Test Automation Jobs in Reading

Automated Testing
Berkshire > Reading

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 69 32 35
Rank change year-on-year -37 +3 -15
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 49 132 131
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 2.87% 8.42% 7.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.25% 8.67% 7.90%
Number of salaries quoted 27 51 95
10th Percentile - £43,162 £35,625
25th Percentile £45,000 £55,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,750 £80,000 £77,000
Berkshire median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% +20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,506 1,522 1,659
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 88.17% 97.07% 92.47%
Number of salaries quoted 908 790 933
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,748 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.40% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £82,500
Berkshire median annual salary £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in Reading

Test Automation
Salary Trend in Reading

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

Salary trend for Test Automation in Reading

Test Automation
Salary Histogram in Reading

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Automation in Reading over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Automation in Reading

Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 12 (24.49%) Apache
2 4 (8.16%) OpenStack
3 1 (2.04%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 19 (38.78%) Azure
2 13 (26.53%) AWS
3 8 (16.33%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (14.29%) Amazon EKS
4 7 (14.29%) Serverless
5 6 (12.24%) Amazon ECS
5 6 (12.24%) SaaS
6 5 (10.20%) GitHub
7 1 (2.04%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (2.04%) Amazon S3
7 1 (2.04%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (2.04%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (2.04%) GCP
7 1 (2.04%) IaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (14.29%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (12.24%) NoSQL
2 6 (12.24%) Relational Database
3 3 (6.12%) SQL Server
4 2 (4.08%) Big Data
4 2 (4.08%) Hadoop
5 1 (2.04%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (2.04%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (2.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 18 (36.73%) Cucumber
2 17 (34.69%) Selenium
3 13 (26.53%) Jenkins
4 12 (24.49%) JUnit
4 12 (24.49%) REST Assured
4 12 (24.49%) TestNG
4 12 (24.49%) WebDriver
5 8 (16.33%) TestRail
6 7 (14.29%) Git
7 6 (12.24%) JIRA
8 5 (10.20%) Bitbucket Server
8 5 (10.20%) JMeter
8 5 (10.20%) Serenity BDD
9 4 (8.16%) Bitbucket
9 4 (8.16%) SoapUI
10 2 (4.08%) Postman
11 1 (2.04%) Artifactory
11 1 (2.04%) Hudson
11 1 (2.04%) SonarQube
General
1 13 (26.53%) Social Skills
2 10 (20.41%) Public Sector
3 7 (14.29%) Back Office
3 7 (14.29%) Police
3 7 (14.29%) Retail
4 3 (6.12%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (6.12%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (4.08%) Aerospace
5 2 (4.08%) Finance
6 1 (2.04%) Legal
6 1 (2.04%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 19 (38.78%) Developer
2 14 (28.57%) Automation Tester
2 14 (28.57%) Tester
3 10 (20.41%) Software Developer
4 7 (14.29%) Analyst
4 7 (14.29%) Systems Developer
4 7 (14.29%) Test Analyst
5 6 (12.24%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
5 6 (12.24%) Java Developer
6 4 (8.16%) DevOps Engineer
6 4 (8.16%) Full Stack Developer
6 4 (8.16%) Full Stack Java Developer
7 3 (6.12%) Developer in Test
8 2 (4.08%) Java Automation Tester
8 2 (4.08%) Lead
8 2 (4.08%) Lead Developer
8 2 (4.08%) Lead Software Developer
8 2 (4.08%) QA Engineer
8 2 (4.08%) Senior
8 2 (4.08%) Senior Full Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (38.78%) REST
2 16 (32.65%) Web Services
3 12 (24.49%) .NET
4 11 (22.45%) Apache Commons
4 11 (22.45%) Guava
4 11 (22.45%) Java Concurrency
4 11 (22.45%) WireMock
5 9 (18.37%) .NET Core
6 8 (16.33%) CSS
7 7 (14.29%) AngularJS
7 7 (14.29%) JSON
8 6 (12.24%) Node.js
8 6 (12.24%) Spring
8 6 (12.24%) Spring Boot
8 6 (12.24%) XML
9 5 (10.20%) Elastic Stack
10 4 (8.16%) Apache Camel
10 4 (8.16%) RESTful
10 4 (8.16%) SOAP
11 3 (6.12%) React
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.24%) Distributed Systems
2 2 (4.08%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (4.08%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.04%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.20%) Linux
2 2 (4.08%) CentOS
2 2 (4.08%) Debian
2 2 (4.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (4.08%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (67.35%) Agile
2 26 (53.06%) CI/CD
3 20 (40.82%) DevOps
4 19 (38.78%) BDD
5 17 (34.69%) Scrum
5 17 (34.69%) Software Testing
6 14 (28.57%) Code Quality
6 14 (28.57%) Containerisation
7 13 (26.53%) Test Management
8 12 (24.49%) API Testing
8 12 (24.49%) Design Patterns
8 12 (24.49%) Scenario Testing
8 12 (24.49%) SDET
9 11 (22.45%) Microservices
10 9 (18.37%) TDD
11 8 (16.33%) Actionable Insight
11 8 (16.33%) Agile Testing
11 8 (16.33%) Requirements Analysis
11 8 (16.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
11 8 (16.33%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 26 (53.06%) Java
2 14 (28.57%) JavaScript
3 13 (26.53%) SQL
4 11 (22.45%) C#
5 6 (12.24%) Python
6 2 (4.08%) PL/SQL
6 2 (4.08%) Shell Script
6 2 (4.08%) TypeScript
7 1 (2.04%) Go
7 1 (2.04%) Groovy
7 1 (2.04%) Perl
Qualifications
1 25 (51.02%) Security Cleared
2 13 (26.53%) SC Cleared
3 8 (16.33%) DBS Check
3 8 (16.33%) ISTQB
3 8 (16.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 7 (14.29%) Azure Certification
4 7 (14.29%) DV Cleared
5 6 (12.24%) AWS Certification
6 1 (2.04%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.04%) Degree
6 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (36.73%) QA
System Software
1 18 (36.73%) Docker
2 6 (12.24%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 21 (42.86%) Kubernetes
2 11 (22.45%) Ansible
3 6 (12.24%) Terraform
4 2 (4.08%) Kustomize
5 1 (2.04%) Kibana
5 1 (2.04%) Packer
5 1 (2.04%) Puppet
Vendors
1 4 (8.16%) WSO2
2 3 (6.12%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.04%) AppDynamics
3 1 (2.04%) Atlassian
3 1 (2.04%) Google
3 1 (2.04%) IBM
3 1 (2.04%) Oracle