Test Automation Jobs in Basingstoke

Automated Testing
Hampshire > Basingstoke

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Basingstoke requiring Test Automation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Test Automation over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 17 38
Rank change year-on-year -14 +21 -15
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 23 46 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Basingstoke 5.25% 8.24% 4.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.99% 10.29% 4.65%
Number of salaries quoted 23 21 15
10th Percentile - £45,000 -
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -16.67%
75th Percentile £67,500 £57,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £78,000 £61,250 £65,000
Hampshire median annual salary £56,000 £50,000 £59,500
% change year-on-year +12.00% -15.97% +8.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Basingstoke

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 Basingstoke.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 288 447 344
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Basingstoke 65.75% 80.11% 93.99%
Number of salaries quoted 215 357 215
10th Percentile £42,500 £29,900 £24,500
25th Percentile £47,125 £42,200 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.00% -6.54% -6.96%
75th Percentile £77,500 £63,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,000 £76,750 £86,000
Hampshire median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -6.54% -0.47%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Basingstoke

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in Basingstoke

Test Automation
Salary Trend in Basingstoke

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

Salary trend for Test Automation in Basingstoke

Test Automation
Salary Histogram in Basingstoke

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Automation in Basingstoke over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Test Automation in Basingstoke

Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Basingstoke 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 2 (8.70%) AWS
1 2 (8.70%) Serverless
1 2 (8.70%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 11 (47.83%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 4 (17.39%) Git
1 4 (17.39%) Selenium
2 2 (8.70%) Cucumber
2 2 (8.70%) JIRA
2 2 (8.70%) JUnit
2 2 (8.70%) SpecFlow
2 2 (8.70%) TestNG
2 2 (8.70%) TestRail
General
1 5 (21.74%) Social Skills
2 1 (4.35%) Advertising
2 1 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (69.57%) Senior
2 14 (60.87%) Analyst
2 14 (60.87%) Senior Analyst
2 14 (60.87%) Senior Test Analyst
2 14 (60.87%) Test Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) Architect
4 2 (8.70%) DevOps Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) QA Manager
4 2 (8.70%) Senior Software Test Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Senior Test Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Software Test Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Test Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Active Directory Architect
5 1 (4.35%) Identity Management Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.70%) GraphQL
1 2 (8.70%) Serverless Framework
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.70%) Management Information System
1 2 (8.70%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.04%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (82.61%) Agile
2 14 (60.87%) Manual Testing
2 14 (60.87%) V-Model
2 14 (60.87%) Waterfall
3 4 (17.39%) CI/CD
3 4 (17.39%) Software Testing
4 3 (13.04%) Identity Access Management
5 2 (8.70%) API Testing
5 2 (8.70%) Coaching
5 2 (8.70%) Computer Science
5 2 (8.70%) Continuous Delivery
5 2 (8.70%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (8.70%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 2 (8.70%) Defect Tracking
5 2 (8.70%) DevOps
5 2 (8.70%) Infrastructure Automation
5 2 (8.70%) Scenario Testing
5 2 (8.70%) SDLC
5 2 (8.70%) Software Engineering
5 2 (8.70%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.04%) PowerShell
2 2 (8.70%) C#
2 2 (8.70%) JavaScript
2 2 (8.70%) SQL
2 2 (8.70%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 17 (73.91%) Security Cleared
2 16 (69.57%) ISTQB
2 16 (69.57%) SC Cleared
3 3 (13.04%) DV Cleared
4 2 (8.70%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (8.70%) Degree
4 2 (8.70%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.70%) QA
System Software
1 1 (4.35%) Active Directory