Test Automation Job Trends in Norfolk

Automated Testing
East of England > Norfolk

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Norfolk requiring Test Automation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 37 22
Rank change year-on-year +14 -15 -2
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 9 1 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Norfolk 3.83% 0.35% 1.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.39% 0.51% 1.85%
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 2
10th Percentile £35,375 - £31,025
25th Percentile £36,250 - £32,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 - £38,250
Median % change year-on-year - - -23.50%
75th Percentile £42,313 - £43,938
90th Percentile £50,500 - £46,075
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £70,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -28.57% +75.00% -38.46%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Norfolk

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 Norfolk.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 167 198 108
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Norfolk 71.06% 70.21% 85.71%
Number of salaries quoted 79 84 79
10th Percentile £27,750 £21,500 £26,450
25th Percentile £32,500 £28,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.51% +2.78% -
75th Percentile £59,375 £65,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
East of England median annual salary £49,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.91% - -

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Norfolk

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Test Automation relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Norfolk.

Test Automation job vacancy trend in Norfolk

Test Automation
Salary Trend in Norfolk

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Norfolk citing Test Automation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Norfolk citing Test Automation

Test Automation
Salary Histogram in Norfolk

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Automation in Norfolk over the 6 months to 8 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Test Automation in Norfolk

Test Automation
Job Locations in Norfolk

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Automation within the Norfolk region over the 6 months to 8 January 2026. 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
Norwich +9 5 £47,000 - 28
King's Lynn - 4 £37,500 -
Test Automation
East of England

Test Automation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Norfolk by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (11.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
1 1 (11.11%) Power Automate
1 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
1 1 (11.11%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Data Lake
1 1 (11.11%) Power BI
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 4 (44.44%) Manufacturing
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (88.89%) Test Engineer
2 4 (44.44%) Senior
2 4 (44.44%) Senior Test Engineer
3 3 (33.33%) RF Engineer
3 3 (33.33%) RF Test Engineer
3 3 (33.33%) Senior RF Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Data Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Development Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Development Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Test Development Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (11.11%) SDLC
1 1 (11.11%) Software Engineering
1 1 (11.11%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) Degree
2 4 (44.44%) HNC