Automated Testing
Devon > Paignton
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Paignton requiring Test Automation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 4 Nov 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +3 | -2 | -1 |
| Permanent jobs citing Test Automation | 12 | 13 | 17 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Paignton | 92.31% | 72.22% | 94.44% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 92.31% | 72.22% | 94.44% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £47,500 | £90,000 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | -47.22% | - | - |
| Devon median annual salary | £47,500 | £76,250 | £43,169 |
| % change year-on-year | -37.70% | +76.63% | -4.07% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Paignton
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 Paignton.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 13 | 18 | 18 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Paignton | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £48,750 | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £47,500 | £90,000 | £35,392 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -47.22% | +154.29% | -37.91% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £62,500 | - | - |
| Devon median annual salary | £37,000 | £45,000 | £45,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -17.78% | - | +9.59% |
Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Paignton
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Test Automation relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Paignton.
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Salary Trend in Paignton
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Paignton citing Test Automation.
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Paignton 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: