Test Automation Jobs in Bournemouth

Automated Testing
Dorset > Bournemouth

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bournemouth 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 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 57 29 29
Rank change year-on-year -28 0 +23
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 21 5 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bournemouth 3.28% 2.86% 9.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.54% 2.92% 9.70%
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 26
10th Percentile - £40,100 £36,875
25th Percentile £55,000 £47,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £66,875 £59,438 £92,500
90th Percentile £68,000 £62,025 -
Dorset median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +5.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bournemouth

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 Bournemouth with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 593 171 299
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bournemouth 92.51% 97.71% 98.03%
Number of salaries quoted 265 111 271
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,875 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,625 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £75,000
Dorset median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Bournemouth

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in Bournemouth

Test Automation
Salary Trend in Bournemouth

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

Salary trend for Test Automation in Bournemouth

Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bournemouth 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 6 (28.57%) SAS
2 2 (9.52%) Confluence
Applications
1 12 (57.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (28.57%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (28.57%) Power BI
1 6 (28.57%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (57.14%) Cucumber
1 12 (57.14%) Selenium
2 10 (47.62%) TeamCity
3 2 (9.52%) GitLab
3 2 (9.52%) JIRA
3 2 (9.52%) Postman
3 2 (9.52%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (4.76%) Cypress.io
General
1 20 (95.24%) Finance
2 18 (85.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 18 (85.71%) Law
3 10 (47.62%) Banking
3 10 (47.62%) Influencing Skills
3 10 (47.62%) Investment Banking
3 10 (47.62%) Social Skills
4 6 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (28.57%) Legal
5 2 (9.52%) Games
Job Titles
1 7 (33.33%) Senior
2 6 (28.57%) Analytics Manager
2 6 (28.57%) Data Analytics Manager
2 6 (28.57%) Testing Manager
3 2 (9.52%) Java Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) QA Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Software QA Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Developer
4 1 (4.76%) Developer in Test
4 1 (4.76%) Programme Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Programme Test Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Software Developer
4 1 (4.76%) Test Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Test Programme Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Transformation Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Transformation Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (57.14%) Gherkin
2 2 (9.52%) .NET
2 2 (9.52%) .NET Framework
2 2 (9.52%) JSON
2 2 (9.52%) REST
2 2 (9.52%) Swagger
3 1 (4.76%) Playwright
3 1 (4.76%) RESTful
3 1 (4.76%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 7 (33.33%) Onboarding
2 6 (28.57%) Algorithms
2 6 (28.57%) Credit Risk
2 6 (28.57%) Management Information System
2 6 (28.57%) Market Risk
3 2 (9.52%) Enterprise Cloud
3 2 (9.52%) Hedge funds
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (85.71%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (71.43%) Agile
3 14 (66.67%) Scrum
4 12 (57.14%) End-to-End Testing
4 12 (57.14%) Test Scripting
4 12 (57.14%) User Acceptance Testing
5 10 (47.62%) Change Management
5 10 (47.62%) Coaching
5 10 (47.62%) Collaborative Working
5 10 (47.62%) Mentoring
5 10 (47.62%) Process Improvement
5 10 (47.62%) Project Delivery
5 10 (47.62%) TDD
5 10 (47.62%) Time Management
5 10 (47.62%) User Stories
6 8 (38.10%) Defect Management
6 8 (38.10%) Test Management
6 8 (38.10%) Test Strategy
7 6 (28.57%) Analytical Thinking
7 6 (28.57%) Client Onboarding
Programming Languages
1 8 (38.10%) Python
2 7 (33.33%) Java
3 6 (28.57%) R
4 2 (9.52%) SQL
5 1 (4.76%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 18 (85.71%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (52.38%) QA
Vendors
1 16 (76.19%) Microsoft
2 6 (28.57%) Alteryx
2 6 (28.57%) Pega
2 6 (28.57%) UiPath