Test Automation Jobs in Cowes

Automated Testing
Isle of Wight > Cowes

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cowes requiring Test Automation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Test Automation over the 6 months leading up to 22 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
DemandTrendPermanent jobs citing Test Automation 10 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cowes 3.28% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.44% - -
Number of salaries quoted 9 0 0
10th Percentile £43,500 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - -
75th Percentile £63,150 - -
90th Percentile £65,000 - -
Isle of Wight median annual salary £60,000 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cowes

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 Cowes.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 291 38 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cowes 95.41% 95.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 170 4 2
10th Percentile £47,683 - -
25th Percentile £62,000 £41,250 £51,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £42,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +64.71% -20.56% +30.49%
75th Percentile £75,000 £43,750 £55,250
90th Percentile £85,700 - -
Isle of Wight median annual salary £70,600 £25,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +182.40% -53.27% +49.65%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Cowes

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in Cowes

Test Automation
Salary Trend in Cowes

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cowes citing Test Automation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cowes citing Test Automation

Test Automation
Salary Histogram in Cowes

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Automation in Cowes over the 6 months to 22 August 2025.

Salary histogram for Test Automation in Cowes

Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cowes 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 1 (10.00%) AWS
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Selenium
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Senior
1 6 (60.00%) Senior Software Test Engineer
1 6 (60.00%) Senior Test Engineer
1 6 (60.00%) Software Test Engineer
1 6 (60.00%) Test Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Developer
2 2 (20.00%) Lead
2 2 (20.00%) Software Developer
2 2 (20.00%) Software Team Leader
2 2 (20.00%) Team Leader
2 2 (20.00%) Test Leader
2 2 (20.00%) Test Team Leader
3 1 (10.00%) C++ Developer
3 1 (10.00%) C++ Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) .NET
1 1 (10.00%) CSS
1 1 (10.00%) GraphQL
1 1 (10.00%) HTML
1 1 (10.00%) JSON
1 1 (10.00%) React
1 1 (10.00%) REST
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Computer Science
1 9 (90.00%) Software Testing
2 8 (80.00%) Configuration Management
3 6 (60.00%) Agile
3 6 (60.00%) UML
3 6 (60.00%) Validation
3 6 (60.00%) Verification and Validation
3 6 (60.00%) Waterfall
4 4 (40.00%) Integration Testing
4 4 (40.00%) System Integration Testing
4 4 (40.00%) Unit Testing
5 3 (30.00%) Software Engineering
6 2 (20.00%) Customer Requirements
6 2 (20.00%) Risk Register
6 2 (20.00%) Work Breakdown Structure
7 1 (10.00%) DevOps
7 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
7 1 (10.00%) Time Management
7 1 (10.00%) White-Box Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) Ada
1 2 (20.00%) C++
2 1 (10.00%) C
2 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (90.00%) Degree
2 6 (60.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (40.00%) Numerate Degree
5 2 (20.00%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 12207
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft