Test Automation Job Trends in Cumbria

Automated Testing
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cumbria requiring Test Automation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 - 37
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 2 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Cumbria 0.44% - 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% - 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £30,075 - -
25th Percentile £30,188 - £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,750 - £27,000
75th Percentile £31,688 - £28,500
90th Percentile £32,025 - -
North West median annual salary £63,750 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -1.92% +13.04% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cumbria

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 Cumbria.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 357 217 236
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cumbria 78.46% 86.80% 56.87%
Number of salaries quoted 244 130 148
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,709 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,215 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.54% -11.11% +2.74%
75th Percentile £50,000 £55,625 £60,000
90th Percentile £55,000 £70,000 £70,868
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -3.85% -5.45%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

Test Automation job vacancy trend in Cumbria

Test Automation
Salary Trend in Cumbria

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Test Automation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Test Automation

Test Automation
Job Locations in Cumbria

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Automation within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 3 August 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
Carlisle - 1 £30,000 -
Penrith - 1 £31,500 -
Test Automation
North West

Test Automation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cumbria 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:

Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Software Tester
1 2 (100.00%) Tester
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (50.00%) Office Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA