Test Automation Job Trends in Blackpool

Automated Testing
Lancashire > Blackpool

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Blackpool requiring Test Automation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 14 -
Rank change year-on-year 0 - -
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 1 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Blackpool 1.37% 3.77% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.27% 5.00% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61,214 £58,938 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,482 £65,465 -
Median % change year-on-year -1.50% - -
75th Percentile £67,749 £71,991 -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median annual salary £59,741 £65,465 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.74% +30.93% -13.04%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Blackpool

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 Blackpool.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 44 40 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Blackpool 60.27% 75.47% 69.23%
Number of salaries quoted 34 30 7
10th Percentile £30,750 £40,988 -
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,738 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £59,787 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.46% +70.82% -53.08%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,076 £43,750
90th Percentile £65,628 £71,991 £45,750
Lancashire median annual salary £45,000 £50,055 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +0.11% +16.71%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Blackpool

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

Test Automation job vacancy trend in Blackpool

Test Automation
Salary Trend in Blackpool

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Blackpool citing Test Automation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Blackpool citing Test Automation

Test Automation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Blackpool 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%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Test Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Samsung