Test Automation Jobs in Devon

Automated Testing
South West > Devon

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Devon with a requirement for Test Automation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Test Automation over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 23 28 35
Rank change year-on-year +5 +7 +26
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 60 43 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Devon 7.21% 7.43% 6.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.71% 8.07% 7.40%
Number of salaries quoted 5 11 23
10th Percentile £32,868 - £40,200
25th Percentile £47,459 £31,680 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £37,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% -21.05% -17.39%
75th Percentile £65,000 £53,750 £48,750
90th Percentile - £60,000 £54,500
South West median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +3.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Devon

Test Automation is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Devon with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 618 533 527
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Devon 74.28% 92.06% 90.09%
Number of salaries quoted 453 352 328
10th Percentile £25,500 £26,250 £26,000
25th Percentile £30,500 £31,000 £32,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £46,030
Median % change year-on-year - -7.67% +24.36%
75th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £63,525 £75,000
South West median annual salary £50,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.81% +5.00% +7.53%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in Devon

Test Automation
Salary Trend in Devon

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test Automation in Devon.

Salary trend for Test Automation in Devon

Test Automation
Salary Histogram in Devon

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Automation in Devon over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Automation in Devon

Test 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 Test Automation within the Devon region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
Paignton -3 55 - - 6
Exeter 0 3 £60,000 +85.02% 4
Plymouth -21 2 £35,782 -4.58% 2
Test Automation
South West

Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Devon 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:

Applications
1 14 (23.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (13.33%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 32 (53.33%) 5G
1 32 (53.33%) SD-WAN
1 32 (53.33%) WAN
2 8 (13.33%) TCP/IP
3 7 (11.67%) DNS
3 7 (11.67%) HTTP
3 7 (11.67%) Internet
3 7 (11.67%) SMTP
Development Applications
1 13 (21.67%) LabVIEW
2 9 (15.00%) Git
3 7 (11.67%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.67%) Cucumber
4 1 (1.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 43 (71.67%) Social Skills
2 37 (61.67%) Analytical Skills
3 35 (58.33%) Presentation Skills
4 17 (28.33%) Electronics
5 11 (18.33%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (10.00%) Aerospace
6 6 (10.00%) Finance
6 6 (10.00%) Retail
7 1 (1.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 17 (28.33%) Developer
2 14 (23.33%) RF Engineer
3 13 (21.67%) Product Engineer
3 13 (21.67%) Verification Engineer
4 10 (16.67%) Lead
4 10 (16.67%) Project Leader
4 10 (16.67%) Technical Leader
4 10 (16.67%) Technical Project Leader
5 9 (15.00%) GNSS Engineer
5 9 (15.00%) Linux Engineer
5 9 (15.00%) Python Engineer
6 8 (13.33%) Linux Systems Engineer
6 8 (13.33%) Product Test Engineer
6 8 (13.33%) Systems Engineer
6 8 (13.33%) Test Engineer
7 7 (11.67%) Embedded Developer
7 7 (11.67%) Firmware Developer
7 7 (11.67%) FPGA Developer
7 7 (11.67%) Software Project Leader
8 5 (8.33%) Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (13.33%) pytest
2 3 (5.00%) .NET
2 3 (5.00%) .NET Framework
2 3 (5.00%) Entity Framework
2 3 (5.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 30 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
2 24 (40.00%) GNSS
3 10 (16.67%) FPGA
4 8 (13.33%) Management Information System
5 7 (11.67%) CUDA
5 7 (11.67%) MicroBlaze
5 7 (11.67%) Robotics
5 7 (11.67%) Tandem
5 7 (11.67%) VHDL
6 3 (5.00%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.67%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 27 (45.00%) Windows
2 23 (38.33%) Linux
3 20 (33.33%) Unix
4 8 (13.33%) Debian
4 8 (13.33%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (91.67%) B2B
1 55 (91.67%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (55.00%) Computer Science
3 32 (53.33%) Test Assurance
4 21 (35.00%) Requirements Analysis
5 19 (31.67%) Project Delivery
5 19 (31.67%) Validation
6 18 (30.00%) Creative Thinking
6 18 (30.00%) Defect Tracking
6 18 (30.00%) Mentoring
7 15 (25.00%) Containerisation
8 13 (21.67%) Customer Requirements
8 13 (21.67%) Kalman Filter
9 11 (18.33%) Innovative Thinking
9 11 (18.33%) Project Management
9 11 (18.33%) Signal Processing
10 10 (16.67%) Coaching
10 10 (16.67%) Conflict Resolution
10 10 (16.67%) FPGA Design
10 10 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 29 (48.33%) Python
2 23 (38.33%) MATLAB
3 22 (36.67%) C++
4 14 (23.33%) C
5 8 (13.33%) Bash
5 8 (13.33%) Perl
6 7 (11.67%) Tcl
6 7 (11.67%) VB
7 3 (5.00%) C#
7 3 (5.00%) JavaScript
7 3 (5.00%) T-SQL
8 1 (1.67%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 54 (90.00%) Degree
2 13 (21.67%) HND
3 8 (13.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.67%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.67%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.67%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (31.67%) PMO
2 7 (11.67%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (5.00%) JTAG
System Software
1 14 (23.33%) Embedded Firmware
1 14 (23.33%) Firmware
2 7 (11.67%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.67%) Docker
Vendors
1 7 (11.67%) Altera
1 7 (11.67%) Green Hills
1 7 (11.67%) Motorola
1 7 (11.67%) Xilinx