Test Automation Job Trends in Canterbury

Automated Testing
Kent > Canterbury

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Canterbury requiring Test Automation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Canterbury 0.82% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.01% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - -
75th Percentile £53,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Kent median annual salary £40,000 £31,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year +25.98% -51.15% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Canterbury

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 Canterbury.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 99 23 57
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Canterbury 81.15% 95.83% 77.03%
Number of salaries quoted 28 3 51
10th Percentile £42,475 £40,000 £27,965
25th Percentile £44,500 £41,875 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year - -6.25% -3.81%
75th Percentile £70,000 £47,500 £60,625
90th Percentile £77,500 £48,250 £65,000
Kent median annual salary £45,000 £41,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +8.43% -2.35% -8.60%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Canterbury

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

Test Automation job vacancy trend in Canterbury

Test Automation
Salary Trend in Canterbury

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Canterbury citing Test Automation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Canterbury citing Test Automation

Test Automation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Canterbury 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) RS-232
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) C/C++ Firmware Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C++ Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware