Automated Testing
Dorset > Poole
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Poole requiring Test Automation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 2 Jan 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 12 | 11 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | -1 | +20 |
| Permanent jobs citing Test Automation | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Poole | - | 8.70% | 10.47% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | 9.76% | 11.69% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £33,000 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £29,750 | £37,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | £40,750 | £52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -22.38% | +23.53% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £51,250 | £53,750 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £53,500 | - |
| Dorset median annual salary | £80,000 | £42,500 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +88.24% | -19.05% | +10.53% |
All Process & Methodology Skills
Poole
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 Poole.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 117 | 41 | 77 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Poole | 73.58% | 89.13% | 89.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 89 | 23 | 74 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,707 | £27,500 | £35,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £30,000 | £30,188 | £46,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £35,000 | £47,500 | £52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -26.32% | -9.52% | +5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £43,750 | £52,500 | £62,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £56,000 | £53,750 | £69,625 |
| Dorset median annual salary | £40,000 | £50,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -20.00% | -9.09% | +10.00% |
Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Poole
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Test Automation relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Poole.
Test Automation
Salary Trend in Poole
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Poole citing Test Automation.
