Test Automation Job Trends in the North of England

Automated Testing
England > North of England

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

6 months to
6 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 101 123
Rank change year-on-year +1 +22 -60
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 318 294 369
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.54% 3.21% 1.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.20% 3.52% 2.46%
Number of salaries quoted 221 128 227
10th Percentile £42,000 £32,350 £34,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,000 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,620
90th Percentile £83,750 £97,528 £78,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,486 8,344 15,024
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 70.08% 91.24% 79.53%
Number of salaries quoted 10,837 4,097 11,224
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,125 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,525 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Test Automation job vacancy trend in the North of England

Test Automation
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Test Automation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Test Automation

Test Automation
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Automation in the North of England over the 6 months to 6 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Test Automation in the North of England

Test Automation
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Automation within the North of England region over the 6 months to 6 July 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
North West -10 170 £63,750 -1.92% 70
North East +3 79 £52,500 -2.61% 24
Yorkshire -14 69 £69,310 +41.45% 42
Test Automation
England

Test Automation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (3.77%) Apache Spark
2 9 (2.83%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 9 (2.83%) Apache
2 9 (2.83%) Apache Airflow
2 9 (2.83%) Jupyter
3 5 (1.57%) Confluence
4 3 (0.94%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.63%) nginx
6 1 (0.31%) CMS
6 1 (0.31%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.31%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.31%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (1.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.31%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.31%) Oracle SCM
2 1 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 140 (44.03%) AWS
2 104 (32.70%) Azure
3 54 (16.98%) Azure DevOps
4 43 (13.52%) Serverless
5 24 (7.55%) GitHub
6 21 (6.60%) Amazon S3
7 18 (5.66%) Azure Data Factory
8 17 (5.35%) SaaS
9 15 (4.72%) AWS Lambda
10 14 (4.40%) Azure AKS
10 14 (4.40%) Azure Service Bus
11 13 (4.09%) Amazon EC2
11 13 (4.09%) AWS CloudFormation
12 12 (3.77%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 12 (3.77%) Firebase
12 12 (3.77%) GCP
13 11 (3.46%) Azure Monitor
14 9 (2.83%) Amazon ECR
14 9 (2.83%) Azure Logic Apps
14 9 (2.83%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.94%) HTTP
2 2 (0.63%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (8.81%) PostgreSQL
2 27 (8.49%) MongoDB
3 24 (7.55%) NoSQL
4 17 (5.35%) DynamoDB
5 15 (4.72%) Spark SQL
6 14 (4.40%) MySQL
7 11 (3.46%) Data Warehouse
8 9 (2.83%) Amazon Athena
9 8 (2.52%) SQL Server
10 5 (1.57%) Elasticsearch
10 5 (1.57%) Power BI
10 5 (1.57%) Relational Database
11 4 (1.26%) Flink
11 4 (1.26%) Neo4j
12 3 (0.94%) Big Data
13 2 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
13 2 (0.63%) Data Lake
13 2 (0.63%) Redis
14 1 (0.31%) BusinessObjects
14 1 (0.31%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 50 (15.72%) GitLab
2 31 (9.75%) Jenkins
3 23 (7.23%) Git
4 19 (5.97%) JIRA
5 18 (5.66%) fastlane
6 16 (5.03%) Postman
7 14 (4.40%) Cypress.io
8 11 (3.46%) Cucumber
9 10 (3.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 8 (2.52%) JUnit
10 8 (2.52%) Maven
10 8 (2.52%) Spock
11 7 (2.20%) REST Assured
12 6 (1.89%) Bitbucket
12 6 (1.89%) JMeter
12 6 (1.89%) LabVIEW
12 6 (1.89%) Selenium
12 6 (1.89%) Xcode
13 5 (1.57%) Android Studio
13 5 (1.57%) Gradle
General
1 77 (24.21%) Public Sector
2 61 (19.18%) Social Skills
3 54 (16.98%) Finance
4 33 (10.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 30 (9.43%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (5.03%) Banking
7 14 (4.40%) Marketing
8 9 (2.83%) Electronics
8 9 (2.83%) Investment Banking
9 8 (2.52%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (2.20%) Games
10 7 (2.20%) Legal
11 6 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.57%) Law
12 5 (1.57%) Retail
13 4 (1.26%) Manufacturing
13 4 (1.26%) Publishing
14 3 (0.94%) French Language
14 3 (0.94%) Italian Language
14 3 (0.94%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 96 (30.19%) Senior
2 60 (18.87%) Test Engineer
3 59 (18.55%) Developer
4 51 (16.04%) Lead
5 39 (12.26%) Software Engineer
6 30 (9.43%) DevOps Engineer
7 26 (8.18%) Senior Developer
8 25 (7.86%) Java Engineer
9 22 (6.92%) Data Engineer
10 21 (6.60%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 19 (5.97%) Senior DevOps
11 19 (5.97%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 17 (5.35%) Java Developer
13 15 (4.72%) Lead Data Engineer
14 14 (4.40%) Applications Engineer
15 13 (4.09%) Full-Stack Developer
15 13 (4.09%) Platform Engineer
15 13 (4.09%) Senior Test Engineer
16 12 (3.77%) Azure Engineer
17 11 (3.46%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (15.41%) Node.js
2 45 (14.15%) Spring
3 43 (13.52%) AngularJS
4 42 (13.21%) REST
5 39 (12.26%) React
6 37 (11.64%) Spring Boot
7 28 (8.81%) RESTful
8 26 (8.18%) PySpark
9 22 (6.92%) .NET
10 18 (5.66%) Vue
11 17 (5.35%) CSS
11 17 (5.35%) Playwright
12 16 (5.03%) HTML
13 12 (3.77%) Next.js
14 10 (3.14%) OAuth
15 9 (2.83%) ARM Templates
15 9 (2.83%) Kafka
15 9 (2.83%) OAuth2
16 8 (2.52%) GraphQL
16 8 (2.52%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 43 (13.52%) Cloud Native
2 35 (11.01%) Product Ownership
3 30 (9.43%) Mobile App
4 14 (4.40%) Distributed Systems
5 12 (3.77%) Onboarding
6 9 (2.83%) Private Cloud
7 8 (2.52%) Data Structures
8 7 (2.20%) Low-Code
9 5 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.57%) Marketing Technology
9 5 (1.57%) Virtual Team
10 4 (1.26%) AI Agents
10 4 (1.26%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (1.26%) Online Games
11 3 (0.94%) Algorithms
11 3 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (0.94%) Data Centre
11 3 (0.94%) NHS
11 3 (0.94%) PKI
12 2 (0.63%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 25 (7.86%) Linux
2 19 (5.97%) Unix
2 19 (5.97%) Windows
3 18 (5.66%) Apple iOS
4 11 (3.46%) Android
5 1 (0.31%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 198 (62.26%) CI/CD
2 175 (55.03%) Agile
3 137 (43.08%) DevOps
4 120 (37.74%) Mentoring
5 79 (24.84%) Continuous Improvement
6 77 (24.21%) Software Engineering
7 76 (23.90%) Problem-Solving
8 74 (23.27%) Microservices
9 70 (22.01%) Full-Stack Development
10 69 (21.70%) Scrum
11 66 (20.75%) Coaching
12 65 (20.44%) TDD
13 64 (20.13%) Infrastructure as Code
14 47 (14.78%) Continuous Integration
15 44 (13.84%) Observability
16 41 (12.89%) AI
17 36 (11.32%) Deployment Automation
17 36 (11.32%) Design Patterns
18 34 (10.69%) Architectural Patterns
18 34 (10.69%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 134 (42.14%) Java
2 105 (33.02%) Python
3 83 (26.10%) SQL
4 68 (21.38%) JavaScript
5 42 (13.21%) TypeScript
6 34 (10.69%) C#
7 13 (4.09%) Swift
8 10 (3.14%) Bash
8 10 (3.14%) Kotlin
9 9 (2.83%) Groovy
10 8 (2.52%) Go
10 8 (2.52%) Ruby
11 6 (1.89%) C++
12 5 (1.57%) PHP
12 5 (1.57%) VB
13 4 (1.26%) C
14 2 (0.63%) PowerShell
14 2 (0.63%) VB.NET
15 1 (0.31%) Perl
15 1 (0.31%) VBA
Qualifications
1 30 (9.43%) Degree
2 27 (8.49%) Security Cleared
3 21 (6.60%) SC Cleared
4 15 (4.72%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (3.46%) DBS Check
6 6 (1.89%) HNC
7 4 (1.26%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.26%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 4 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.26%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.94%) ISTQB
8 3 (0.94%) NVQ Level 3
9 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.31%) CISM
10 1 (0.31%) CISSP
10 1 (0.31%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.31%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.31%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (16.35%) QA
2 31 (9.75%) Accessibility
3 18 (5.66%) WCAG
4 14 (4.40%) Data Quality
5 12 (3.77%) GDPR
6 1 (0.31%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.31%) NIST
System Software
1 44 (13.84%) Docker
Systems Management
1 59 (18.55%) Terraform
2 32 (10.06%) Kubernetes
3 13 (4.09%) Argo
4 5 (1.57%) Ansible
5 4 (1.26%) Grafana
6 3 (0.94%) Packer
7 1 (0.31%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.31%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.31%) Puppet
7 1 (0.31%) Rancher
Vendors
1 23 (7.23%) Databricks
2 17 (5.35%) Microsoft
3 13 (4.09%) Dynatrace
4 12 (3.77%) AppDynamics
4 12 (3.77%) Splunk
5 11 (3.46%) Salesforce
6 9 (2.83%) Adobe
6 9 (2.83%) Google
7 7 (2.20%) Pega
8 6 (1.89%) Apple
9 3 (0.94%) IBM
9 3 (0.94%) Keysight
10 2 (0.63%) Braze
10 2 (0.63%) dotdigital
10 2 (0.63%) Oracle
11 1 (0.31%) Blue Prism
11 1 (0.31%) Confluent
11 1 (0.31%) DevExpress
11 1 (0.31%) Hotjar
11 1 (0.31%) SAP