Automated Testing
North East > Tyne and Wear
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Tyne and Wear 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 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 7 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 34 | 67 | 41 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +33 | -26 | -3 |
| Permanent jobs citing Test Automation | 21 | 32 | 58 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear | 4.71% | 2.41% | 6.24% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 5.00% | 2.75% | 6.44% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 17 | 24 | 33 |
| 10th Percentile | £32,300 | £42,500 | £41,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £52,188 | £48,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £60,000 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.17% | +4.35% | +9.52% |
| 75th Percentile | £68,750 | £71,991 | £67,500 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £72,000 |
| North East median annual salary | £59,002 | £60,000 | £57,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.66% | +4.35% | +9.52% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Tyne and Wear
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 Tyne and Wear.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 420 | 1,165 | 900 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear | 94.17% | 87.59% | 96.77% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 297 | 980 | 455 |
| 10th Percentile | £25,087 | £30,000 | £31,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £32,500 | £37,074 | £38,697 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,000 | £50,000 | £52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -4.76% | +10.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £67,500 | £65,000 | £65,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £82,500 | £75,820 | £75,600 |
| North East median annual salary | £47,750 | £47,500 | £48,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.53% | -2.06% | +14.12% |
Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear
Job postings citing Test Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.
Test Automation
Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test Automation in Tyne and Wear.
Test Automation
Salary Histogram in Tyne and Wear
Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Automation in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.
Test Automation
Job Locations in Tyne and Wear
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Automation within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 7 May 2025. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle upon Tyne | +26 | 18 | £59,002 | -1.66% | 25 |
| Sunderland | - | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Test Automation North East |
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Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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:
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