Test Automation Jobs in Aberdeen

Automated Testing
Scotland > Aberdeen

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Aberdeen 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 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 20 29 22
Rank change year-on-year +9 -7 -11
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 25 5 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Aberdeen 8.31% 2.54% 3.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.20% 2.84% 4.07%
Number of salaries quoted 24 5 4
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,400 £30,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £29,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.75% - +6.67%
75th Percentile £45,000 £51,250 £43,125
90th Percentile £52,000 - £44,250
Scotland median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% +16.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Aberdeen

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 Aberdeen with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 245 176 123
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Aberdeen 81.40% 89.34% 89.78%
Number of salaries quoted 203 64 66
10th Percentile £25,750 £29,225 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,438 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% - +22.22%
75th Percentile £58,750 £65,000 £66,875
90th Percentile £65,000 £72,125 £80,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £54,145
% change year-on-year -8.70% +6.20% +10.50%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Aberdeen

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in Aberdeen

Test Automation
Salary Trend in Aberdeen

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

Salary trend for Test Automation in Aberdeen

Test Automation
Salary Histogram in Aberdeen

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Automation in Aberdeen over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Automation in Aberdeen

Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Aberdeen 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 9 (36.00%) SaaS
2 7 (28.00%) Azure
3 2 (8.00%) Azure Machine Learning
4 1 (4.00%) AWS
4 1 (4.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.00%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 6 (24.00%) Visual Studio
2 4 (16.00%) Cypress.io
2 4 (16.00%) Git
2 4 (16.00%) Selenium
2 4 (16.00%) Team Foundation Server
2 4 (16.00%) WebDriver
General
1 7 (28.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (20.00%) Aviation
3 4 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (16.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (4.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 15 (60.00%) Software Tester
1 15 (60.00%) Tester
2 4 (16.00%) Test Engineer
3 3 (12.00%) QA Engineer
3 3 (12.00%) Software Engineer
3 3 (12.00%) Software QA Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) Senior
4 1 (4.00%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (28.00%) CSS
1 7 (28.00%) HTML
2 6 (24.00%) AngularJS
3 4 (16.00%) .NET
3 4 (16.00%) DOM
4 2 (8.00%) HTML5
5 1 (4.00%) .NET Core
5 1 (4.00%) .NET Framework
5 1 (4.00%) ASP.NET
5 1 (4.00%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (4.00%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.00%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (72.00%) Manual Testing
2 15 (60.00%) Software Testing
3 14 (56.00%) Regression Testing
4 13 (52.00%) System Testing
5 9 (36.00%) Business Case
5 9 (36.00%) Migration
6 7 (28.00%) Agile
6 7 (28.00%) DevOps
7 6 (24.00%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (24.00%) Scrum
7 6 (24.00%) Test Management
8 4 (16.00%) API Testing
8 4 (16.00%) Exploratory Testing
8 4 (16.00%) Kanban
8 4 (16.00%) SDLC
8 4 (16.00%) Test Strategy
9 3 (12.00%) Acceptance Criteria
9 3 (12.00%) Software Engineering
9 3 (12.00%) User Experience
9 3 (12.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 19 (76.00%) JavaScript
2 13 (52.00%) C#
2 13 (52.00%) Java
3 12 (48.00%) Python
4 7 (28.00%) SQL
5 2 (8.00%) C
5 2 (8.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (24.00%) ISTQB
2 4 (16.00%) ISEB
3 1 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (44.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft