Test Automation Job Trends in Alderley Edge

Automated Testing
Cheshire > Alderley Edge

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Alderley Edge requiring Test Automation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Alderley Edge 2.44% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.94% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - -
75th Percentile £47,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +26.32% -30.91%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Alderley Edge

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 Alderley Edge.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 68 3 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Alderley Edge 82.93% 100.00% 95.00%
Number of salaries quoted 64 0 14
10th Percentile £30,000 - £22,375
25th Percentile £35,000 - £24,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +12.40%
75th Percentile £64,750 - -
90th Percentile £75,250 - £53,000
Cheshire median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £48,007
% change year-on-year +17.65% -11.47% +0.01%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Alderley Edge

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

Test Automation job vacancy trend in Alderley Edge

Test Automation
Salary Trend in Alderley Edge

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Alderley Edge citing Test Automation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Alderley Edge citing Test Automation

Test Automation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Alderley Edge 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) GCP
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Node.js
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 2 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 2 (100.00%) Observability
1 2 (100.00%) Open Source
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) TDD
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Clean Code
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management