Test Automation Jobs in Durham

Automated Testing
North East > Durham

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Durham 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 8 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 - 40
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 2 0 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Durham 0.87% - 4.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.06% - 4.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 - £47,000
75th Percentile £38,750 - £52,250
90th Percentile - - £55,400
North East median annual salary £59,002 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -1.66% +4.35% +9.52%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Durham

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 Durham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 189 370 312
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Durham 81.82% 86.65% 97.81%
Number of salaries quoted 58 263 128
10th Percentile £23,504 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £24,834 £32,500 £34,516
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,750 £45,000 £40,250
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +11.80% +7.00%
75th Percentile £50,938 £58,688 £52,813
90th Percentile £74,258 £70,000 £62,150
North East median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £48,125
% change year-on-year -5.26% -1.30% +13.24%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Durham

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in Durham

Test Automation
Salary Trend in Durham

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

Salary trend for Test Automation in Durham

Test Automation
Job Locations in Durham

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Automation within the Durham region over the 6 months to 8 May 2025. 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
Darlington - 1 £37,500 -
Test Automation
North East

Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Durham 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Git
1 1 (50.00%) Postman
1 1 (50.00%) Selenium
1 1 (50.00%) SoapUI
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Tester
2 1 (50.00%) Selenium Tester
2 1 (50.00%) Software Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) RESTful
1 1 (50.00%) SOAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) API Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (50.00%) SDLC
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR