Test Automation Jobs in the North of England

Automated Testing
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 128 42 36
Rank change year-on-year -86 -6 +7
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 369 1,099 1,337
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.98% 6.76% 7.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.43% 6.99% 7.71%
Number of salaries quoted 241 288 732
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,750 £36,637
25th Percentile £42,750 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% +12.90%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £84,339 £74,975
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 the North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,198 15,726 17,333
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 81.41% 96.69% 94.13%
Number of salaries quoted 11,514 7,797 10,675
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £40,000 £38,386
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £79,600 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Test Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in the North of England

Test Automation
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test Automation in the North of England.

Salary trend for Test Automation in the North of England

Test Automation
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Automation in the North of England over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Automation in the North of England

Test Automation
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Automation within the North of England region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
North West -74 222 £57,500 - 79
Yorkshire -66 117 £55,000 -4.35% 26
North East -44 30 £60,000 +4.35% 4
Test Automation
England

Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 20 (5.42%) Confluence
2 8 (2.17%) IIS
3 5 (1.36%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.08%) CMS
4 4 (1.08%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.54%) WordPress
6 1 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.27%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 9 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.36%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (0.81%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.54%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.54%) Fusion 360
5 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 13 (3.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.54%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 120 (32.52%) AWS
2 109 (29.54%) Azure
3 41 (11.11%) Amazon S3
4 39 (10.57%) OCI
5 37 (10.03%) Amazon EKS
5 37 (10.03%) SaaS
6 36 (9.76%) Amazon ECR
6 36 (9.76%) IBM Cloud
6 36 (9.76%) Route 53
7 30 (8.13%) GCP
8 21 (5.69%) Azure DevOps
9 19 (5.15%) Power Platform
10 18 (4.88%) Cloud Computing
11 17 (4.61%) GitHub
12 16 (4.34%) Power Automate
13 15 (4.07%) Dynamics 365
14 13 (3.52%) BrowserStack
14 13 (3.52%) GitHub Actions
14 13 (3.52%) Serverless
15 10 (2.71%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.52%) 3G
1 13 (3.52%) 4G
1 13 (3.52%) MQTT
1 13 (3.52%) RS-485
1 13 (3.52%) Wi-Fi
1 13 (3.52%) Wireless
2 7 (1.90%) Firewall
3 5 (1.36%) Internet
4 4 (1.08%) DNS
5 2 (0.54%) HTTP
6 1 (0.27%) Broadband
6 1 (0.27%) Multicast
6 1 (0.27%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.27%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (10.03%) Amazon RDS
2 33 (8.94%) NoSQL
3 31 (8.40%) PostgreSQL
4 27 (7.32%) MySQL
5 25 (6.78%) MongoDB
6 11 (2.98%) Relational Database
7 9 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (2.17%) Data Lake
8 8 (2.17%) SQL Server
9 3 (0.81%) DynamoDB
9 3 (0.81%) Power BI
10 2 (0.54%) Redis
11 1 (0.27%) Big Data
11 1 (0.27%) Elasticsearch
11 1 (0.27%) LogicBlox
Development Applications
1 57 (15.45%) Git
2 52 (14.09%) Selenium
3 31 (8.40%) Appium
4 30 (8.13%) JIRA
5 27 (7.32%) Jenkins
6 24 (6.50%) Cucumber
6 24 (6.50%) JMeter
7 23 (6.23%) Postman
8 21 (5.69%) Cypress.io
9 17 (4.61%) CircleCI
10 15 (4.07%) JUnit
11 11 (2.98%) GitLab
11 11 (2.98%) SpecFlow
12 9 (2.44%) LoadRunner
13 8 (2.17%) Jasmine
13 8 (2.17%) Visual Studio
14 7 (1.90%) MSTest
14 7 (1.90%) TeamCity
14 7 (1.90%) WebDriver
15 6 (1.63%) HP UFT
General
1 90 (24.39%) Social Skills
2 83 (22.49%) Public Sector
3 64 (17.34%) Finance
4 49 (13.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 26 (7.05%) Analytical Skills
6 23 (6.23%) Retail
7 17 (4.61%) Marketing
8 14 (3.79%) Automotive
9 13 (3.52%) Law
10 12 (3.25%) Banking
10 12 (3.25%) Mandarin Language
10 12 (3.25%) Manufacturing
11 8 (2.17%) Aerospace
11 8 (2.17%) Electronics
12 6 (1.63%) Financial Institution
12 6 (1.63%) Tech for Good
13 5 (1.36%) Legal
13 5 (1.36%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.81%) Advertising
14 3 (0.81%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 112 (30.35%) Senior
2 75 (20.33%) Developer
3 59 (15.99%) Software Engineer
4 49 (13.28%) DevOps Engineer
4 49 (13.28%) Lead
5 45 (12.20%) Senior DevOps
5 45 (12.20%) Senior DevOps Engineer
6 25 (6.78%) Tester
7 23 (6.23%) Senior Software Engineer
8 22 (5.96%) Java Engineer
8 22 (5.96%) Software Developer
8 22 (5.96%) Test Engineer
9 20 (5.42%) Java Software Engineer
9 20 (5.42%) Senior Developer
9 20 (5.42%) Senior Java Engineer
9 20 (5.42%) Senior Java Software Engineer
10 19 (5.15%) Embedded Engineer
10 19 (5.15%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 15 (4.07%) Analyst
12 14 (3.79%) Automation Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (12.47%) RESTful
2 36 (9.76%) .NET
3 31 (8.40%) REST
4 25 (6.78%) HTML
5 22 (5.96%) CSS
5 22 (5.96%) Node.js
6 21 (5.69%) React
7 20 (5.42%) JSON
8 14 (3.79%) Playwright
9 13 (3.52%) Gherkin
10 12 (3.25%) Jest
11 10 (2.71%) Android SDK
11 10 (2.71%) AngularJS
11 10 (2.71%) Web Services
12 8 (2.17%) LLVM
13 7 (1.90%) .NET Core
13 7 (1.90%) React Native
14 6 (1.63%) CSS3
14 6 (1.63%) OAuth
14 6 (1.63%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 36 (9.76%) Blockchain
1 36 (9.76%) e-Learning
1 36 (9.76%) Hybrid Cloud
2 23 (6.23%) Self-Motivation
3 22 (5.96%) Product Ownership
4 21 (5.69%) Mobile App
5 14 (3.79%) Public Cloud
6 12 (3.25%) Enterprise Software
7 11 (2.98%) Cloud Native
8 9 (2.44%) Distributed Systems
9 8 (2.17%) NHS
10 6 (1.63%) Embedded Systems
10 6 (1.63%) Virtual Team
11 5 (1.36%) Client/Server
11 5 (1.36%) Low-Code
12 4 (1.08%) Data Structures
12 4 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
12 4 (1.08%) Operational Technology
12 4 (1.08%) SCADA
13 3 (0.81%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 37 (10.03%) Linux
2 25 (6.78%) Windows
3 15 (4.07%) Android
4 13 (3.52%) Embedded Linux
5 8 (2.17%) Apple iOS
6 7 (1.90%) Windows Server
7 6 (1.63%) FreeRTOS
8 4 (1.08%) Mac OS
8 4 (1.08%) VMS
9 2 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 246 (66.67%) Agile
2 138 (37.40%) DevOps
3 116 (31.44%) Mentoring
4 115 (31.17%) CI/CD
5 104 (28.18%) Coaching
6 101 (27.37%) Software Engineering
7 90 (24.39%) Software Testing
8 71 (19.24%) Continuous Integration
9 62 (16.80%) TDD
10 61 (16.53%) Containerisation
11 51 (13.82%) Artificial Intelligence
12 49 (13.28%) BDD
13 42 (11.38%) Scrum
14 41 (11.11%) Continuous Deployment
15 40 (10.84%) Microservices
15 40 (10.84%) Roadmaps
15 40 (10.84%) SDLC
16 39 (10.57%) Problem-Solving
17 37 (10.03%) Observability
18 36 (9.76%) Secrets Management
Programming Languages
1 92 (24.93%) JavaScript
2 76 (20.60%) Java
3 70 (18.97%) C#
4 68 (18.43%) SQL
5 48 (13.01%) Python
6 41 (11.11%) C
7 27 (7.32%) TypeScript
8 20 (5.42%) C++
9 14 (3.79%) Go
10 13 (3.52%) Kotlin
11 8 (2.17%) Ruby
12 5 (1.36%) Fortran
12 5 (1.36%) PHP
13 4 (1.08%) Groovy
13 4 (1.08%) VB.NET
14 3 (0.81%) PowerShell
14 3 (0.81%) Swift
15 2 (0.54%) T-SQL
16 1 (0.27%) Perl
16 1 (0.27%) VB
Qualifications
1 50 (13.55%) Degree
2 21 (5.69%) Security Cleared
3 17 (4.61%) SC Cleared
4 16 (4.34%) ISTQB
5 15 (4.07%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (1.90%) Master's Degree
7 5 (1.36%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.08%) CIPD
8 4 (1.08%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.81%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.81%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.81%) BC Cleared
9 3 (0.81%) ISEB
10 2 (0.54%) HND
11 1 (0.27%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.27%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (21.14%) QA
2 22 (5.96%) GDPR
3 8 (2.17%) Accessibility
3 8 (2.17%) PSD2
4 5 (1.36%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.54%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.27%) NIST
6 1 (0.27%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 22 (5.96%) Docker
2 4 (1.08%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (1.08%) VMware Server
3 2 (0.54%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 58 (15.72%) Terraform
2 55 (14.91%) Kubernetes
3 36 (9.76%) Prometheus
4 14 (3.79%) Ansible
5 9 (2.44%) Progress Chef
6 6 (1.63%) Kibana
7 5 (1.36%) Grafana
8 1 (0.27%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.27%) Kiali
Vendors
1 47 (12.74%) Microsoft
2 36 (9.76%) Dynatrace
2 36 (9.76%) IBM
2 36 (9.76%) Red Hat
3 24 (6.50%) Google
4 8 (2.17%) BT
4 8 (2.17%) Duck Creek
5 5 (1.36%) Automation Anywhere
5 5 (1.36%) iManage
5 5 (1.36%) ServiceNow
5 5 (1.36%) YouTube
6 4 (1.08%) Facebook
6 4 (1.08%) VMware
7 3 (0.81%) Adobe
7 3 (0.81%) Black Duck
7 3 (0.81%) SAP
8 2 (0.54%) Brio
8 2 (0.54%) EMC
8 2 (0.54%) Oracle
8 2 (0.54%) Splunk