Test Automation Jobs in Buckinghamshire

Automated Testing
South East > Buckinghamshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Buckinghamshire 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 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 91 71 55
Rank change year-on-year -20 -16 -12
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 42 40 108
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 2.14% 2.87% 5.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.46% 3.11% 5.97%
Number of salaries quoted 17 13 54
10th Percentile - - £32,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -13.04% +19.79%
75th Percentile £53,750 £71,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £68,500 £84,750 -
South East median annual salary £55,000 £59,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +15.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,710 1,288 1,809
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 87.24% 92.33% 93.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1,066 704 1,025
10th Percentile £28,375 £29,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £38,000 £36,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.00% - -
75th Percentile £59,688 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +8.91%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in Buckinghamshire

Test Automation
Salary Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Salary trend for Test Automation in Buckinghamshire

Test Automation
Salary Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Automation in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Automation in Buckinghamshire

Test Automation
Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Automation within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 23 April 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
Milton Keynes +11 38 £47,500 -5.00% 3
Buckingham - 1 £62,500 -
High Wycombe - 1 £70,000 - 4
Test Automation
South East

Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 13 (30.95%) Azure
2 10 (23.81%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (7.14%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 1 (2.38%) AWS
4 1 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (2.38%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 22 (52.38%) 5G
1 22 (52.38%) Bluetooth
1 22 (52.38%) GSM
1 22 (52.38%) ISDN
1 22 (52.38%) LTE
1 22 (52.38%) PSTN
1 22 (52.38%) UMTS
1 22 (52.38%) Wi-Fi
1 22 (52.38%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (21.43%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 22 (52.38%) LabVIEW
2 13 (30.95%) Selenium
3 11 (26.19%) NUnit
3 11 (26.19%) Visual Studio
4 9 (21.43%) WebDriver
5 2 (4.76%) Cypress.io
5 2 (4.76%) Postman
6 1 (2.38%) Cucumber
6 1 (2.38%) Git
6 1 (2.38%) Jenkins
6 1 (2.38%) JMeter
6 1 (2.38%) JUnit
6 1 (2.38%) Mockito
General
1 22 (52.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 22 (52.38%) Telecoms
2 3 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (7.14%) Marketing
3 1 (2.38%) Electronics
3 1 (2.38%) Finance
3 1 (2.38%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 15 (35.71%) Hardware Engineer
2 13 (30.95%) Test Engineer
3 8 (19.05%) Hardware Test Engineer
4 6 (14.29%) Analyst
4 6 (14.29%) Test Analyst
5 5 (11.90%) Hardware Technician
6 4 (9.52%) Automation Test Analyst
6 4 (9.52%) QA Engineer
7 3 (7.14%) Associate Engineer
7 3 (7.14%) Quality Engineer
7 3 (7.14%) Systems Engineer
8 2 (4.76%) Developer
8 2 (4.76%) QA Technician
9 1 (2.38%) Embedded Engineer
9 1 (2.38%) Integration Test Analyst
9 1 (2.38%) Lead Developer
9 1 (2.38%) QA Tester
9 1 (2.38%) Senior Developer
9 1 (2.38%) Software Tester
9 1 (2.38%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (26.19%) .NET
2 10 (23.81%) JSON
3 9 (21.43%) .NET Core
3 9 (21.43%) XML
4 3 (7.14%) Lightning Web Components
5 2 (4.76%) Web Services
6 1 (2.38%) AngularJS
6 1 (2.38%) Node.js
6 1 (2.38%) Playwright
6 1 (2.38%) React
6 1 (2.38%) Redux
6 1 (2.38%) RESTful
6 1 (2.38%) Spring
6 1 (2.38%) Spring Boot
6 1 (2.38%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 22 (52.38%) Acoustics
1 22 (52.38%) Satnav
2 3 (7.14%) Robotics
3 1 (2.38%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.38%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.38%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (80.95%) Agile
2 24 (57.14%) Test Scripting
3 22 (52.38%) Coaching
3 22 (52.38%) Critical Thinking
3 22 (52.38%) Data Management
4 12 (28.57%) Manual Testing
5 10 (23.81%) DevOps
5 10 (23.81%) Integration Testing
5 10 (23.81%) Microservices
5 10 (23.81%) System Integration Testing
6 9 (21.43%) Continuous Integration
6 9 (21.43%) Non-Functional Testing
6 9 (21.43%) Root Cause Analysis
6 9 (21.43%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 9 (21.43%) SDET
7 7 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (11.90%) API Testing
9 3 (7.14%) Asset Management
9 3 (7.14%) QA Automation
9 3 (7.14%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (52.38%) Python
2 13 (30.95%) C#
2 13 (30.95%) SQL
3 2 (4.76%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.38%) C
4 1 (2.38%) Embedded C
4 1 (2.38%) Java
Qualifications
1 25 (59.52%) Degree
2 3 (7.14%) ISTQB
3 2 (4.76%) ISEB
4 1 (2.38%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (45.24%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.38%) Docker
1 1 (2.38%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (2.38%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.38%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (7.14%) Conga
1 3 (7.14%) Microsoft
1 3 (7.14%) Salesforce
1 3 (7.14%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud