Test Automation Job Trends in Warrington

Automated Testing
Cheshire > Warrington

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Warrington requiring Test Automation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 25 25
Rank change year-on-year -19 0 -
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 3 3 17
As % of all permanent jobs in Warrington 0.49% 1.97% 8.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.74% 2.21% 8.90%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £42,500
75th Percentile - - £46,250
90th Percentile - - £47,750
Cheshire median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +33.33% -33.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Warrington

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 Warrington.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 403 136 191
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Warrington 66.28% 89.47% 93.17%
Number of salaries quoted 280 78 97
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,400 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £34,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,487 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.92% +1.08% -6.82%
75th Percentile £65,000 £56,563 £50,000
90th Percentile £75,500 £73,000 £58,712
Cheshire median annual salary £50,000 £48,720 £47,500
% change year-on-year +2.63% +2.57% -

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Warrington

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

Test Automation job vacancy trend in Warrington

Test Automation
Salary Trend in Warrington

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Warrington citing Test Automation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Warrington citing Test Automation

Test Automation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warrington 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 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
3 1 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 3 (100.00%) Police
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Systems Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Systems Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) CRM Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) CRM Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) CRM
1 3 (100.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) BPMN
3 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 1 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (33.33%) UML
3 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) DBS Check
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft