Automation Tester Jobs in Berkshire

Automation Tester
South East > Berkshire

The median Automation Tester salary in Berkshire is £67,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 151 174 175
Rank change year-on-year +23 +1 -16
Permanent jobs requiring an Automation Tester 14 20 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.45% 0.64% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% 0.69% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 9 14 10
10th Percentile - £65,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £55,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% -6.67% +50.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £78,313
90th Percentile - £82,000 £80,150
South East median annual salary £62,500 £67,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +22.73% +10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Berkshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Berkshire with a recognized job title 2,945 2,905 3,300
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.43% 92.40% 96.60%
Number of salaries quoted 2,087 1,652 2,118
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £92,500 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Automation Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings that featured Automation Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Automation Tester in Berkshire

Automation Tester
Salary Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Automation Tester in Berkshire.

Salary trend for Automation Tester in Berkshire

Automation Tester
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Automation Tester within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 8 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading +3 14 £67,500 -3.57% 1
Automation Tester
South East

Automation Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, Automation Tester job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Berkshire region featuring Automation Tester in the job title.

1 14 (100.00%) Java
1 14 (100.00%) Selenium
1 14 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 14 (100.00%) Cucumber
2 13 (92.86%) CI/CD
3 11 (78.57%) Code Quality
3 11 (78.57%) REST Assured
3 11 (78.57%) BDD
3 11 (78.57%) WebDriver
4 10 (71.43%) TestNG
4 10 (71.43%) REST
4 10 (71.43%) Java Concurrency
4 10 (71.43%) Scrum
4 10 (71.43%) Agile
4 10 (71.43%) Software Testing
4 10 (71.43%) JUnit
4 10 (71.43%) Apache
4 10 (71.43%) Guava
4 10 (71.43%) Docker
4 10 (71.43%) Apache Commons
4 10 (71.43%) Kubernetes
4 10 (71.43%) API Testing
4 10 (71.43%) SDET
4 10 (71.43%) WireMock
4 10 (71.43%) Scenario Testing
4 10 (71.43%) Design Patterns
4 10 (71.43%) Containerisation
5 9 (64.29%) SC Cleared
5 9 (64.29%) Security Cleared
6 5 (35.71%) Continuous Integration

Automation Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (71.43%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 4 (28.57%) AWS
1 4 (28.57%) GitHub
1 4 (28.57%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 14 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 14 (100.00%) Selenium
2 11 (78.57%) REST Assured
2 11 (78.57%) WebDriver
3 10 (71.43%) JUnit
3 10 (71.43%) TestNG
4 4 (28.57%) Bitbucket Server
4 4 (28.57%) Jenkins
4 4 (28.57%) JIRA
4 4 (28.57%) JMeter
4 4 (28.57%) Serenity BDD
5 3 (21.43%) Bitbucket
5 3 (21.43%) SoapUI
6 1 (7.14%) Hudson
6 1 (7.14%) Postman
General
1 4 (28.57%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (71.43%) Apache Commons
1 10 (71.43%) Guava
1 10 (71.43%) Java Concurrency
1 10 (71.43%) REST
1 10 (71.43%) WireMock
2 4 (28.57%) Web Services
3 3 (21.43%) RESTful
3 3 (21.43%) SOAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 13 (92.86%) CI/CD
3 11 (78.57%) BDD
3 11 (78.57%) Code Quality
4 10 (71.43%) Agile
4 10 (71.43%) API Testing
4 10 (71.43%) Containerisation
4 10 (71.43%) Design Patterns
4 10 (71.43%) Scenario Testing
4 10 (71.43%) Scrum
4 10 (71.43%) SDET
4 10 (71.43%) Software Testing
5 5 (35.71%) Continuous Integration
5 5 (35.71%) Task Automation
6 4 (28.57%) Continuous Deployment
6 4 (28.57%) Test Management
7 1 (7.14%) Clean Code
7 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Automation
7 1 (7.14%) Performance Testing
7 1 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 14 (100.00%) Java
2 4 (28.57%) JavaScript
2 4 (28.57%) SQL
3 1 (7.14%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (64.29%) SC Cleared
1 9 (64.29%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 10 (71.43%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (71.43%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (7.14%) Oracle