Test Automation Job Trends in Cheshire

Automated Testing
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Test Automation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 37 62
Rank change year-on-year -35 +25 -2
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 15 63 45
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheshire 0.87% 8.95% 2.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.31% 10.16% 3.43%
Number of salaries quoted 8 4 26
10th Percentile £40,715 - £41,250
25th Percentile £46,250 - £45,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +4.35% -14.81%
75th Percentile £56,250 £65,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £65,250 £74,000 -
North West median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +13.04% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,143 620 1,312
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 66.41% 88.07% 76.01%
Number of salaries quoted 913 254 922
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,681 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £34,250 £32,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,000 £48,007
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -16.68% +1.07%
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,000 £60,563
90th Percentile £75,250 £76,750 £71,915
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,055 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.88% +0.11% -9.09%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Test Automation job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Test Automation
Salary Trend in Cheshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Test Automation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Test Automation

Test Automation
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Automation in Cheshire over the 6 months to 15 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Test Automation in Cheshire

Test Automation
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Automation within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 15 July 2026. 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
Congleton -3 4 £50,000 - 1
Warrington -17 4 £75,000 - 5
Neston - 2 - -
Alderley Edge - 2 £45,000 -
Northwich +2 1 £60,000 -
Knutsford -3 1 - -
Chester -12 1 £38,700 - 3
Test Automation
North West

Test Automation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (6.67%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (33.33%) Azure
2 3 (20.00%) AWS
3 2 (13.33%) GCP
3 2 (13.33%) Power Platform
3 2 (13.33%) SaaS
4 1 (6.67%) Azure Key Vault
4 1 (6.67%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (6.67%) Entra ID
4 1 (6.67%) Figma
4 1 (6.67%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (6.67%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Bitbucket
1 1 (6.67%) Cucumber
1 1 (6.67%) JIRA
1 1 (6.67%) JMeter
1 1 (6.67%) LoadRunner
1 1 (6.67%) NUnit
General
1 4 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (26.67%) Manufacturing
1 4 (26.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Electronics
2 3 (20.00%) Police
3 2 (13.33%) Law
3 2 (13.33%) Legal
4 1 (6.67%) Banking
4 1 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Marketing
4 1 (6.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (60.00%) Senior
2 5 (33.33%) Developer
2 5 (33.33%) Test Engineer
3 4 (26.67%) Manufacturing Engineer
3 4 (26.67%) Senior Developer
3 4 (26.67%) Senior Test Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Senior Systems Developer
4 2 (13.33%) Software Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Systems Developer
5 1 (6.67%) Business Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Business Developer
5 1 (6.67%) CRM Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) CRM Business Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) IT Manager
5 1 (6.67%) IT Services Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Salesforce Developer
5 1 (6.67%) Senior Analyst Developer
5 1 (6.67%) Senior Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Testing Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) Node.js
2 1 (6.67%) .NET
2 1 (6.67%) .NET Framework
2 1 (6.67%) AngularJS
2 1 (6.67%) ASP.NET
2 1 (6.67%) ASP.NET Core
2 1 (6.67%) ASP.NET Web API
2 1 (6.67%) Entity Framework
2 1 (6.67%) iOS SDK
2 1 (6.67%) Middleware
2 1 (6.67%) Playwright
2 1 (6.67%) RESTful
2 1 (6.67%) Vitest
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Low-Code
1 3 (20.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (6.67%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (6.67%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (6.67%) Data Structures
2 1 (6.67%) Product Ownership
2 1 (6.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Android
1 1 (6.67%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (40.00%) Mentoring
3 5 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 5 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (33.33%) Software Engineering
4 3 (20.00%) CRM
4 3 (20.00%) Data Modelling
4 3 (20.00%) DevOps
4 3 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 3 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
4 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (20.00%) TDD
4 3 (20.00%) Test Strategy
5 2 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (13.33%) Business Strategy
5 2 (13.33%) Machine Learning
5 2 (13.33%) Observability
5 2 (13.33%) Project Delivery
5 2 (13.33%) Risk Management
5 2 (13.33%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 3 (20.00%) C
1 3 (20.00%) C++
2 2 (13.33%) SQL
2 2 (13.33%) TypeScript
3 1 (6.67%) Bicep
3 1 (6.67%) C#
3 1 (6.67%) Java
3 1 (6.67%) JavaScript
3 1 (6.67%) PowerShell
3 1 (6.67%) Python
3 1 (6.67%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) DBS Check
2 3 (20.00%) Degree
2 3 (20.00%) HNC
2 3 (20.00%) NVQ Level 3
3 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (6.67%) CISM
4 1 (6.67%) CISSP
4 1 (6.67%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) QA
2 1 (6.67%) GDPR
2 1 (6.67%) ISO 22301
2 1 (6.67%) NIST
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (20.00%) Keysight
3 1 (6.67%) Blue Prism
3 1 (6.67%) DevExpress
3 1 (6.67%) Pega
3 1 (6.67%) Salesforce