Test Automation Job Trends in Bicester

Automated Testing
Oxfordshire > Bicester

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

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 - 17
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 1 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Bicester 3.13% - 3.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.00% - 4.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57,500 - £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - £40,000
75th Percentile £62,500 - £42,500
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +4.35%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bicester

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 Bicester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 25 5 63
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bicester 78.13% 50.00% 71.59%
Number of salaries quoted 5 3 50
10th Percentile £62,500 £69,750 £27,300
25th Percentile - £75,000 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £87,500 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +130.26% -24.75%
75th Percentile - £113,125 £57,500
90th Percentile - £126,250 £60,750
Oxfordshire median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Bicester

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

Test Automation job vacancy trend in Bicester

Test Automation
Salary Trend in Bicester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bicester citing Test Automation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bicester citing Test Automation

Test Automation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bicester 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 1 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Software Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET Core
1 1 (100.00%) Entity Framework
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Development
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Database Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) SOLID
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Xamarin