (3.36%) Oracle
5 59 (3.00%) IBM
6 56 (2.85%) Cloudera
7 54 (2.75%) Dynatrace
8 53 (2.70%) Red Hat
9 48 (2.44%) Google
10 31 (1.58%) Xamarin
11 24 (1.22%) Alteryx
12 20 (1.02%) Sybase
13 18 (0.92%) Cognos
14 17 (0.87%) SAP
15 16 (0.81%) Splunk
16 14 (0.71%) VMware
17 13 (0.66%) Atlassian
18 12 (0.61%) YouTube
19 10 (0.51%) MuleSoft
19 10 (0.51%) Salesforce