Test Automation Jobs in West Wales

Automated Testing
Wales > West Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in West 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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 18 20 35
Rank change year-on-year +2 +15 -11
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 17 18 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Wales 7.94% 7.66% 4.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.12% 7.83% 4.88%
Number of salaries quoted 17 18 8
10th Percentile £31,250 £21,250 -
25th Percentile £36,250 £24,375 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £37,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -37.50% +62.16%
75th Percentile £52,500 £46,989 -
90th Percentile £63,000 £53,375 -
Wales median annual salary £50,000 £43,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.94% -13.00% +29.03%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West 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 West Wales with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 168 230 205
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Wales 78.50% 97.87% 97.16%
Number of salaries quoted 150 158 184
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,875 £29,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% +24.47%
75th Percentile £53,988 £50,000 £53,125
90th Percentile £65,474 £61,004 £75,000
Wales median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +9.20%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in West Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in West Wales

Test Automation
Salary Trend in West Wales

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

Salary trend for Test Automation in West Wales

Test Automation
Salary Histogram in West Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Automation in West Wales over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Automation in West Wales

Test Automation
Job Locations in West 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 West Wales region over the 6 months to 25 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
Swansea +4 17 £50,000 +33.33% 1
Test Automation
Wales

Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West 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:

Cloud Services
1 12 (70.59%) Azure
2 10 (58.82%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (47.06%) SaaS
4 2 (11.76%) AWS
4 2 (11.76%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (23.53%) MySQL
1 4 (23.53%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (58.82%) Git
2 6 (35.29%) Selenium
3 4 (23.53%) Team Foundation Server
3 4 (23.53%) Visual Studio
3 4 (23.53%) Visual Studio Team System
4 2 (11.76%) Jenkins
4 2 (11.76%) JUnit
4 2 (11.76%) TestNG
General
1 4 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (23.53%) Electronics
1 4 (23.53%) Finance
1 4 (23.53%) Telecoms
2 2 (11.76%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (41.18%) Developer
2 5 (29.41%) Junior
3 4 (23.53%) Automation Engineer
3 4 (23.53%) Software Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Automation Test Lead
4 2 (11.76%) Lead
4 2 (11.76%) Test Leader
5 1 (5.88%) Junior Developer
5 1 (5.88%) React Developer
5 1 (5.88%) Senior
5 1 (5.88%) Senior Developer
5 1 (5.88%) Senior React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (29.41%) .NET
2 4 (23.53%) .NET Core
3 3 (17.65%) Vue
4 2 (11.76%) CSS
4 2 (11.76%) HTML
4 2 (11.76%) HTML5
5 1 (5.88%) AngularJS
5 1 (5.88%) jQuery
5 1 (5.88%) React
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) ARM Cortex
1 4 (23.53%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (82.35%) DevOps
2 8 (47.06%) Agile
2 8 (47.06%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (35.29%) Computer Science
3 6 (35.29%) User Stories
4 5 (29.41%) Acceptance Criteria
5 4 (23.53%) API Testing
5 4 (23.53%) CI/CD
5 4 (23.53%) OO
5 4 (23.53%) Regulatory Compliance
5 4 (23.53%) Scrum
5 4 (23.53%) SDLC
5 4 (23.53%) Software Engineering
5 4 (23.53%) Time Management
5 4 (23.53%) Validation
6 2 (11.76%) Front End Development
6 2 (11.76%) Project Delivery
6 2 (11.76%) Software Testing
6 2 (11.76%) Test Strategy
7 1 (5.88%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 15 (88.24%) C#
2 8 (47.06%) JavaScript
3 6 (35.29%) SQL
4 4 (23.53%) C
4 4 (23.53%) Java
5 2 (11.76%) C++
5 2 (11.76%) Python
5 2 (11.76%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (35.29%) Computer Science Degree
1 6 (35.29%) Degree
2 1 (5.88%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (23.53%) MISRA
1 4 (23.53%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) Renesas
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft