Automation Tester Jobs in the South East

Automation Tester
England > South East

The median Automation Tester salary in the South East is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 348 373 419
Rank change year-on-year +25 +46 -89
Permanent jobs requiring an Automation Tester 43 39 64
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.26% 0.26% 0.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.28% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 15 32 34
10th Percentile £48,750 £36,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £61,250 £47,500 £40,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +27.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £62,688
90th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £65,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +15.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the South East with a recognized job title 15,598 13,777 18,958
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.89% 90.63% 96.39%
Number of salaries quoted 11,310 8,629 12,627
10th Percentile £27,475 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £39,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.84% +0.95% +9.09%

Automation Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Automation Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Automation Tester in the South East

Automation Tester
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Automation Tester in the South East.

Salary trend for Automation Tester in the South East

Automation Tester
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Automation Tester in the South East over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Automation Tester in the South East

Automation Tester
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Automation Tester within the South East region over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. 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
Hampshire +4 24 £65,000 +73.33%
Berkshire +17 15 £67,500 -3.57% 1
Thames Valley +10 15 £67,500 -3.57% 1
Kent -3 2 £60,000 +20.00%
Middlesex - 2 £42,500 -
Automation Tester
England

Automation Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Automation Tester job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South East region featuring Automation Tester in the job title.

1 43 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 41 (95.35%) Selenium
3 36 (83.72%) Agile
4 32 (74.42%) Security Cleared
5 23 (53.49%) Test Scripting
5 23 (53.49%) Technical Analysis
5 23 (53.49%) Mentoring
5 23 (53.49%) Coaching
5 23 (53.49%) QA
5 23 (53.49%) Requirements Analysis
5 23 (53.49%) Actionable Insight
5 23 (53.49%) Test Assurance
6 21 (48.84%) DV Cleared
7 19 (44.19%) Aerospace
7 19 (44.19%) Collaborative Working
8 17 (39.53%) CI/CD
8 17 (39.53%) Software Testing
9 16 (37.21%) Java
9 16 (37.21%) Cucumber
10 13 (30.23%) Scrum
11 12 (27.91%) SDET
12 11 (25.58%) API Testing
12 11 (25.58%) Scenario Testing
12 11 (25.58%) SC Cleared
12 11 (25.58%) REST
13 10 (23.26%) TestNG
13 10 (23.26%) BDD
13 10 (23.26%) WebDriver
13 10 (23.26%) JUnit
13 10 (23.26%) REST Assured

Automation Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 9 (20.93%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (16.28%) GitHub
1 7 (16.28%) SaaS
2 6 (13.95%) AWS
3 3 (6.98%) Azure
4 2 (4.65%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.33%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 41 (95.35%) Selenium
2 16 (37.21%) Cucumber
3 10 (23.26%) JUnit
3 10 (23.26%) REST Assured
3 10 (23.26%) TestNG
3 10 (23.26%) WebDriver
4 7 (16.28%) Bitbucket Server
4 7 (16.28%) Jenkins
4 7 (16.28%) JIRA
4 7 (16.28%) Serenity BDD
5 6 (13.95%) Bitbucket
5 6 (13.95%) JMeter
5 6 (13.95%) SoapUI
6 2 (4.65%) eggPlant
6 2 (4.65%) SpecFlow
7 1 (2.33%) Cypress.io
7 1 (2.33%) Hudson
7 1 (2.33%) Maven
7 1 (2.33%) Postman
General
1 19 (44.19%) Aerospace
2 3 (6.98%) Public Sector
3 2 (4.65%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (4.65%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (25.58%) REST
2 9 (20.93%) Apache Commons
2 9 (20.93%) Guava
2 9 (20.93%) Java Concurrency
2 9 (20.93%) WireMock
3 7 (16.28%) Web Services
4 6 (13.95%) RESTful
4 6 (13.95%) SOAP
5 2 (4.65%) .NET
5 2 (4.65%) ASP.NET
5 2 (4.65%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (2.33%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.65%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.65%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 36 (83.72%) Agile
3 23 (53.49%) Actionable Insight
3 23 (53.49%) Coaching
3 23 (53.49%) Mentoring
3 23 (53.49%) Requirements Analysis
3 23 (53.49%) Technical Analysis
3 23 (53.49%) Test Assurance
3 23 (53.49%) Test Scripting
4 19 (44.19%) Collaborative Working
5 17 (39.53%) CI/CD
5 17 (39.53%) Software Testing
6 13 (30.23%) Scrum
7 12 (27.91%) SDET
8 11 (25.58%) API Testing
8 11 (25.58%) Scenario Testing
9 10 (23.26%) BDD
9 10 (23.26%) Code Quality
10 9 (20.93%) Containerisation
10 9 (20.93%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 16 (37.21%) Java
2 7 (16.28%) JavaScript
2 7 (16.28%) SQL
3 1 (2.33%) PL/SQL
3 1 (2.33%) VB
3 1 (2.33%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 32 (74.42%) Security Cleared
2 21 (48.84%) DV Cleared
3 11 (25.58%) SC Cleared
4 2 (4.65%) ISEB
4 2 (4.65%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (53.49%) QA
System Software
1 9 (20.93%) Docker
2 2 (4.65%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (20.93%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (4.65%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.33%) Oracle