Test Automation Job Trends in Abingdon

Automated Testing
Oxfordshire > Abingdon

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Abingdon requiring Test Automation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 - 19
Rank change year-on-year - - -6
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 7 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Abingdon 3.72% - 0.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.97% - 1.08%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 - -
75th Percentile £63,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -6.78% +2.61%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Abingdon

Test Automation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Abingdon.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 78 11 93
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Abingdon 41.49% 78.57% 75.00%
Number of salaries quoted 66 7 76
10th Percentile £43,125 £28,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £32,875 £33,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £39,929 £46,293
Median % change year-on-year +56.53% -13.75% -19.49%
75th Percentile £73,750 £50,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £57,500 £72,500
Oxfordshire median annual salary £55,750 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.36% +10.00% -4.76%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Abingdon

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Test Automation relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Abingdon.

Test Automation job vacancy trend in Abingdon

Test Automation
Salary Trend in Abingdon

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Abingdon citing Test Automation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Abingdon citing Test Automation

Test Automation
Salary Histogram in Abingdon

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Automation in Abingdon over the 6 months to 17 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Test Automation in Abingdon

Test Automation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Abingdon by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (42.86%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (100.00%) Azure
2 3 (42.86%) GitHub
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (28.57%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 2 (28.57%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) DHCP
1 2 (28.57%) DNS
1 2 (28.57%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Cucumber
1 3 (42.86%) Git
1 3 (42.86%) Postman
General
1 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Lead
2 3 (42.86%) Quality Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) DevOps Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Lead Tester
3 2 (28.57%) Senior
3 2 (28.57%) Senior Software Tester
3 2 (28.57%) Senior Tester
3 2 (28.57%) Software Tester
3 2 (28.57%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (71.43%) .NET
2 3 (42.86%) .NET Framework
2 3 (42.86%) Gherkin
2 3 (42.86%) Playwright
2 3 (42.86%) Razor View Engine
2 3 (42.86%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Product Ownership
2 2 (28.57%) Distributed Systems
2 2 (28.57%) Life Science
2 2 (28.57%) Private Cloud
2 2 (28.57%) Public Cloud
2 2 (28.57%) Renewable Energy
2 2 (28.57%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (28.57%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Agile
2 5 (71.43%) Software Engineering
3 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (42.86%) Agile Testing
4 3 (42.86%) AI
4 3 (42.86%) API Testing
4 3 (42.86%) BDD
4 3 (42.86%) Coaching
4 3 (42.86%) Exploratory Testing
4 3 (42.86%) TDD
5 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (28.57%) Data Encryption
5 2 (28.57%) Defect Management
5 2 (28.57%) DevOps
5 2 (28.57%) Kalman Filter
5 2 (28.57%) Non-Functional Testing
5 2 (28.57%) Scrum
5 2 (28.57%) Task Automation
5 2 (28.57%) Test Planning
5 2 (28.57%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) C#
2 3 (42.86%) C
3 2 (28.57%) Bash
3 2 (28.57%) PowerShell
3 2 (28.57%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) Degree
2 2 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (28.57%) CSQA
2 2 (28.57%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (100.00%) QA
2 2 (28.57%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
1 2 (28.57%) Docker
1 2 (28.57%) Hyper-V
1 2 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Ansible
1 2 (28.57%) Grafana
1 2 (28.57%) Kubernetes
1 2 (28.57%) Prometheus
1 2 (28.57%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) VMware