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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 20 29 34
Rank change year-on-year +9 +5 +25
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 64 44 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Devon 7.54% 7.69% 6.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.14% 8.33% 7.17%
Number of salaries quoted 6 11 23
10th Percentile £35,300 - £40,200
25th Percentile £49,344 £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 £66,500
South West median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -

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 631 528 544
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Devon 74.32% 92.31% 90.07%
Number of salaries quoted 463 352 343
10th Percentile £25,500 £26,250 £26,000
25th Percentile £30,875 £30,932 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - -5.56% +21.58%
75th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £56,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £61,440 £73,000
South West median annual salary £50,952 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.95% +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 5 May 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 5 May 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 58 - - 2
Exeter +2 3 £60,000 +85.02% 5
Plymouth -24 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 13 (20.31%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (12.50%) GitHub
2 1 (1.56%) AWS
2 1 (1.56%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 34 (53.13%) 5G
1 34 (53.13%) SD-WAN
1 34 (53.13%) WAN
2 9 (14.06%) TCP/IP
3 8 (12.50%) DNS
3 8 (12.50%) HTTP
3 8 (12.50%) Internet
3 8 (12.50%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.56%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 12 (18.75%) LabVIEW
2 10 (15.63%) Git
3 8 (12.50%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.56%) Cucumber
General
1 46 (71.88%) Social Skills
2 39 (60.94%) Analytical Skills
3 37 (57.81%) Presentation Skills
4 19 (29.69%) Electronics
5 11 (17.19%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (6.25%) Aerospace
6 4 (6.25%) Finance
6 4 (6.25%) Retail
Job Titles
1 20 (31.25%) Developer
2 15 (23.44%) RF Engineer
3 12 (18.75%) Product Engineer
3 12 (18.75%) Verification Engineer
4 11 (17.19%) GNSS Engineer
4 11 (17.19%) Lead
4 11 (17.19%) Project Leader
4 11 (17.19%) Technical Leader
4 11 (17.19%) Technical Project Leader
5 8 (12.50%) Embedded Developer
5 8 (12.50%) Firmware Developer
5 8 (12.50%) FPGA Developer
5 8 (12.50%) Linux Engineer
5 8 (12.50%) Linux Systems Engineer
5 8 (12.50%) Product Test Engineer
5 8 (12.50%) Python Engineer
5 8 (12.50%) Software Project Leader
5 8 (12.50%) Systems Engineer
5 8 (12.50%) Test Engineer
6 5 (7.81%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (12.50%) pytest
2 4 (6.25%) .NET
2 4 (6.25%) React
3 3 (4.69%) .NET Framework
3 3 (4.69%) Entity Framework
4 1 (1.56%) Node.js
4 1 (1.56%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 31 (48.44%) Self-Motivation
2 25 (39.06%) GNSS
3 11 (17.19%) FPGA
4 8 (12.50%) CUDA
4 8 (12.50%) Management Information System
4 8 (12.50%) MicroBlaze
4 8 (12.50%) Robotics
4 8 (12.50%) Tandem
4 8 (12.50%) VHDL
5 3 (4.69%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.56%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 28 (43.75%) Windows
2 24 (37.50%) Linux
3 20 (31.25%) Unix
4 8 (12.50%) Debian
4 8 (12.50%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (92.19%) Problem-Solving
2 58 (90.63%) B2B
3 35 (54.69%) Computer Science
4 34 (53.13%) Test Assurance
5 22 (34.38%) Project Delivery
5 22 (34.38%) Requirements Analysis
6 20 (31.25%) Mentoring
7 19 (29.69%) Creative Thinking
7 19 (29.69%) Defect Tracking
7 19 (29.69%) Validation
8 16 (25.00%) Containerisation
9 14 (21.88%) Customer Requirements
10 12 (18.75%) Kalman Filter
11 11 (17.19%) Conflict Resolution
11 11 (17.19%) FPGA Design
11 11 (17.19%) Innovative Thinking
11 11 (17.19%) Product Management
11 11 (17.19%) Project Management
11 11 (17.19%) Requirements Gathering
11 11 (17.19%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 28 (43.75%) Python
2 24 (37.50%) C++
3 23 (35.94%) MATLAB
4 16 (25.00%) C
5 8 (12.50%) Perl
5 8 (12.50%) Tcl
5 8 (12.50%) VB
6 7 (10.94%) Bash
7 4 (6.25%) C#
7 4 (6.25%) T-SQL
8 3 (4.69%) JavaScript
9 1 (1.56%) Ruby
9 1 (1.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 56 (87.50%) Degree
2 12 (18.75%) HND
3 8 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.56%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.56%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (29.69%) PMO
2 7 (10.94%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (4.69%) JTAG
System Software
1 16 (25.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 16 (25.00%) Firmware
2 7 (10.94%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (12.50%) Altera
1 8 (12.50%) Green Hills
1 8 (12.50%) Motorola
1 8 (12.50%) Xilinx