Test Automation Jobs in the Midlands

Automated Testing
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 115 28 55
Rank change year-on-year -87 +27 +6
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 247 699 540
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.08% 7.57% 4.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.54% 7.84% 5.28%
Number of salaries quoted 208 232 354
10th Percentile £33,025 £37,500 £29,125
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £36,900
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +13.40% +2.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £60,250
90th Percentile £72,500 £78,750 £72,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,743 8,920 10,224
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.99% 96.56% 94.36%
Number of salaries quoted 7,160 4,507 6,880
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £34,834 £38,563 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £62,270 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

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 10 May 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 10 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
West Midlands -62 185 £52,500 -5.81% 43
East Midlands -100 61 £47,500 -13.64% 28
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 1 (0.40%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (2.83%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.21%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 5 (2.02%) SAP ERP
2 2 (0.81%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 74 (29.96%) Azure
2 61 (24.70%) AWS
3 21 (8.50%) Azure DevOps
4 18 (7.29%) GitHub
5 13 (5.26%) Amazon S3
6 12 (4.86%) GitHub Actions
7 11 (4.45%) SaaS
8 9 (3.64%) PaaS
9 8 (3.24%) Amazon ECR
9 8 (3.24%) Amazon EKS
9 8 (3.24%) IaaS
9 8 (3.24%) IBM Cloud
9 8 (3.24%) OCI
9 8 (3.24%) Route 53
10 7 (2.83%) Dynamics 365
11 6 (2.43%) BrowserStack
11 6 (2.43%) Power Platform
11 6 (2.43%) Serverless
12 5 (2.02%) Azure Pipelines
12 5 (2.02%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.83%) FlexRay
2 5 (2.02%) Bluetooth
3 4 (1.62%) Ethernet
3 4 (1.62%) MQTT
3 4 (1.62%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (1.62%) Wireless
4 3 (1.21%) HTTP
4 3 (1.21%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.81%) 5G
5 2 (0.81%) Internet
5 2 (0.81%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.40%) 3GPP
6 1 (0.40%) Diameter Protocol
6 1 (0.40%) SCTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (12.96%) SQL Server
2 12 (4.86%) Relational Database
3 10 (4.05%) DynamoDB
3 10 (4.05%) NoSQL
4 8 (3.24%) Amazon RDS
5 7 (2.83%) InterSystems Cache
6 6 (2.43%) MongoDB
6 6 (2.43%) MySQL
6 6 (2.43%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (2.02%) Crystal Reports
7 5 (2.02%) Power BI
8 4 (1.62%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.40%) Redis
Development Applications
1 34 (13.77%) Git
2 21 (8.50%) Selenium
3 17 (6.88%) Cucumber
4 16 (6.48%) JIRA
4 16 (6.48%) Postman
5 13 (5.26%) SoapUI
6 12 (4.86%) JMeter
6 12 (4.86%) Team Foundation Server
7 10 (4.05%) MSTest
7 10 (4.05%) Visual Studio
8 8 (3.24%) SonarQube
9 7 (2.83%) LabVIEW
10 6 (2.43%) Cypress.io
10 6 (2.43%) SpecFlow
10 6 (2.43%) TestRail
11 5 (2.02%) Bitbucket
12 4 (1.62%) Appium
12 4 (1.62%) Jenkins
12 4 (1.62%) JUnit
13 3 (1.21%) JBehave
General
1 57 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 37 (14.98%) Finance
3 29 (11.74%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (10.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 23 (9.31%) Public Sector
6 17 (6.88%) Automotive
7 13 (5.26%) Banking
8 12 (4.86%) Law
9 10 (4.05%) Electronics
10 9 (3.64%) Retail
11 7 (2.83%) Manufacturing
12 6 (2.43%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (2.02%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (1.62%) Police
14 4 (1.62%) Telecoms
15 3 (1.21%) Games
15 3 (1.21%) Retail Banking
16 2 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
16 2 (0.81%) Marketing
17 1 (0.40%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 67 (27.13%) Developer
2 34 (13.77%) Senior
3 27 (10.93%) Lead
4 26 (10.53%) Software Engineer
5 24 (9.72%) Test Engineer
6 16 (6.48%) QA Leader
7 15 (6.07%) QA Engineer
7 15 (6.07%) Tester
8 14 (5.67%) Systems Engineer
9 11 (4.45%) IT Manager
9 11 (4.45%) Senior Software Engineer
9 11 (4.45%) Software Developer
9 11 (4.45%) Test Leader
10 10 (4.05%) DevOps Engineer
11 9 (3.64%) Applications Developer
11 9 (3.64%) C# Developer
11 9 (3.64%) Embedded Engineer
11 9 (3.64%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 9 (3.64%) Full Stack Developer
11 9 (3.64%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (16.19%) .NET
2 24 (9.72%) HTML
2 24 (9.72%) React
3 21 (8.50%) REST
4 16 (6.48%) CSS
5 15 (6.07%) .NET Core
5 15 (6.07%) XML
6 14 (5.67%) ASP.NET
7 13 (5.26%) SOAP
8 12 (4.86%) Spring
8 12 (4.86%) Spring Boot
9 10 (4.05%) AngularJS
9 10 (4.05%) JSON
9 10 (4.05%) RESTful
10 8 (3.24%) ARM Templates
10 8 (3.24%) Azure Blueprints
10 8 (3.24%) Blazor
10 8 (3.24%) Playwright
10 8 (3.24%) Web Services
11 6 (2.43%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 34 (13.77%) Product Ownership
2 27 (10.93%) Self-Motivation
3 26 (10.53%) Mobile App
4 18 (7.29%) Management Information System
5 15 (6.07%) Embedded Systems
6 10 (4.05%) e-Learning
7 9 (3.64%) Onboarding
8 8 (3.24%) Blockchain
8 8 (3.24%) Hybrid Cloud
9 6 (2.43%) IoT
10 5 (2.02%) FMCG
11 4 (1.62%) Client/Server
12 2 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
12 2 (0.81%) Infotainment
12 2 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
12 2 (0.81%) Mobile Computing
13 1 (0.40%) Acoustics
13 1 (0.40%) Cloud Native
13 1 (0.40%) Online Banking
13 1 (0.40%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.24%) Linux
2 6 (2.43%) Windows
3 4 (1.62%) Unix
4 3 (1.21%) Android
4 3 (1.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (1.21%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.40%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (55.87%) Agile
2 85 (34.41%) DevOps
3 71 (28.74%) Software Testing
4 70 (28.34%) Mentoring
5 46 (18.62%) Problem-Solving
6 43 (17.41%) Functional Testing
7 41 (16.60%) CI/CD
8 40 (16.19%) SDLC
8 40 (16.19%) Software Engineering
9 38 (15.38%) Test Strategy
10 37 (14.98%) Scrum
11 30 (12.15%) Test Scripting
12 29 (11.74%) Coaching
12 29 (11.74%) Non-Functional Testing
13 26 (10.53%) Performance Testing
13 26 (10.53%) Security Testing
14 25 (10.12%) Containerisation
14 25 (10.12%) Manual Testing
15 23 (9.31%) API Testing
15 23 (9.31%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 76 (30.77%) C#
2 56 (22.67%) SQL
3 41 (16.60%) JavaScript
4 38 (15.38%) Java
5 36 (14.57%) Python
6 22 (8.91%) C
7 12 (4.86%) C++
8 11 (4.45%) TypeScript
9 6 (2.43%) PHP
9 6 (2.43%) T-SQL
10 5 (2.02%) Embedded C
10 5 (2.02%) Embedded C++
10 5 (2.02%) PL/SQL
11 4 (1.62%) MATLAB
11 4 (1.62%) VB
12 3 (1.21%) Dart
12 3 (1.21%) Groovy
12 3 (1.21%) PowerShell
12 3 (1.21%) Ruby
12 3 (1.21%) Rust
Qualifications
1 36 (14.57%) Degree
2 20 (8.10%) Security Cleared
3 14 (5.67%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (3.64%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (2.83%) ISEB
5 7 (2.83%) ISTQB
6 5 (2.02%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.62%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.62%) SC Cleared
8 3 (1.21%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.81%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (32.39%) QA
2 9 (3.64%) NCSC
3 6 (2.43%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.21%) JTAG
4 3 (1.21%) MISRA
4 3 (1.21%) MISRA C
5 1 (0.40%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.40%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (8.91%) Docker
2 8 (3.24%) Embedded Firmware
2 8 (3.24%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 26 (10.53%) Kubernetes
2 20 (8.10%) Terraform
3 8 (3.24%) Ansible
3 8 (3.24%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.40%) Grafana
4 1 (0.40%) Kibana
Vendors
1 38 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.45%) IBM
3 9 (3.64%) Databricks
4 8 (3.24%) Dynatrace
4 8 (3.24%) Red Hat
4 8 (3.24%) Xamarin
5 7 (2.83%) InterSystems
5 7 (2.83%) SAP
6 6 (2.43%) Google
6 6 (2.43%) Jaspersoft
6 6 (2.43%) Oracle
6 6 (2.43%) YouTube
7 5 (2.02%) Atlassian
7 5 (2.02%) SYSPRO
8 4 (1.62%) Siemens
9 3 (1.21%) Lauterbach
9 3 (1.21%) Telerik
10 1 (0.40%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.40%) Splunk
10 1 (0.40%) Talend