Test Automation Jobs in Wales

Automated Testing
UK > Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 53 31 38
Rank change year-on-year -22 +7 +14
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 73 126 126
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 3.62% 7.57% 6.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.54% 7.87% 7.09%
Number of salaries quoted 64 51 94
10th Percentile £41,250 £30,630 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,750 £36,052 £41,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% -16.00% +29.03%
75th Percentile £59,688 £60,625 £62,063
90th Percentile £70,000 £68,497 £70,950
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wales

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 Wales with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,608 1,602 1,777
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 79.72% 96.22% 93.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,057 812 1,138
10th Percentile £26,750 £26,391 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +9.20%
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,863 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in Wales

Test Automation
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for Test Automation in Wales

Test Automation
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Automation in Wales over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Automation in Wales

Test Automation
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Automation within the Wales region over the 6 months to 27 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
South Wales +2 50 £47,500 +5.56% 12
West Wales +2 17 £50,000 +33.33%
North Wales -23 4 - - 2
Test Automation
UK

Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 2 (2.74%) Apache
1 2 (2.74%) Apache Spark
1 2 (2.74%) CMS
1 2 (2.74%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (5.48%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 42 (57.53%) Azure
2 23 (31.51%) Azure DevOps
3 18 (24.66%) AWS
4 14 (19.18%) GCP
5 8 (10.96%) SaaS
6 3 (4.11%) npm
7 2 (2.74%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (1.37%) BrowserStack
8 1 (1.37%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 1 (1.37%) Sauce Labs
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.74%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (15.07%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (10.96%) Data Warehouse
2 8 (10.96%) MySQL
3 6 (8.22%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.74%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (2.74%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 2 (2.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (1.37%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 31 (42.47%) Git
2 25 (34.25%) Selenium
3 15 (20.55%) Jenkins
4 11 (15.07%) Postman
4 11 (15.07%) Visual Studio
5 8 (10.96%) JMeter
6 6 (8.22%) SoapUI
7 5 (6.85%) Cucumber
7 5 (6.85%) Cypress.io
7 5 (6.85%) JIRA
8 4 (5.48%) Team Foundation Server
8 4 (5.48%) Visual Studio Team System
9 3 (4.11%) GitLab
9 3 (4.11%) webpack
10 2 (2.74%) Grunt
10 2 (2.74%) JUnit
10 2 (2.74%) Serenity BDD
10 2 (2.74%) SpecFlow
10 2 (2.74%) TestNG
11 1 (1.37%) MSTest
General
1 27 (36.99%) Finance
2 21 (28.77%) Social Skills
3 11 (15.07%) Games
4 10 (13.70%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (5.48%) Electronics
5 4 (5.48%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (5.48%) Retail
5 4 (5.48%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.74%) Legal
Job Titles
1 24 (32.88%) Developer
2 15 (20.55%) Senior
3 12 (16.44%) Lead
4 11 (15.07%) Java Developer
5 9 (12.33%) Test Engineer
6 8 (10.96%) Tester
7 7 (9.59%) Senior Developer
8 6 (8.22%) Automation Test Lead
8 6 (8.22%) Full Stack Engineer
8 6 (8.22%) QA Engineer
8 6 (8.22%) QA Leader
8 6 (8.22%) Quality Engineer
8 6 (8.22%) Senior Full Stack Engineer
8 6 (8.22%) Test Leader
9 5 (6.85%) Junior
10 4 (5.48%) Automation Engineer
10 4 (5.48%) Full Stack Developer
10 4 (5.48%) Integration Tester
10 4 (5.48%) Software Engineer
10 4 (5.48%) Test Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (21.92%) REST
2 12 (16.44%) AngularJS
2 12 (16.44%) React
3 11 (15.07%) Spring
3 11 (15.07%) Spring Boot
4 8 (10.96%) .NET
5 7 (9.59%) Vue
6 6 (8.22%) Apache Camel
6 6 (8.22%) HTML
7 5 (6.85%) Web Services
8 4 (5.48%) .NET Core
9 3 (4.11%) CSS
9 3 (4.11%) Sass
9 3 (4.11%) Symfony
10 2 (2.74%) Doctrine
10 2 (2.74%) HTML5
10 2 (2.74%) Kafka
11 1 (1.37%) Lightning Web Components
11 1 (1.37%) Playwright
11 1 (1.37%) Vuex
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.96%) Greenfield Project
1 8 (10.96%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (8.22%) Enterprise Software
2 6 (8.22%) Low-Code
3 4 (5.48%) ARM Cortex
3 4 (5.48%) FMCG
3 4 (5.48%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.37%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.37%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.37%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (46.58%) DevOps
2 31 (42.47%) Agile
3 27 (36.99%) Software Testing
4 25 (34.25%) Problem-Solving
5 24 (32.88%) Roadmaps
6 23 (31.51%) CI/CD
6 23 (31.51%) Fintech
7 21 (28.77%) Integration Testing
7 21 (28.77%) SDLC
8 18 (24.66%) Continuous Integration
9 17 (23.29%) Asset Management
10 14 (19.18%) Full Stack Development
11 13 (17.81%) Containerisation
11 13 (17.81%) Test Strategy
12 9 (12.33%) Acceptance Criteria
12 9 (12.33%) Scrum
13 8 (10.96%) API Testing
13 8 (10.96%) Mentoring
13 8 (10.96%) Migration
13 8 (10.96%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 30 (41.10%) SQL
2 25 (34.25%) Java
3 24 (32.88%) JavaScript
4 22 (30.14%) C#
5 13 (17.81%) TypeScript
6 6 (8.22%) PL/SQL
6 6 (8.22%) Python
7 4 (5.48%) C
8 2 (2.74%) C++
9 1 (1.37%) PHP
Qualifications
1 7 (9.59%) Computer Science Degree
1 7 (9.59%) Degree
2 4 (5.48%) ISTQB
3 3 (4.11%) SC Cleared
3 3 (4.11%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.37%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (26.03%) QA
2 4 (5.48%) MISRA
System Software
1 22 (30.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (2.74%) Kibana
1 2 (2.74%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 20 (27.40%) Oracle
2 10 (13.70%) Microsoft
3 6 (8.22%) MuleSoft
3 6 (8.22%) OutSystems
4 4 (5.48%) Renesas
5 1 (1.37%) Salesforce