Automated Testing
Cheshire > Chester
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Chester requiring Test Automation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 3 Oct 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 20 | 21 | 29 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +1 | +8 | +8 |
| Permanent jobs citing Test Automation | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Chester | 3.79% | 2.30% | 2.34% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 4.24% | 3.39% | 2.40% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | £65,700 | - | £61,744 |
| 25th Percentile | £66,750 | - | £64,359 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £72,000 | - | £70,576 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +54.34% |
| 75th Percentile | £75,750 | - | £76,216 |
| 90th Percentile | £75,900 | - | £78,487 |
| Cheshire median annual salary | £60,000 | £45,000 | £67,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +33.33% | -33.33% | +58.82% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Chester
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 Chester.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 118 | 118 | 125 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Chester | 89.39% | 67.82% | 97.66% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 56 | 87 | 80 |
| 10th Percentile | £34,063 | £31,400 | £25,100 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,938 | £37,500 | £36,438 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £60,000 | £58,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.33% | +2.56% | +30.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,313 | £68,484 | £67,070 |
| 90th Percentile | £77,500 | £80,000 | £80,255 |
| Cheshire median annual salary | £50,000 | £47,500 | £48,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.26% | -1.04% | +6.67% |
Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Test Automation relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Chester.
Test Automation
Salary Trend in Chester
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing Test Automation.
Test Automation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chester 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:
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