QA Automation Job Trends in Devon

Quality Assurance (QA) Automation
South West > Devon

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Devon requiring QA Automation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 50 -
Rank change year-on-year -8 - -
Permanent jobs citing QA Automation 1 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Devon 0.15% 0.25% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.29% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £37,500 £51,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £52,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% - -
75th Percentile £42,500 £53,750 -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £53,750 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.38% -12.50% +14.29%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Devon

QA 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 Devon.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 493 347 404
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Devon 72.61% 87.63% 75.66%
Number of salaries quoted 314 125 344
10th Percentile £25,650 £27,598 £23,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £51,000 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +23.64% +4.99%
75th Percentile £63,438 £61,500 £53,337
90th Percentile £79,640 £75,000 £61,250
South West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -3.77%

QA Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

QA Automation job vacancy trend in Devon

QA Automation
Salary Trend in Devon

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing QA Automation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing QA Automation

QA Automation
Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA Automation within the Devon region over the 6 months to 13 February 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
Exeter - 1 £40,000 - 1
QA Automation
South West

QA Automation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Automation Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA