Test Automation Job Trends in Somerset

Automated Testing
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring Test Automation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 47 52
Rank change year-on-year -10 +5 -15
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 27 2 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Somerset 2.45% 0.53% 0.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.47% 0.66% 1.16%
Number of salaries quoted 21 2 3
10th Percentile £41,250 £53,673 £43,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £54,102 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,891 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.59% +11.78% +11.11%
75th Percentile £72,500 £57,857 £61,250
90th Percentile - £58,393 £65,000
South West median annual salary £60,000 £53,391 £62,500
% change year-on-year +12.38% -14.57% +12.61%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 778 301 432
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 70.47% 79.63% 58.62%
Number of salaries quoted 484 155 250
10th Percentile £28,750 £26,500 £29,286
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £35,475
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £76,250
South West median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Test Automation relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Somerset.

Test Automation job vacancy trend in Somerset

Test Automation
Salary Trend in Somerset

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Test Automation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Test Automation

Test Automation
Salary Histogram in Somerset

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Automation in Somerset over the 6 months to 13 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Test Automation in Somerset

Test Automation
Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Automation within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 13 September 2026. 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
Taunton -15 12 £63,750 +10.87% 1
Clevedon - 4 - - 1
Street - 2 £80,000 - 1
Bridgwater - 2 - - 1
Bath - 1 £60,000 - 1
Test Automation
South West

Test Automation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (18.52%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 15 (55.56%) Azure
2 9 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (18.52%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (3.70%) MySQL
2 1 (3.70%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (22.22%) Git
2 5 (18.52%) JIRA
2 5 (18.52%) MSI
3 4 (14.81%) JMeter
3 4 (14.81%) Selenium
4 2 (7.41%) Cypress.io
4 2 (7.41%) REST Assured
4 2 (7.41%) TestRail
General
1 8 (29.63%) Manufacturing
1 8 (29.63%) Social Skills
2 7 (25.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 6 (22.22%) Electronics
4 5 (18.52%) Public Sector
5 3 (11.11%) Aerospace
6 2 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (7.41%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 13 (48.15%) Senior
2 10 (37.04%) Test Engineer
3 9 (33.33%) Developer
4 6 (22.22%) Senior Software Engineer
4 6 (22.22%) Software Engineer
5 5 (18.52%) Senior Developer
6 2 (7.41%) Lead
6 2 (7.41%) QA Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) QA Test Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) Senior QA Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) Senior Test Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) Test Automation Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) WPF Developer
7 1 (3.70%) Full-Stack Developer
7 1 (3.70%) QA Leader
7 1 (3.70%) Software Developer
7 1 (3.70%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (51.85%) WPF
2 9 (33.33%) .NET
3 6 (22.22%) Playwright
3 6 (22.22%) Vue
4 5 (18.52%) .NET Core
4 5 (18.52%) .NET Framework
4 5 (18.52%) ATL
4 5 (18.52%) COM
4 5 (18.52%) CSS
4 5 (18.52%) CSS3
4 5 (18.52%) GeoJSON
4 5 (18.52%) HTML
4 5 (18.52%) HTML5
4 5 (18.52%) MFC
4 5 (18.52%) REST
4 5 (18.52%) RESTful
4 5 (18.52%) Terraform
5 1 (3.70%) Laravel
5 1 (3.70%) React
Miscellaneous
1 11 (40.74%) Legacy Systems
2 5 (18.52%) Cloud Native
2 5 (18.52%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 5 (18.52%) Windows
2 2 (7.41%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (59.26%) Agile
2 15 (55.56%) CI/CD
3 11 (40.74%) Microservices
4 10 (37.04%) Performance Testing
5 9 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
5 9 (33.33%) DevOps
6 8 (29.63%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (25.93%) Design Patterns
7 7 (25.93%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
7 7 (25.93%) Static Application Security Testing
7 7 (25.93%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 6 (22.22%) Data Analysis
8 6 (22.22%) Full-Stack Development
8 6 (22.22%) OOP
8 6 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (22.22%) Software Architecture
8 6 (22.22%) Software Engineering
8 6 (22.22%) Sprint Planning
8 6 (22.22%) Validation
9 5 (18.52%) OWASP
Programming Languages
1 14 (51.85%) C#
2 8 (29.63%) JavaScript
3 6 (22.22%) Python
4 5 (18.52%) Bicep
4 5 (18.52%) TypeScript
5 1 (3.70%) Java
5 1 (3.70%) PHP
5 1 (3.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (25.93%) SC Cleared
1 7 (25.93%) Security Cleared
2 2 (7.41%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (29.63%) Accessibility
2 7 (25.93%) WCAG
3 6 (22.22%) QA
4 5 (18.52%) NCSC
System Software
1 5 (18.52%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (18.52%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (18.52%) Microsoft