Automated Testing
Hampshire > Portsmouth
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Portsmouth requiring Test Automation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Test Automation over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 28 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 39 | 42 | 22 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +3 | -20 | +27 |
| Permanent jobs citing Test Automation | 16 | 16 | 44 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Portsmouth | 3.87% | 2.93% | 10.68% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 4.09% | 3.88% | 11.67% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 13 | 10 | 21 |
| 10th Percentile | £44,300 | £47,075 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £56,000 | £47,500 | £47,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £50,000 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +20.00% | -13.04% | +4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £53,438 | £68,750 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £55,000 | £70,000 |
| Hampshire median annual salary | £58,000 | £54,000 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.41% | -10.00% | +9.09% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Portsmouth
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 Portsmouth.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 391 | 412 | 377 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Portsmouth | 94.67% | 75.32% | 91.50% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 182 | 353 | 250 |
| 10th Percentile | £32,500 | £29,100 | £29,360 |
| 25th Percentile | £47,546 | £40,000 | £37,625 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £53,375 | £48,500 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +10.05% | -3.00% | -4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £66,250 | £65,000 | £67,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £78,750 | £75,000 | £77,500 |
| Hampshire median annual salary | £52,500 | £50,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -9.09% | +4.76% |
Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth
Job postings citing Test Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth.
Test Automation
Salary Trend in Portsmouth
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test Automation in Portsmouth.
Test Automation
Salary Histogram in Portsmouth
Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Automation in Portsmouth over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.
Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth 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: