Test Automation Jobs in the North of England

Automated Testing
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 126 44 36
Rank change year-on-year -82 -8 +5
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 358 1,182 1,313
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 2.07% 6.79% 7.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.47% 7.01% 7.74%
Number of salaries quoted 238 337 742
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,750 £36,637
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £56,500 £53,112
Median % change year-on-year -0.44% +6.38% +14.22%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,500 £73,675
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,479 16,873 16,956
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 83.82% 96.89% 93.84%
Number of salaries quoted 11,126 8,022 10,813
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £29,250
25th Percentile £37,099 £40,000 £38,386
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +9.62% +5.63%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
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 North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in the North of England

Test Automation
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test Automation in the North of England.

Salary trend for Test Automation in the North of England

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 29 April 2024.

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 29 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
North West -66 215 £55,000 -6.38% 89
Yorkshire -71 108 £55,000 +4.76% 34
North East -36 35 £60,000 +4.35% 5
Test Automation
England

Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 20 (5.59%) Confluence
2 8 (2.23%) IIS
3 7 (1.96%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 4 (1.12%) CMS
4 4 (1.12%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.56%) WordPress
6 1 (0.28%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 9 (2.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.40%) MS Visio
2 5 (1.40%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.56%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.56%) Fusion 360
4 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 14 (3.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.56%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 116 (32.40%) AWS
2 96 (26.82%) Azure
3 41 (11.45%) Amazon S3
4 37 (10.34%) Amazon EKS
5 36 (10.06%) Amazon ECR
5 36 (10.06%) IBM Cloud
5 36 (10.06%) OCI
5 36 (10.06%) Route 53
6 28 (7.82%) SaaS
7 23 (6.42%) GCP
8 22 (6.15%) Azure DevOps
9 19 (5.31%) GitHub
10 18 (5.03%) Power Automate
10 18 (5.03%) Power Platform
11 17 (4.75%) Dynamics 365
12 14 (3.91%) Cloud Computing
13 13 (3.63%) BrowserStack
13 13 (3.63%) Serverless
14 10 (2.79%) GitHub Actions
14 10 (2.79%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.35%) 3G
1 12 (3.35%) 4G
1 12 (3.35%) MQTT
1 12 (3.35%) RS-485
1 12 (3.35%) Wi-Fi
1 12 (3.35%) Wireless
2 7 (1.96%) Firewall
3 6 (1.68%) Internet
4 4 (1.12%) DNS
5 2 (0.56%) HTTP
6 1 (0.28%) Broadband
6 1 (0.28%) Multicast
6 1 (0.28%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.28%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (10.34%) Amazon RDS
2 32 (8.94%) PostgreSQL
3 31 (8.66%) NoSQL
4 27 (7.54%) MySQL
5 25 (6.98%) MongoDB
6 10 (2.79%) Relational Database
7 8 (2.23%) Data Lake
7 8 (2.23%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (2.23%) SQL Server
8 3 (0.84%) DynamoDB
8 3 (0.84%) Power BI
9 2 (0.56%) Redis
10 1 (0.28%) Big Data
10 1 (0.28%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.28%) GIS
10 1 (0.28%) LogicBlox
Development Applications
1 59 (16.48%) Git
2 49 (13.69%) Selenium
3 31 (8.66%) Appium
4 27 (7.54%) JIRA
5 26 (7.26%) Cucumber
5 26 (7.26%) Jenkins
6 24 (6.70%) Postman
7 22 (6.15%) Cypress.io
7 22 (6.15%) JMeter
8 14 (3.91%) JUnit
9 13 (3.63%) CircleCI
9 13 (3.63%) GitLab
10 11 (3.07%) Jasmine
11 9 (2.51%) LoadRunner
12 8 (2.23%) Bitbucket
12 8 (2.23%) SpecFlow
12 8 (2.23%) Visual Studio
13 7 (1.96%) MSTest
14 6 (1.68%) HP UFT
14 6 (1.68%) WebDriver
General
1 81 (22.63%) Social Skills
2 79 (22.07%) Public Sector
3 71 (19.83%) Finance
4 50 (13.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 29 (8.10%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (5.31%) Retail
7 16 (4.47%) Marketing
8 15 (4.19%) Law
9 14 (3.91%) Automotive
10 13 (3.63%) Banking
10 13 (3.63%) Manufacturing
11 12 (3.35%) Mandarin Language
12 8 (2.23%) Aerospace
12 8 (2.23%) Electronics
13 6 (1.68%) Financial Institution
13 6 (1.68%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (1.40%) Legal
14 5 (1.40%) Tech for Good
15 3 (0.84%) Advertising
15 3 (0.84%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 111 (31.01%) Senior
2 75 (20.95%) Developer
3 57 (15.92%) Software Engineer
4 48 (13.41%) Lead
5 42 (11.73%) DevOps Engineer
6 41 (11.45%) Senior DevOps
6 41 (11.45%) Senior DevOps Engineer
7 29 (8.10%) Tester
8 25 (6.98%) Senior Software Engineer
9 23 (6.42%) Test Engineer
10 22 (6.15%) Java Engineer
10 22 (6.15%) Senior Developer
11 20 (5.59%) Java Software Engineer
11 20 (5.59%) Senior Java Engineer
11 20 (5.59%) Senior Java Software Engineer
12 19 (5.31%) Software Developer
13 18 (5.03%) Embedded Engineer
13 18 (5.03%) Embedded Software Engineer
14 16 (4.47%) Automation Tester
15 14 (3.91%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (13.41%) RESTful
2 33 (9.22%) .NET
3 30 (8.38%) REST
4 29 (8.10%) HTML
5 26 (7.26%) CSS
6 23 (6.42%) React
7 20 (5.59%) JSON
8 19 (5.31%) Node.js
9 15 (4.19%) Jest
10 13 (3.63%) AngularJS
11 12 (3.35%) Playwright
12 11 (3.07%) Gherkin
13 10 (2.79%) Android SDK
13 10 (2.79%) Web Services
14 9 (2.51%) CSS3
15 8 (2.23%) .NET Core
15 8 (2.23%) HTML5
15 8 (2.23%) LLVM
16 7 (1.96%) React Native
16 7 (1.96%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 36 (10.06%) Blockchain
1 36 (10.06%) e-Learning
1 36 (10.06%) Hybrid Cloud
2 22 (6.15%) Self-Motivation
3 21 (5.87%) Mobile App
4 19 (5.31%) Product Ownership
5 11 (3.07%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (2.79%) Public Cloud
7 7 (1.96%) Greenfield Project
7 7 (1.96%) NHS
8 6 (1.68%) Cloud Native
8 6 (1.68%) Embedded Systems
8 6 (1.68%) Virtual Team
9 5 (1.40%) Client/Server
9 5 (1.40%) Distributed Systems
9 5 (1.40%) Low-Code
10 4 (1.12%) Data Structures
10 4 (1.12%) IoT
10 4 (1.12%) Operational Technology
10 4 (1.12%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 34 (9.50%) Linux
2 23 (6.42%) Windows
3 15 (4.19%) Android
4 12 (3.35%) Embedded Linux
5 8 (2.23%) Apple iOS
6 7 (1.96%) Windows Server
7 6 (1.68%) FreeRTOS
8 4 (1.12%) Mac OS
8 4 (1.12%) VMS
9 2 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 241 (67.32%) Agile
2 127 (35.47%) DevOps
3 110 (30.73%) Mentoring
4 104 (29.05%) Coaching
5 99 (27.65%) CI/CD
5 99 (27.65%) Software Engineering
6 80 (22.35%) Software Testing
7 69 (19.27%) TDD
8 67 (18.72%) Continuous Integration
9 56 (15.64%) Containerisation
10 50 (13.97%) Artificial Intelligence
11 49 (13.69%) BDD
12 44 (12.29%) Problem-Solving
13 43 (12.01%) Microservices
14 39 (10.89%) Continuous Deployment
15 37 (10.34%) Observability
15 37 (10.34%) Scrum
16 36 (10.06%) Roadmaps
16 36 (10.06%) Secrets Management
17 35 (9.78%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 85 (23.74%) JavaScript
2 76 (21.23%) Java
3 67 (18.72%) SQL
4 63 (17.60%) C#
5 41 (11.45%) Python
6 38 (10.61%) C
7 34 (9.50%) TypeScript
8 16 (4.47%) C++
9 14 (3.91%) Go
10 13 (3.63%) Kotlin
11 8 (2.23%) Ruby
12 5 (1.40%) Fortran
12 5 (1.40%) PHP
13 4 (1.12%) Groovy
13 4 (1.12%) VB.NET
14 3 (0.84%) PowerShell
14 3 (0.84%) Swift
15 2 (0.56%) T-SQL
16 1 (0.28%) Scala
16 1 (0.28%) VB
Qualifications
1 51 (14.25%) Degree
2 16 (4.47%) Security Cleared
3 15 (4.19%) Computer Science Degree
3 15 (4.19%) ISTQB
4 14 (3.91%) SC Cleared
5 7 (1.96%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.40%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (1.40%) ITIL Certification
6 5 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (1.12%) CIPD
7 4 (1.12%) DBS Check
8 3 (0.84%) ISEB
9 2 (0.56%) HND
10 1 (0.28%) BC Cleared
10 1 (0.28%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.28%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.28%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (19.55%) QA
2 21 (5.87%) GDPR
3 12 (3.35%) Accessibility
4 8 (2.23%) PSD2
5 5 (1.40%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.56%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.28%) NIST
7 1 (0.28%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 17 (4.75%) Docker
2 4 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (1.12%) VMware Server
3 2 (0.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 52 (14.53%) Terraform
2 49 (13.69%) Kubernetes
3 36 (10.06%) Prometheus
4 11 (3.07%) Ansible
5 9 (2.51%) Progress Chef
6 6 (1.68%) Kibana
7 5 (1.40%) Grafana
8 1 (0.28%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.28%) Kiali
8 1 (0.28%) Puppet
Vendors
1 46 (12.85%) Microsoft
2 36 (10.06%) Dynatrace
2 36 (10.06%) IBM
2 36 (10.06%) Red Hat
3 23 (6.42%) Google
4 8 (2.23%) Duck Creek
5 6 (1.68%) Adobe
6 5 (1.40%) Automation Anywhere
6 5 (1.40%) iManage
6 5 (1.40%) Splunk
6 5 (1.40%) YouTube
7 4 (1.12%) Facebook
7 4 (1.12%) VMware
8 2 (0.56%) Autodesk
8 2 (0.56%) Brio
8 2 (0.56%) BT
8 2 (0.56%) Databricks
8 2 (0.56%) EMC
8 2 (0.56%) SAP
8 2 (0.56%) ServiceNow