Test Automation Jobs in the Midlands

Automated Testing
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 137 54 51
Rank change year-on-year -83 -3 +7
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 193 418 673
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.66% 5.50% 5.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.11% 5.75% 5.66%
Number of salaries quoted 152 232 389
10th Percentile £39,500 £40,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +20.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £64,063 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £71,991 £78,625 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,145 7,269 11,887
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 78.71% 95.72% 96.39%
Number of salaries quoted 5,707 4,187 7,370
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £29,725
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,250 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,772 £78,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +4.35%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in the Midlands

Test Automation
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Test Automation in the Midlands

Test Automation
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Test Automation in the Midlands

Test Automation
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Automation within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 July 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
West Midlands -45 150 £52,500 -12.50% 30
East Midlands -107 42 £48,500 -19.17% 9
Test Automation
England

Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 2 (1.04%) CMS
1 2 (1.04%) Confluence
1 2 (1.04%) Tuxedo
2 1 (0.52%) Drupal
2 1 (0.52%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.52%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 3 (1.55%) SAP ERP
2 2 (1.04%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.52%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 56 (29.02%) Azure
2 51 (26.42%) AWS
3 25 (12.95%) Azure DevOps
4 18 (9.33%) GitHub
5 17 (8.81%) GitHub Actions
5 17 (8.81%) SaaS
6 16 (8.29%) PaaS
7 15 (7.77%) IaaS
8 12 (6.22%) Amazon S3
9 8 (4.15%) OCI
10 7 (3.63%) Amazon ECR
10 7 (3.63%) Amazon EKS
10 7 (3.63%) IBM Cloud
10 7 (3.63%) Route 53
11 6 (3.11%) AWS Lambda
11 6 (3.11%) Serverless
12 5 (2.59%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 5 (2.59%) AWS Fargate
12 5 (2.59%) Azure Pipelines
13 4 (2.07%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.63%) FlexRay
2 5 (2.59%) Bluetooth
2 5 (2.59%) HTTP
3 4 (2.07%) 5G
3 4 (2.07%) Ethernet
3 4 (2.07%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (2.07%) Wireless
4 3 (1.55%) 3GPP
5 2 (1.04%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (0.52%) Diameter Protocol
6 1 (0.52%) Network Security
6 1 (0.52%) SCTP
6 1 (0.52%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (10.88%) SQL Server
2 13 (6.74%) NoSQL
3 11 (5.70%) DynamoDB
3 11 (5.70%) Relational Database
4 8 (4.15%) MySQL
5 7 (3.63%) Amazon RDS
5 7 (3.63%) MongoDB
5 7 (3.63%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (2.07%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (2.07%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (2.07%) InterSystems Cache
6 4 (2.07%) Power BI
7 3 (1.55%) Crystal Reports
8 2 (1.04%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (1.04%) Pentaho
9 1 (0.52%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.52%) MariaDB
9 1 (0.52%) Redis
9 1 (0.52%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 28 (14.51%) Git
2 16 (8.29%) SonarQube
3 14 (7.25%) Postman
4 13 (6.74%) JIRA
5 11 (5.70%) MSTest
5 11 (5.70%) Selenium
6 9 (4.66%) LabVIEW
7 7 (3.63%) SoapUI
7 7 (3.63%) Visual Studio
8 5 (2.59%) Cypress.io
8 5 (2.59%) JMeter
9 4 (2.07%) GitLab
9 4 (2.07%) Jenkins
10 3 (1.55%) Team Foundation Server
10 3 (1.55%) Zephyr
11 2 (1.04%) Android Studio
11 2 (1.04%) Gatling
11 2 (1.04%) Moq
11 2 (1.04%) TestRail
11 2 (1.04%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 50 (25.91%) Social Skills
2 24 (12.44%) Public Sector
3 20 (10.36%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (7.77%) Automotive
5 12 (6.22%) Law
6 11 (5.70%) Finance
6 11 (5.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (3.63%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (3.63%) Retail
8 6 (3.11%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.59%) Electronics
10 4 (2.07%) Police
10 4 (2.07%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.55%) Banking
11 3 (1.55%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.04%) Retail Banking
13 1 (0.52%) Games
13 1 (0.52%) iGaming
13 1 (0.52%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 48 (24.87%) Developer
2 30 (15.54%) Senior
3 28 (14.51%) Software Engineer
4 20 (10.36%) Test Engineer
5 17 (8.81%) DevOps Engineer
6 15 (7.77%) Systems Engineer
7 14 (7.25%) Lead
8 10 (5.18%) Embedded Engineer
8 10 (5.18%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 10 (5.18%) Senior Software Engineer
9 8 (4.15%) IT Manager
10 7 (3.63%) Analyst
10 7 (3.63%) AWS DevOps
10 7 (3.63%) AWS DevOps Engineer
10 7 (3.63%) AWS Engineer
10 7 (3.63%) Full Stack Developer
10 7 (3.63%) Senior Developer
10 7 (3.63%) Senior Test Engineer
10 7 (3.63%) Software Developer
11 6 (3.11%) PHP Symfony Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (15.03%) .NET
2 23 (11.92%) React
3 20 (10.36%) HTML
4 16 (8.29%) .NET Core
4 16 (8.29%) ARM Templates
5 15 (7.77%) Azure Blueprints
6 14 (7.25%) XML
7 12 (6.22%) CSS
7 12 (6.22%) JSON
8 10 (5.18%) ASP.NET
9 9 (4.66%) Node.js
9 9 (4.66%) Playwright
9 9 (4.66%) Web Services
10 8 (4.15%) REST
10 8 (4.15%) RESTful
11 7 (3.63%) SOAP
12 6 (3.11%) Blazor
12 6 (3.11%) Symfony
13 5 (2.59%) AngularJS
13 5 (2.59%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (13.47%) Management Information System
2 21 (10.88%) Mobile App
2 21 (10.88%) Product Ownership
2 21 (10.88%) Self-Motivation
3 16 (8.29%) Embedded Systems
3 16 (8.29%) Onboarding
4 8 (4.15%) e-Learning
4 8 (4.15%) IoT
5 7 (3.63%) Blockchain
5 7 (3.63%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (2.07%) Client/Server
6 4 (2.07%) Cloud Native
6 4 (2.07%) FMCG
7 2 (1.04%) Cyberattack
7 2 (1.04%) Cybercrime
7 2 (1.04%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.04%) Infotainment
7 2 (1.04%) Mobile Computing
8 1 (0.52%) Acoustics
8 1 (0.52%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (4.66%) Linux
2 6 (3.11%) Windows
3 3 (1.55%) Android
4 2 (1.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.52%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.52%) Unix
5 1 (0.52%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (47.67%) Agile
2 72 (37.31%) DevOps
3 60 (31.09%) Mentoring
4 53 (27.46%) Software Testing
5 47 (24.35%) Software Engineering
6 42 (21.76%) Functional Testing
7 37 (19.17%) Problem-Solving
8 31 (16.06%) Containerisation
8 31 (16.06%) Test Scripting
9 28 (14.51%) CI/CD
9 28 (14.51%) Non-Functional Testing
10 27 (13.99%) Security Testing
10 27 (13.99%) Test Strategy
11 24 (12.44%) Computer Science
11 24 (12.44%) Continuous Improvement
11 24 (12.44%) Scrum
11 24 (12.44%) SDLC
12 23 (11.92%) Performance Testing
13 22 (11.40%) API Testing
13 22 (11.40%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 47 (24.35%) SQL
2 44 (22.80%) C#
3 36 (18.65%) JavaScript
4 24 (12.44%) Python
5 18 (9.33%) C++
5 18 (9.33%) Java
6 17 (8.81%) C
7 7 (3.63%) PHP
8 6 (3.11%) Embedded C
8 6 (3.11%) Embedded C++
9 5 (2.59%) T-SQL
9 5 (2.59%) TypeScript
10 4 (2.07%) VB
11 3 (1.55%) Groovy
11 3 (1.55%) Rust
12 2 (1.04%) COBOL
12 2 (1.04%) MATLAB
12 2 (1.04%) Micro Focus COBOL
12 2 (1.04%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.52%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 38 (19.69%) Security Cleared
2 35 (18.13%) Degree
3 16 (8.29%) BPSS Clearance
4 15 (7.77%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (4.66%) SC Cleared
6 7 (3.63%) DV Cleared
7 4 (2.07%) ISTQB
8 2 (1.04%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.04%) OSCP
9 1 (0.52%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.52%) HNC
9 1 (0.52%) HND
9 1 (0.52%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (22.28%) QA
2 18 (9.33%) NCSC
3 6 (3.11%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.55%) JTAG
4 3 (1.55%) MISRA
4 3 (1.55%) MISRA C
5 2 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (1.04%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.52%) ISO 14001
6 1 (0.52%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 25 (12.95%) Docker
2 8 (4.15%) Embedded Firmware
2 8 (4.15%) Firmware
3 2 (1.04%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 29 (15.03%) Kubernetes
2 25 (12.95%) Terraform
3 16 (8.29%) Ansible
4 7 (3.63%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.52%) Grafana
5 1 (0.52%) Kibana
Vendors
1 23 (11.92%) Microsoft
2 8 (4.15%) IBM
3 7 (3.63%) Dynatrace
3 7 (3.63%) Red Hat
4 5 (2.59%) Atlassian
4 5 (2.59%) Jaspersoft
4 5 (2.59%) Oracle
4 5 (2.59%) Siemens
5 4 (2.07%) InterSystems
5 4 (2.07%) Xamarin
6 3 (1.55%) Denodo
6 3 (1.55%) Google
6 3 (1.55%) Lauterbach
6 3 (1.55%) SAP
6 3 (1.55%) SYSPRO
6 3 (1.55%) Talend
7 2 (1.04%) Informatica
7 2 (1.04%) Micro Focus
7 2 (1.04%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.52%) Black Duck