Test Automation Jobs in Birmingham

Automated Testing
West Midlands > Birmingham

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Birmingham with a requirement for Test Automation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Test Automation over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 72 50 76
Rank change year-on-year -22 +26 -16
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 77 101 125
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 2.80% 5.20% 4.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.40% 5.42% 4.11%
Number of salaries quoted 74 57 101
10th Percentile £33,625 £47,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £37,813 £52,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +16.50% -17.60%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,000 £91,000 £75,000
West Midlands median annual salary £52,500 £56,480 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.05% +12.96% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Birmingham

Test Automation is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Birmingham with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,262 1,863 3,039
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 82.14% 95.88% 97.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,832 1,371 2,281
10th Percentile £32,000 £31,250 £34,500
25th Percentile £41,000 £43,725 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.76%
75th Percentile £69,914 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,964 £82,500 £83,750
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in Birmingham

Test Automation
Salary Trend in Birmingham

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

Salary trend for Test Automation in Birmingham

Test Automation
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Automation in Birmingham over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Automation in Birmingham

Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 23 (29.87%) Azure
2 20 (25.97%) AWS
3 6 (7.79%) GitHub
4 4 (5.19%) GCP
5 3 (3.90%) Azure Data Factory
5 3 (3.90%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (3.90%) BrowserStack
5 3 (3.90%) GitHub Actions
5 3 (3.90%) Snowflake
6 2 (2.60%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.30%) Azure AKS
7 1 (1.30%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (1.30%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.30%) PowerApps
7 1 (1.30%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.30%) 3GPP
1 1 (1.30%) 5G
1 1 (1.30%) Diameter Protocol
1 1 (1.30%) HTTP
1 1 (1.30%) SCTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (12.99%) NoSQL
2 7 (9.09%) InterSystems Cache
3 6 (7.79%) MongoDB
3 6 (7.79%) MySQL
3 6 (7.79%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (5.19%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (5.19%) SQL Server
5 2 (2.60%) Relational Database
6 1 (1.30%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (1.30%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 9 (11.69%) Cucumber
1 9 (11.69%) Git
2 7 (9.09%) JIRA
3 5 (6.49%) Postman
3 5 (6.49%) Selenium
4 3 (3.90%) IBM UrbanCode
4 3 (3.90%) Jenkins
4 3 (3.90%) JMeter
5 2 (2.60%) NUnit
6 1 (1.30%) Cypress.io
6 1 (1.30%) Moq
6 1 (1.30%) Sourcetree
General
1 28 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 22 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (25.97%) Finance
4 15 (19.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 13 (16.88%) Public Sector
6 8 (10.39%) Banking
7 5 (6.49%) Retail
8 4 (5.19%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (5.19%) Police
9 3 (3.90%) Manufacturing
9 3 (3.90%) Telecoms
10 2 (2.60%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (2.60%) Electronics
10 2 (2.60%) Games
10 2 (2.60%) Marketing
11 1 (1.30%) Digital Healthcare
11 1 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (1.30%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 18 (23.38%) Developer
2 14 (18.18%) Senior
3 12 (15.58%) Software Engineer
4 10 (12.99%) Tester
5 9 (11.69%) QA Engineer
6 7 (9.09%) Full Stack Developer
6 7 (9.09%) Java Engineer
6 7 (9.09%) Senior Software Engineer
7 6 (7.79%) Java Software Engineer
7 6 (7.79%) Junior
7 6 (7.79%) Senior Java Engineer
7 6 (7.79%) Senior Java Software Engineer
8 5 (6.49%) Agile Tester
8 5 (6.49%) QA Tester
9 4 (5.19%) Automation Engineer
9 4 (5.19%) Head of Test
9 4 (5.19%) IT Development Manager
9 4 (5.19%) IT Manager
9 4 (5.19%) Web Applications Developer
9 4 (5.19%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (16.88%) .NET
2 11 (14.29%) React
3 9 (11.69%) HTML
3 9 (11.69%) Spring
3 9 (11.69%) Spring Boot
4 7 (9.09%) Web Services
5 6 (7.79%) RESTful
6 5 (6.49%) .NET Core
6 5 (6.49%) CSS
7 4 (5.19%) ASP.NET
7 4 (5.19%) Node.js
7 4 (5.19%) Twitter Bootstrap
7 4 (5.19%) YAML
8 3 (3.90%) AngularJS
8 3 (3.90%) Flutter
8 3 (3.90%) jQuery
9 2 (2.60%) Playwright
10 1 (1.30%) .NET Framework
10 1 (1.30%) FHIR
10 1 (1.30%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 22 (28.57%) Product Ownership
2 12 (15.58%) Mobile App
3 9 (11.69%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.60%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.30%) FMCG
5 1 (1.30%) IoT
5 1 (1.30%) NHS
5 1 (1.30%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.90%) Linux
1 3 (3.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 3 (3.90%) Unix
1 3 (3.90%) Windows
1 3 (3.90%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (66.23%) Agile
2 35 (45.45%) Mentoring
3 33 (42.86%) Software Testing
4 24 (31.17%) DevOps
5 21 (27.27%) CI/CD
5 21 (27.27%) Functional Testing
5 21 (27.27%) Test Strategy
6 18 (23.38%) Problem-Solving
7 17 (22.08%) Scrum
7 17 (22.08%) SDLC
7 17 (22.08%) User Experience
8 16 (20.78%) Continuous Improvement
8 16 (20.78%) Continuous Integration
9 15 (19.48%) BDD
10 14 (18.18%) Non-Functional Testing
10 14 (18.18%) TDD
11 13 (16.88%) Coaching
11 13 (16.88%) Software Engineering
12 11 (14.29%) Continuous Deployment
12 11 (14.29%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 22 (28.57%) Java
2 20 (25.97%) SQL
3 19 (24.68%) C#
3 19 (24.68%) JavaScript
4 17 (22.08%) Python
5 6 (7.79%) TypeScript
6 4 (5.19%) VB
7 3 (3.90%) Dart
8 2 (2.60%) C++
8 2 (2.60%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (11.69%) Degree
2 8 (10.39%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (6.49%) Azure Certification
4 3 (3.90%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.30%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (35.06%) QA
2 8 (10.39%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.30%) NCSC
System Software
1 7 (9.09%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (5.19%) Kubernetes
2 3 (3.90%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (9.09%) InterSystems
2 6 (7.79%) Jaspersoft
3 5 (6.49%) Microsoft
3 5 (6.49%) YouTube
4 4 (5.19%) Atlassian
5 3 (3.90%) Google
5 3 (3.90%) IBM
6 2 (2.60%) Databricks
6 2 (2.60%) Oracle
6 2 (2.60%) SAP