QA Automation Job Trends in Northampton

Quality Assurance (QA) Automation
Northamptonshire > Northampton

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northampton requiring QA Automation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing QA Automation 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Northampton 0.19% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
Northamptonshire median annual salary - - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Northampton

QA 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 Northampton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 411 168 354
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northampton 76.11% 79.25% 74.06%
Number of salaries quoted 248 140 275
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,475 £24,750
25th Percentile £36,625 £32,500 £30,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +13.89% -18.18%
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,750 £71,250
Northamptonshire median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +25.00% -27.27%

QA Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Northampton

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

QA Automation job vacancy trend in Northampton

QA Automation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northampton 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Tricentis Tosca
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Automation Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA