Test Automation Jobs in Oxfordshire

Automated Testing
South East > Oxfordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Oxfordshire 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 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 85 27 16
Rank change year-on-year -58 -11 +16
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 30 143 191
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 1.78% 8.92% 12.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.19% 9.36% 13.27%
Number of salaries quoted 28 25 87
10th Percentile - £40,500 £48,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £47,500 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £57,500 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.61% -32.35% +70.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 -
90th Percentile £68,825 £105,000 £95,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £59,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +15.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,367 1,528 1,439
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 80.94% 95.26% 93.87%
Number of salaries quoted 1,110 799 917
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £30,265
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,936 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.13% -9.09% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61,813 £67,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £72,625 £82,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +8.91%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

Job postings citing Test Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in Oxfordshire

Test Automation
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test Automation in Oxfordshire.

Salary trend for Test Automation in Oxfordshire

Test Automation
Salary Histogram in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Automation in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Automation in Oxfordshire

Test Automation
Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Automation within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 23 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
Oxford -12 9 £56,500 +2.73% 2
Kidlington - 7 £62,500 -
Bicester - 6 £40,000 - 1
Banbury - 3 £70,000 -
Abingdon -9 1 - - 1
Test Automation
South East

Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 15 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 6 (20.00%) OpenStack
Applications
1 10 (33.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (46.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (6.67%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 17 (56.67%) Dynamics 365
1 17 (56.67%) Power Automate
2 7 (23.33%) Azure
3 6 (20.00%) AWS
3 6 (20.00%) GitHub
3 6 (20.00%) IaaS
4 2 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (3.33%) GCP
5 1 (3.33%) Google Container Engine
5 1 (3.33%) Google Kubernetes Engine
5 1 (3.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.00%) Internet
2 2 (6.67%) Broadband
Development Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Cypress.io
1 1 (3.33%) Selenium
1 1 (3.33%) WebDriver
General
1 18 (60.00%) Law
2 11 (36.67%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (6.67%) Social Skills
4 1 (3.33%) Electronics
4 1 (3.33%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (56.67%) Consultant
2 14 (46.67%) CRM Consultant
2 14 (46.67%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
3 9 (30.00%) Microsoft Consultant
4 8 (26.67%) Software Engineer
5 7 (23.33%) Dynamics CRM Consultant
5 7 (23.33%) Microsoft CRM Consultant
6 6 (20.00%) Development Engineer
6 6 (20.00%) Software Development Engineer
6 6 (20.00%) Test Development Engineer
7 4 (13.33%) Functional Consultant
8 2 (6.67%) CRM Manager
8 2 (6.67%) Engineering Manager
8 2 (6.67%) Senior
8 2 (6.67%) Software Engineering Manager
8 2 (6.67%) Software Manager
9 1 (3.33%) Cloud Engineer
9 1 (3.33%) Full Stack Engineer
9 1 (3.33%) QA Test Engineer
9 1 (3.33%) Senior Full Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.67%) .NET
1 2 (6.67%) AngularJS
2 1 (3.33%) CSS
2 1 (3.33%) HTML
2 1 (3.33%) Playwright
2 1 (3.33%) React
2 1 (3.33%) STL
2 1 (3.33%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.00%) Life Science
2 2 (6.67%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.33%) Algorithms
3 1 (3.33%) Cloud Native
3 1 (3.33%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (3.33%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (3.33%) Hackathon
3 1 (3.33%) IoT
3 1 (3.33%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.33%) Molecular Biology
Operating Systems
1 7 (23.33%) Linux
2 1 (3.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (63.33%) CRM
2 18 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (56.67%) Build Automation
3 17 (56.67%) Continuous Integration
3 17 (56.67%) Data Modelling
4 16 (53.33%) DevOps
5 15 (50.00%) Ticket Management
6 11 (36.67%) Software Engineering
7 9 (30.00%) BPR
7 9 (30.00%) Mentoring
8 8 (26.67%) Full Stack Development
9 7 (23.33%) Software Testing
9 7 (23.33%) Technical Leadership
10 6 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
10 6 (20.00%) Coaching
10 6 (20.00%) Containerisation
10 6 (20.00%) Open Source
10 6 (20.00%) SDET
10 6 (20.00%) Workflow
11 5 (16.67%) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages
1 9 (30.00%) Python
2 6 (20.00%) Bash
2 6 (20.00%) Ruby
3 4 (13.33%) C#
4 2 (6.67%) Java
5 1 (3.33%) C
5 1 (3.33%) Go
5 1 (3.33%) JavaScript
5 1 (3.33%) SQL
5 1 (3.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 11 (36.67%) Degree
2 1 (3.33%) Azure Certification
2 1 (3.33%) Master's Degree
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.67%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.33%) Docker
1 1 (3.33%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (3.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 18 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.67%) Salesforce
3 1 (3.33%) Google
3 1 (3.33%) YouTube