Test Automation Job Trends in Ballymena

Automated Testing
County Antrim > Ballymena

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Ballymena requiring Test Automation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Ballymena 14.29% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.00% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
County Antrim median annual salary £80,000 £55,000 £51,250
% change year-on-year +45.45% +7.32% -2.38%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Ballymena

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 Ballymena.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 10 5 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Ballymena 71.43% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £57,625 - -
25th Percentile £57,813 - £27,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 - £27,250
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.17%
75th Percentile £65,313 - £27,375
90th Percentile £65,875 - -
County Antrim median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% - +10.00%

Test Automation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Ballymena 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) SaaS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Legal
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Technology Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Testing Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Blog
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing Technology
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Business Development
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Contact Management
2 1 (50.00%) CRM
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Email Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Marketing Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Management
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (50.00%) Python
1 1 (50.00%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA