Test Automation Jobs in Watford

Automated Testing
Hertfordshire > Watford

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Watford 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 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 26 19 34
Rank change year-on-year -7 +15 -12
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 15 60 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Watford 5.32% 12.96% 6.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.52% 13.70% 7.52%
Number of salaries quoted 13 30 21
10th Percentile - £68,050 £25,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £82,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £85,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -32.35% +47.83% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £93,750 £70,000
90th Percentile - £107,500 £77,500
Hertfordshire median annual salary £57,500 £85,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -32.35% +47.83% -11.54%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Watford

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 Watford with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 230 438 359
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Watford 81.56% 94.60% 84.27%
Number of salaries quoted 170 214 278
10th Percentile £26,250 £32,975 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £50,781 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,250 £61,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.59% +2.08% +20.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £79,125
Hertfordshire median annual salary £54,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.22% +4.55% +4.76%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in Watford

Test Automation
Salary Trend in Watford

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

Salary trend for Test Automation in Watford

Test Automation
Salary Histogram in Watford

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Automation in Watford over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Automation in Watford

Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Watford 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) DHCP
1 1 (6.67%) DNS
1 1 (6.67%) Firewall
1 1 (6.67%) TCP/IP
1 1 (6.67%) VLAN
1 1 (6.67%) VPN
1 1 (6.67%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (40.00%) MongoDB
1 6 (40.00%) MySQL
2 2 (13.33%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Selenium
2 2 (13.33%) Appium
General
1 6 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Games
2 2 (13.33%) Retail
3 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (40.00%) Analyst
1 6 (40.00%) Developer
1 6 (40.00%) PHP Developer
2 4 (26.67%) Test Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Information Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) IT Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Programme Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Software Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Core Network Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Network Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Software Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Software Test Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (40.00%) Node.js
1 6 (40.00%) OpenLayers
2 2 (13.33%) HTML
2 2 (13.33%) Playwright
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) TDD
2 4 (26.67%) Agile
2 4 (26.67%) Integration Testing
2 4 (26.67%) Test Scripting
3 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (20.00%) Software Testing
4 2 (13.33%) Code Quality
4 2 (13.33%) Customer Experience
4 2 (13.33%) Data Visualisation
4 2 (13.33%) End-to-End Testing
4 2 (13.33%) ERP
4 2 (13.33%) Functional Testing
4 2 (13.33%) Information Security
4 2 (13.33%) Manual Testing
4 2 (13.33%) Software Engineering
4 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (13.33%) Technology Transformation
4 2 (13.33%) Validation
4 2 (13.33%) Verification and Validation
4 2 (13.33%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 8 (53.33%) JavaScript
1 8 (53.33%) PHP
2 3 (20.00%) Python
3 2 (13.33%) TypeScript
4 1 (6.67%) Bash
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) Degree
2 2 (13.33%) ISTQB
3 1 (6.67%) CCNA
3 1 (6.67%) CCNP
3 1 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (6.67%) JNCIA
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) Iperf
1 1 (6.67%) Nmap