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 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 126 45 36
Rank change year-on-year -81 -9 +4
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 360 1,149 1,309
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 2.06% 6.66% 7.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.46% 6.87% 7.73%
Number of salaries quoted 241 313 722
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £36,637
25th Percentile £42,750 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £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 14,610 16,719 16,925
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 83.41% 96.85% 93.98%
Number of salaries quoted 11,215 8,010 10,606
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £40,000 £38,386
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +5.26%
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 12 May 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 12 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
North West -72 219 £56,250 -2.17% 73
Yorkshire -73 109 £55,000 - 33
North East -38 32 £60,000 +4.35% 4
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 (5.56%) Confluence
2 8 (2.22%) IIS
3 7 (1.94%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 4 (1.11%) CMS
4 4 (1.11%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.56%) WordPress
6 1 (0.28%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 9 (2.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.39%) MS Visio
2 5 (1.39%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.56%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.56%) Fusion 360
4 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 14 (3.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.56%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 115 (31.94%) AWS
2 98 (27.22%) Azure
3 41 (11.39%) Amazon S3
4 37 (10.28%) Amazon EKS
5 36 (10.00%) Amazon ECR
5 36 (10.00%) IBM Cloud
5 36 (10.00%) OCI
5 36 (10.00%) Route 53
6 32 (8.89%) SaaS
7 24 (6.67%) GCP
8 20 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
9 18 (5.00%) Power Automate
9 18 (5.00%) Power Platform
10 17 (4.72%) Dynamics 365
10 17 (4.72%) GitHub
11 14 (3.89%) Cloud Computing
12 13 (3.61%) BrowserStack
12 13 (3.61%) Serverless
13 10 (2.78%) GitHub Actions
13 10 (2.78%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.33%) 3G
1 12 (3.33%) 4G
1 12 (3.33%) MQTT
1 12 (3.33%) RS-485
1 12 (3.33%) Wi-Fi
1 12 (3.33%) Wireless
2 7 (1.94%) Firewall
3 6 (1.67%) Internet
4 4 (1.11%) 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 (10.28%) Amazon RDS
2 32 (8.89%) NoSQL
2 32 (8.89%) PostgreSQL
3 27 (7.50%) MySQL
4 25 (6.94%) MongoDB
5 10 (2.78%) Relational Database
6 8 (2.22%) Data Lake
6 8 (2.22%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (2.22%) SQL Server
7 3 (0.83%) DynamoDB
7 3 (0.83%) Power BI
8 2 (0.56%) Redis
9 1 (0.28%) Big Data
9 1 (0.28%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.28%) GIS
9 1 (0.28%) LogicBlox
Development Applications
1 61 (16.94%) Git
2 48 (13.33%) Selenium
3 31 (8.61%) Appium
4 27 (7.50%) JIRA
5 24 (6.67%) Cucumber
5 24 (6.67%) Jenkins
5 24 (6.67%) Postman
6 22 (6.11%) Cypress.io
6 22 (6.11%) JMeter
7 14 (3.89%) CircleCI
7 14 (3.89%) JUnit
8 11 (3.06%) GitLab
8 11 (3.06%) Jasmine
9 9 (2.50%) LoadRunner
10 8 (2.22%) Bitbucket
10 8 (2.22%) SpecFlow
10 8 (2.22%) Visual Studio
11 7 (1.94%) MSTest
12 6 (1.67%) TeamCity
12 6 (1.67%) WebDriver
General
1 83 (23.06%) Social Skills
2 79 (21.94%) Public Sector
3 68 (18.89%) Finance
4 49 (13.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 30 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (5.83%) Retail
7 16 (4.44%) Marketing
8 15 (4.17%) Law
9 14 (3.89%) Automotive
10 13 (3.61%) Manufacturing
11 12 (3.33%) Mandarin Language
12 11 (3.06%) Banking
13 8 (2.22%) Aerospace
13 8 (2.22%) Electronics
14 6 (1.67%) Financial Institution
15 5 (1.39%) Legal
15 5 (1.39%) Pharmaceutical
15 5 (1.39%) Tech for Good
16 3 (0.83%) Advertising
16 3 (0.83%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 109 (30.28%) Senior
2 76 (21.11%) Developer
3 56 (15.56%) Software Engineer
4 48 (13.33%) Lead
5 43 (11.94%) DevOps Engineer
6 42 (11.67%) Senior DevOps
6 42 (11.67%) Senior DevOps Engineer
7 26 (7.22%) Tester
8 23 (6.39%) Senior Software Engineer
8 23 (6.39%) Test Engineer
9 22 (6.11%) Java Engineer
10 21 (5.83%) Senior Developer
11 20 (5.56%) Java Software Engineer
11 20 (5.56%) Senior Java Engineer
11 20 (5.56%) Senior Java Software Engineer
11 20 (5.56%) Software Developer
12 18 (5.00%) Embedded Engineer
12 18 (5.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
13 14 (3.89%) Analyst
13 14 (3.89%) Automation Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (13.33%) RESTful
2 34 (9.44%) .NET
3 30 (8.33%) REST
4 29 (8.06%) HTML
5 26 (7.22%) CSS
6 22 (6.11%) React
7 20 (5.56%) JSON
8 19 (5.28%) Node.js
9 15 (4.17%) Jest
10 13 (3.61%) AngularJS
11 12 (3.33%) Playwright
12 11 (3.06%) Gherkin
13 10 (2.78%) Android SDK
13 10 (2.78%) Web Services
14 9 (2.50%) CSS3
15 8 (2.22%) .NET Core
15 8 (2.22%) HTML5
15 8 (2.22%) LLVM
16 7 (1.94%) React Native
16 7 (1.94%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 36 (10.00%) Blockchain
1 36 (10.00%) e-Learning
1 36 (10.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 22 (6.11%) Self-Motivation
3 21 (5.83%) Mobile App
4 18 (5.00%) Product Ownership
5 12 (3.33%) Enterprise Software
6 11 (3.06%) Public Cloud
7 7 (1.94%) Cloud Native
7 7 (1.94%) NHS
8 6 (1.67%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (1.67%) Embedded Systems
8 6 (1.67%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (1.67%) Virtual Team
9 5 (1.39%) Client/Server
9 5 (1.39%) Low-Code
10 4 (1.11%) Data Structures
10 4 (1.11%) IoT
10 4 (1.11%) Operational Technology
10 4 (1.11%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 35 (9.72%) Linux
2 25 (6.94%) Windows
3 15 (4.17%) Android
4 12 (3.33%) Embedded Linux
5 8 (2.22%) Apple iOS
6 7 (1.94%) Windows Server
7 6 (1.67%) FreeRTOS
8 4 (1.11%) Mac OS
8 4 (1.11%) VMS
9 2 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 241 (66.94%) Agile
2 129 (35.83%) DevOps
3 110 (30.56%) Mentoring
4 104 (28.89%) Coaching
5 101 (28.06%) CI/CD
6 97 (26.94%) Software Engineering
7 82 (22.78%) Software Testing
8 69 (19.17%) Continuous Integration
9 65 (18.06%) TDD
10 57 (15.83%) Containerisation
11 50 (13.89%) Artificial Intelligence
12 47 (13.06%) BDD
13 43 (11.94%) Problem-Solving
14 42 (11.67%) Microservices
15 40 (11.11%) Continuous Deployment
16 39 (10.83%) Roadmaps
17 37 (10.28%) Observability
17 37 (10.28%) Scrum
18 36 (10.00%) SDLC
18 36 (10.00%) Secrets Management
Programming Languages
1 84 (23.33%) JavaScript
2 73 (20.28%) Java
3 68 (18.89%) SQL
4 64 (17.78%) C#
5 42 (11.67%) Python
6 40 (11.11%) C
7 31 (8.61%) TypeScript
8 18 (5.00%) C++
9 14 (3.89%) Go
10 13 (3.61%) Kotlin
11 8 (2.22%) Ruby
12 5 (1.39%) Fortran
12 5 (1.39%) PHP
13 4 (1.11%) Groovy
13 4 (1.11%) VB.NET
14 3 (0.83%) PowerShell
14 3 (0.83%) Swift
15 2 (0.56%) T-SQL
16 1 (0.28%) VB
Qualifications
1 51 (14.17%) Degree
2 17 (4.72%) Security Cleared
3 15 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
3 15 (4.17%) ISTQB
4 14 (3.89%) SC Cleared
5 7 (1.94%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.39%) ITIL Certification
6 5 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.11%) CIPD
7 4 (1.11%) DBS Check
8 3 (0.83%) ISEB
9 2 (0.56%) BC Cleared
9 2 (0.56%) HND
10 1 (0.28%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.28%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.28%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (19.44%) QA
2 21 (5.83%) GDPR
3 9 (2.50%) Accessibility
4 8 (2.22%) PSD2
5 5 (1.39%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.56%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.28%) NIST
7 1 (0.28%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 15 (4.17%) Docker
2 4 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (1.11%) VMware Server
3 2 (0.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 52 (14.44%) Terraform
2 48 (13.33%) Kubernetes
3 36 (10.00%) Prometheus
4 11 (3.06%) Ansible
5 9 (2.50%) Progress Chef
6 6 (1.67%) Kibana
7 5 (1.39%) Grafana
8 1 (0.28%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.28%) Kiali
Vendors
1 46 (12.78%) Microsoft
2 36 (10.00%) Dynatrace
2 36 (10.00%) IBM
2 36 (10.00%) Red Hat
3 23 (6.39%) Google
4 8 (2.22%) Duck Creek
5 6 (1.67%) Adobe
6 5 (1.39%) Automation Anywhere
6 5 (1.39%) BT
6 5 (1.39%) iManage
6 5 (1.39%) Splunk
6 5 (1.39%) YouTube
7 4 (1.11%) Facebook
7 4 (1.11%) VMware
8 3 (0.83%) SAP
9 2 (0.56%) Autodesk
9 2 (0.56%) Brio
9 2 (0.56%) EMC
9 2 (0.56%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.28%) Infor