Test Automation Jobs in Merseyside

Automated Testing
North West > Merseyside

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Merseyside 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 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 80 40 37
Rank change year-on-year -40 -3 +12
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 14 64 75
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 1.08% 5.99% 6.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.34% 6.51% 6.86%
Number of salaries quoted 10 8 38
10th Percentile - £53,250 £35,625
25th Percentile £36,250 £56,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £61,250 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.43% +17.79% +30.00%
75th Percentile £68,438 £73,125 £73,750
90th Percentile £75,875 £80,250 £80,000
North West median annual salary £56,250 £57,500 £54,500
% change year-on-year -2.17% +5.50% +21.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,042 983 1,093
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 80.59% 92.04% 92.86%
Number of salaries quoted 717 420 687
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,041
Median % change year-on-year - -0.09% +5.98%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £62,827
90th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £75,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +8.64%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in Merseyside

Test Automation
Salary Trend in Merseyside

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

Salary trend for Test Automation in Merseyside

Test Automation
Salary Histogram in Merseyside

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Automation in Merseyside over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Automation in Merseyside

Test Automation
Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Automation within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 23 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
Liverpool -38 10 £61,250 - 1
Test Automation
North West

Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (28.57%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 5 (35.71%) JIRA
2 3 (21.43%) Appium
2 3 (21.43%) Cucumber
2 3 (21.43%) Git
2 3 (21.43%) JUnit
2 3 (21.43%) Selenium
3 2 (14.29%) Postman
3 2 (14.29%) REST Assured
3 2 (14.29%) SoapUI
3 2 (14.29%) SOAtest
3 2 (14.29%) TestNG
3 2 (14.29%) WebDriver
4 1 (7.14%) Cypress.io
General
1 5 (35.71%) Finance
1 5 (35.71%) Retail
1 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Banking
2 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing
3 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) Tester
2 4 (28.57%) Delivery Manager
2 4 (28.57%) Systems Tester
3 2 (14.29%) Automation Tester
4 1 (7.14%) .NET Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Android Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Developer
4 1 (7.14%) E-Commerce Manager
4 1 (7.14%) IT Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Senior
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Software Tester
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Tester
4 1 (7.14%) Software Tester
4 1 (7.14%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (21.43%) .NET
2 1 (7.14%) .NET Framework
2 1 (7.14%) Gherkin
2 1 (7.14%) RESTful
2 1 (7.14%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Product Ownership
2 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Agile
1 6 (42.86%) CI/CD
1 6 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (35.71%) Logistics
2 5 (35.71%) Regression Testing
2 5 (35.71%) Scrum
3 4 (28.57%) Backlog Refinement
3 4 (28.57%) Coaching
3 4 (28.57%) Conflict Resolution
3 4 (28.57%) Customer Requirements
3 4 (28.57%) Epics
3 4 (28.57%) Fintech
3 4 (28.57%) Project Management
3 4 (28.57%) SDLC
3 4 (28.57%) Security Testing
3 4 (28.57%) Servant Leadership
3 4 (28.57%) User Stories
4 3 (21.43%) Test Strategy
5 2 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
5 2 (14.29%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) C#
1 3 (21.43%) Java
2 1 (7.14%) JavaScript
2 1 (7.14%) Kotlin
2 1 (7.14%) Ruby
2 1 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) QA