Test Automation Jobs in Cambridgeshire

Automated Testing
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire 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 58 19 61
Rank change year-on-year -39 +42 -20
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 44 171 107
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 2.86% 11.18% 4.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.61% 11.62% 4.66%
Number of salaries quoted 31 30 42
10th Percentile - £42,250 £35,425
25th Percentile £36,250 £59,688 £45,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £67,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.63% +22.73% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £85,000 £66,875
90th Percentile - £92,500 £79,625
East of England median annual salary £51,250 £67,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -24.07% +22.73% -4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,219 1,472 2,296
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 79.36% 96.21% 95.79%
Number of salaries quoted 915 618 912
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,175 £31,063
25th Percentile £36,540 £36,250 £38,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -
75th Percentile £72,075 £72,188 £68,750
90th Percentile £83,250 £85,000 £80,000
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in Cambridgeshire

Test Automation
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Salary trend for Test Automation in Cambridgeshire

Test Automation
Salary Histogram in Cambridgeshire

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

Salary histogram for Test Automation in Cambridgeshire

Test Automation
Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Automation within the Cambridgeshire 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
Cambridge -28 41 £42,500 -39.29% 32
Peterborough +7 1 - - 3
Huntingdon +5 1 £47,500 - 1
Test Automation
East of England

Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.27%) Simulink
1 1 (2.27%) Stateflow
Cloud Services
1 13 (29.55%) GitHub
2 1 (2.27%) Amazon ECS
2 1 (2.27%) AWS
2 1 (2.27%) Azure
2 1 (2.27%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 1 (2.27%) Azure Functions
2 1 (2.27%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (2.27%) SaaS
2 1 (2.27%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (11.36%) TCP/IP
2 4 (9.09%) RS-232
3 1 (2.27%) HTTP
3 1 (2.27%) Internet
3 1 (2.27%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (13.64%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (4.55%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (2.27%) MariaDB
3 1 (2.27%) MongoDB
3 1 (2.27%) NoSQL
3 1 (2.27%) Redis
3 1 (2.27%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (27.27%) JIRA
2 11 (25.00%) Appium
2 11 (25.00%) Git
2 11 (25.00%) UI Automator
3 9 (20.45%) Jenkins
4 6 (13.64%) Trac
5 5 (11.36%) Zephyr
6 4 (9.09%) Subversion
7 2 (4.55%) Visual Studio
8 1 (2.27%) ClearCase
8 1 (2.27%) Cypress.io
8 1 (2.27%) GitLab
8 1 (2.27%) Phabricator
8 1 (2.27%) TeamCity
8 1 (2.27%) TestDirector
8 1 (2.27%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 17 (38.64%) Automotive
2 9 (20.45%) Electronics
3 6 (13.64%) Manufacturing
4 4 (9.09%) Pharmaceutical
4 4 (9.09%) Social Skills
5 3 (6.82%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (6.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.27%) Finance
6 1 (2.27%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 14 (31.82%) Test Engineer
2 10 (22.73%) Software Engineer
3 6 (13.64%) Developer
3 6 (13.64%) Embedded Engineer
3 6 (13.64%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 6 (13.64%) Python Developer
4 5 (11.36%) Senior
5 4 (9.09%) Lead
5 4 (9.09%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 4 (9.09%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
5 4 (9.09%) Senior Software Engineer
5 4 (9.09%) Software Test Engineer
6 3 (6.82%) Compiler Engineer
6 3 (6.82%) QA Engineer
6 3 (6.82%) Test Automation Engineer
7 2 (4.55%) Head of Test
7 2 (4.55%) Mobile Engineer
7 2 (4.55%) Python Engineer
7 2 (4.55%) Python Software Engineer
7 2 (4.55%) QA Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (18.18%) Django
2 5 (11.36%) Yocto
3 4 (9.09%) .NET
3 4 (9.09%) CSS
3 4 (9.09%) HTML
3 4 (9.09%) LLVM
4 3 (6.82%) Node.js
4 3 (6.82%) OpenID
4 3 (6.82%) SAML
5 2 (4.55%) Flask
6 1 (2.27%) .NET Core
6 1 (2.27%) .NET Framework
6 1 (2.27%) AngularJS
6 1 (2.27%) Apache Cordova
6 1 (2.27%) FastAPI
6 1 (2.27%) Gherkin
6 1 (2.27%) HTML5
6 1 (2.27%) React
6 1 (2.27%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 1 (2.27%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 11 (25.00%) Mobile App
2 7 (15.91%) IoT
2 7 (15.91%) Smartphone
3 5 (11.36%) Device Driver
4 3 (6.82%) Embedded Systems
4 3 (6.82%) Product Ownership
5 2 (4.55%) Client/Server
5 2 (4.55%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (2.27%) Algorithms
6 1 (2.27%) ARM Cortex
6 1 (2.27%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 29 (65.91%) Linux
2 10 (22.73%) Windows
3 8 (18.18%) Mac OS
4 6 (13.64%) Android
4 6 (13.64%) Unix
5 4 (9.09%) Embedded Linux
5 4 (9.09%) FreeRTOS
6 2 (4.55%) Apple iOS
6 2 (4.55%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (43.18%) Agile
2 17 (38.64%) Software Engineering
3 14 (31.82%) DevOps
4 11 (25.00%) Manual Testing
5 10 (22.73%) Software Testing
6 9 (20.45%) Computer Science
7 8 (18.18%) Line Management
8 6 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (13.64%) Continuous Integration
8 6 (13.64%) Design Patterns
8 6 (13.64%) Scrum
8 6 (13.64%) User Experience
9 5 (11.36%) Computer Architecture
9 5 (11.36%) Mentoring
9 5 (11.36%) MVVM
9 5 (11.36%) OO
9 5 (11.36%) OOD
9 5 (11.36%) Open Source
9 5 (11.36%) People Management
9 5 (11.36%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 19 (43.18%) Python
2 10 (22.73%) C
3 8 (18.18%) C#
4 7 (15.91%) Bash
5 2 (4.55%) C++
5 2 (4.55%) Java
6 1 (2.27%) JavaScript
6 1 (2.27%) MATLAB
6 1 (2.27%) PowerShell
6 1 (2.27%) Shell Script
6 1 (2.27%) SQL
6 1 (2.27%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 17 (38.64%) Degree
2 6 (13.64%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.27%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (22.73%) QA
2 1 (2.27%) ISO 9001
2 1 (2.27%) JTAG
2 1 (2.27%) NIST
System Software
1 12 (27.27%) Docker
2 3 (6.82%) Firmware
3 1 (2.27%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (11.36%) Terraform
2 4 (9.09%) Ansible
3 3 (6.82%) Progress Chef
4 1 (2.27%) Functional Safety
4 1 (2.27%) Grafana
4 1 (2.27%) Kubernetes
4 1 (2.27%) Podman
Vendors
1 1 (2.27%) MathWorks
1 1 (2.27%) Microsoft