Test Automation Jobs in Hampshire

Automated Testing
South East > Hampshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Hampshire 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 56 30 33
Rank change year-on-year -26 +3 +15
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 170 198 463
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 3.92% 7.12% 8.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.89% 7.64% 9.01%
Number of salaries quoted 113 144 266
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £43,750 £40,000 £41,906
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% +12.82%
75th Percentile £62,500 £72,813 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £83,375 £75,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £57,750 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.43% +9.52%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,479 2,591 5,136
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 80.31% 93.20% 95.23%
Number of salaries quoted 2,649 1,854 3,444
10th Percentile £27,950 £29,400 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,500 £40,000 £39,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,300 £82,500 £81,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in Hampshire

Test Automation
Salary Trend in Hampshire

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

Salary trend for Test Automation in Hampshire

Test Automation
Salary Histogram in Hampshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Automation in Hampshire over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Automation in Hampshire

Test Automation
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Automation within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Basingstoke +22 48 £50,000 -9.09% 3
Fareham +33 30 £47,500 +30.14%
Southampton -35 24 £60,000 - 4
Romsey -4 18 £55,000 -13.73% 1
Portsmouth -16 16 £50,000 -13.04% 2
Farnborough -14 12 £37,500 -50.00% 6
Hook -7 3 - -
Andover -13 1 £65,000 -18.75%
Petersfield - 1 £57,500 -
Test Automation
South East

Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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 1 (0.59%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.59%) Mathematica
Cloud Services
1 52 (30.59%) SaaS
2 34 (20.00%) Azure
3 33 (19.41%) AWS
4 20 (11.76%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (4.12%) Pulumi
6 4 (2.35%) GitHub
6 4 (2.35%) Snowflake
7 2 (1.18%) IBM Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 14 (8.24%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (11.76%) NoSQL
2 13 (7.65%) SQL Server
3 5 (2.94%) Redis
4 3 (1.76%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.18%) DB2
5 2 (1.18%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.59%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 75 (44.12%) Selenium
2 31 (18.24%) Git
3 17 (10.00%) JIRA
4 14 (8.24%) Jasmine
4 14 (8.24%) NUnit
4 14 (8.24%) Visual Studio
4 14 (8.24%) Visual Studio Code
5 13 (7.65%) TeamCity
6 10 (5.88%) SpecFlow
7 8 (4.71%) Cypress.io
8 7 (4.12%) Cucumber
8 7 (4.12%) Jenkins
8 7 (4.12%) Team Foundation Server
8 7 (4.12%) TestRail
9 6 (3.53%) JBehave
9 6 (3.53%) Robot Framework
9 6 (3.53%) Sonatype Nexus
10 5 (2.94%) Postman
11 4 (2.35%) MSI
12 3 (1.76%) Subversion
General
1 27 (15.88%) Aerospace
2 21 (12.35%) Organisational Skills
3 17 (10.00%) Finance
4 15 (8.82%) Social Skills
5 9 (5.29%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (4.12%) Law
6 7 (4.12%) Multimedia
7 6 (3.53%) Retail
8 5 (2.94%) Marketing
9 4 (2.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.76%) Wearables
11 2 (1.18%) Agriculture
11 2 (1.18%) Aviation
11 2 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.18%) Military
11 2 (1.18%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.59%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 37 (21.76%) Developer
2 31 (18.24%) Senior
3 30 (17.65%) Tester
4 26 (15.29%) Automation Tester
5 22 (12.94%) Lead
6 20 (11.76%) Software Developer
7 19 (11.18%) Analyst
8 18 (10.59%) Senior Developer
9 17 (10.00%) Full Stack Developer
9 17 (10.00%) Test Analyst
10 16 (9.41%) Software Engineer
11 14 (8.24%) .NET Developer
11 14 (8.24%) .NET Software Developer
11 14 (8.24%) Architect
11 14 (8.24%) C# .NET Developer
11 14 (8.24%) C# Developer
11 14 (8.24%) C# Software Developer
12 13 (7.65%) Data Architect
12 13 (7.65%) QA Analyst
12 13 (7.65%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (21.18%) .NET
2 34 (20.00%) RESTful
3 26 (15.29%) React
4 23 (13.53%) ASP.NET
4 23 (13.53%) CSS
4 23 (13.53%) HTML
5 21 (12.35%) .NET Core
6 18 (10.59%) Middleware
7 16 (9.41%) AngularJS
7 16 (9.41%) jQuery
7 16 (9.41%) Vue
8 15 (8.82%) Laravel
9 14 (8.24%) .NET Framework
9 14 (8.24%) Entity Framework
9 14 (8.24%) OAuth
10 9 (5.29%) Blazor
11 8 (4.71%) ASP.NET Web API
12 7 (4.12%) Gherkin
12 7 (4.12%) HTML5
12 7 (4.12%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 7 (4.12%) Onboarding
1 7 (4.12%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (3.53%) Data Centre
2 6 (3.53%) PKI
3 4 (2.35%) Low-Code
4 2 (1.18%) Algorithms
4 2 (1.18%) Blockchain
4 2 (1.18%) Data Structures
4 2 (1.18%) e-Learning
4 2 (1.18%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (1.18%) IoT
4 2 (1.18%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.18%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (0.59%) FPGA
5 1 (0.59%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.59%) Mainframe
5 1 (0.59%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.59%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 20 (11.76%) Linux
2 15 (8.82%) Windows
3 6 (3.53%) Windows Server
3 6 (3.53%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (1.18%) Android
4 2 (1.18%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (67.06%) Agile
2 46 (27.06%) DevOps
3 45 (26.47%) Full Stack Development
3 45 (26.47%) Test Scripting
4 44 (25.88%) Software Engineering
5 40 (23.53%) Software Testing
6 34 (20.00%) Scrum
7 33 (19.41%) Mentoring
8 32 (18.82%) TDD
9 31 (18.24%) Test Strategy
10 30 (17.65%) Design Patterns
10 30 (17.65%) User Experience
11 29 (17.06%) Test Assurance
12 28 (16.47%) Coaching
13 26 (15.29%) Collaborative Working
13 26 (15.29%) Requirements Analysis
13 26 (15.29%) Technical Analysis
14 25 (14.71%) CI/CD
14 25 (14.71%) Web Development
15 24 (14.12%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 50 (29.41%) SQL
2 49 (28.82%) JavaScript
3 40 (23.53%) Java
4 39 (22.94%) C#
5 32 (18.82%) Python
6 18 (10.59%) Kotlin
7 15 (8.82%) PHP
8 12 (7.06%) TypeScript
9 7 (4.12%) Bicep
9 7 (4.12%) T-SQL
10 6 (3.53%) PowerShell
11 2 (1.18%) C++
11 2 (1.18%) Ruby
12 1 (0.59%) VB
12 1 (0.59%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 53 (31.18%) Security Cleared
2 32 (18.82%) DV Cleared
3 29 (17.06%) ISTQB
4 18 (10.59%) SC Cleared
5 13 (7.65%) DBS Check
5 13 (7.65%) Degree
6 8 (4.71%) ISEB
7 5 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (2.35%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (1.18%) Chartered Engineer
10 1 (0.59%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (37.06%) QA
2 3 (1.76%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 2 (1.18%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (6.47%) Docker
2 6 (3.53%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.18%) Firmware
4 1 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (8.24%) Terraform
2 7 (4.12%) Ansible
2 7 (4.12%) Kubernetes
2 7 (4.12%) MIIS
3 4 (2.35%) WMI
4 1 (0.59%) Nessus
Vendors
1 6 (3.53%) VMware
2 5 (2.94%) Microsoft
3 2 (1.18%) IBM
3 2 (1.18%) Red Hat
4 1 (0.59%) Thales