Test Automation Jobs in the South East

Automated Testing
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 85 36 28
Rank change year-on-year -49 -8 +7
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 513 958 1,725
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 3.04% 6.69% 8.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.61% 7.08% 9.18%
Number of salaries quoted 291 469 976
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,000 £37,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £50,000 £45,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +15.00%
75th Percentile £68,125 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £82,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,228 13,538 18,783
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 84.33% 94.57% 94.40%
Number of salaries quoted 9,873 7,885 11,857
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £41,450
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £83,450
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 South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in the South East

Test Automation
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test Automation in the South East.

Salary trend for Test Automation in the South East

Test Automation
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Automation in the South East over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Automation in the South East

Test Automation
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Automation within the South East region over the 6 months to 17 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
Hampshire -27 162 £52,500 -12.50% 31
Thames Valley -73 147 £58,000 -7.20% 40
Surrey -7 132 £47,500 -17.39% 17
Berkshire -49 76 £62,500 -3.85% 16
Buckinghamshire -8 41 £47,500 +2.15% 15
Oxfordshire -58 30 £59,000 +2.61% 10
East Sussex -7 28 £70,000 +16.67% 1
Kent -11 17 £65,000 -7.14%
West Sussex -34 17 £65,000 +13.04% 9
Middlesex -16 5 £42,500 -45.16%
Sussex - 2 £56,000 -
Test Automation
England

Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 15 (2.92%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.34%) Apache
3 10 (1.95%) OpenStack
4 5 (0.97%) Confluence
5 4 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.78%) TWiki
6 1 (0.19%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.19%) JBoss
Applications
1 10 (1.95%) MS Visio
2 9 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.97%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.78%) Doxygen
5 2 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.19%) Mathematica
6 1 (0.19%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 14 (2.73%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 156 (30.41%) Azure
2 85 (16.57%) SaaS
3 74 (14.42%) AWS
4 64 (12.48%) Azure DevOps
5 23 (4.48%) Dynamics 365
6 21 (4.09%) Serverless
7 17 (3.31%) GitHub
7 17 (3.31%) IaaS
7 17 (3.31%) Power Automate
8 15 (2.92%) PaaS
9 11 (2.14%) AWS Lambda
9 11 (2.14%) Microsoft 365
10 8 (1.56%) Pulumi
11 7 (1.36%) Amazon EKS
11 7 (1.36%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 7 (1.36%) Azure Functions
11 7 (1.36%) GCP
12 6 (1.17%) Amazon ECS
12 6 (1.17%) Cloud Computing
13 4 (0.78%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 23 (4.48%) 5G
1 23 (4.48%) Bluetooth
1 23 (4.48%) Wi-Fi
1 23 (4.48%) Wireless
2 22 (4.29%) GSM
2 22 (4.29%) ISDN
2 22 (4.29%) LTE
2 22 (4.29%) PSTN
2 22 (4.29%) UMTS
3 18 (3.51%) Network Security
4 10 (1.95%) HTTP
5 5 (0.97%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.78%) Firewall
7 3 (0.58%) Internet
8 2 (0.39%) Broadband
8 2 (0.39%) MQTT
8 2 (0.39%) RS-485
9 1 (0.19%) DHCP
9 1 (0.19%) Ethernet
9 1 (0.19%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (9.55%) SQL Server
2 42 (8.19%) NoSQL
3 25 (4.87%) Relational Database
4 13 (2.53%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (1.75%) MySQL
6 7 (1.36%) DynamoDB
7 5 (0.97%) Redis
8 3 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.39%) Big Data
9 2 (0.39%) DB2
9 2 (0.39%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.39%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.19%) Apache Cassandra
10 1 (0.19%) Couchbase
10 1 (0.19%) Data Mining
10 1 (0.19%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 126 (24.56%) Selenium
2 61 (11.89%) Git
3 60 (11.70%) Jenkins
4 57 (11.11%) JIRA
5 28 (5.46%) Cucumber
6 26 (5.07%) WebDriver
7 25 (4.87%) Visual Studio
8 24 (4.68%) Ant
8 24 (4.68%) NUnit
9 22 (4.29%) LabVIEW
9 22 (4.29%) Postman
10 19 (3.70%) REST Assured
11 18 (3.51%) GitLab
12 17 (3.31%) JMeter
12 17 (3.31%) TeamCity
13 16 (3.12%) JUnit
14 15 (2.92%) TestRail
14 15 (2.92%) Visual Studio Code
15 13 (2.53%) eggPlant
15 13 (2.53%) SpecFlow
General
1 104 (20.27%) Social Skills
2 56 (10.92%) Aerospace
3 40 (7.80%) Finance
4 30 (5.85%) Organisational Skills
4 30 (5.85%) Telecoms
5 29 (5.65%) Law
6 27 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
6 27 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 23 (4.48%) Public Sector
8 22 (4.29%) Retail
9 17 (3.31%) Marketing
10 11 (2.14%) Legal
11 10 (1.95%) Electronics
12 9 (1.75%) Manufacturing
13 8 (1.56%) Police
14 7 (1.36%) Back Office
15 6 (1.17%) Multimedia
15 6 (1.17%) Pharmaceutical
16 3 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
17 2 (0.39%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 115 (22.42%) Developer
2 61 (11.89%) Software Engineer
3 59 (11.50%) Tester
4 50 (9.75%) Senior
5 43 (8.38%) Analyst
5 43 (8.38%) Automation Tester
6 41 (7.99%) Test Engineer
7 34 (6.63%) Test Analyst
8 29 (5.65%) Software Developer
9 27 (5.26%) Lead
10 26 (5.07%) QA Engineer
11 25 (4.87%) DevOps Engineer
11 25 (4.87%) Software Manager
12 24 (4.68%) C++ Developer
12 24 (4.68%) Full Stack Developer
13 22 (4.29%) C++ Software Engineer
14 21 (4.09%) Engineering Manager
15 20 (3.90%) Azure Developer
15 20 (3.90%) Software Engineering Manager
16 17 (3.31%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 119 (23.20%) .NET
2 44 (8.58%) RESTful
3 41 (7.99%) React
4 39 (7.60%) .NET Core
5 35 (6.82%) CSS
6 29 (5.65%) Web Services
7 28 (5.46%) AngularJS
7 28 (5.46%) HTML
8 27 (5.26%) ASP.NET
8 27 (5.26%) REST
9 24 (4.68%) Hibernate
10 23 (4.48%) Vue
11 22 (4.29%) Middleware
12 20 (3.90%) JSON
13 17 (3.31%) XML
14 16 (3.12%) .NET Framework
14 16 (3.12%) Entity Framework
14 16 (3.12%) jQuery
14 16 (3.12%) Node.js
15 15 (2.92%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 43 (8.38%) Satnav
2 22 (4.29%) Acoustics
2 22 (4.29%) Management Information System
3 20 (3.90%) Algorithms
4 17 (3.31%) Product Ownership
5 16 (3.12%) Low-Code
6 15 (2.92%) Distributed Systems
7 14 (2.73%) Cloud Native
8 12 (2.34%) Data Structures
9 8 (1.56%) Onboarding
10 7 (1.36%) Life Science
10 7 (1.36%) PKI
10 7 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (1.17%) Data Centre
11 6 (1.17%) Greenfield Project
11 6 (1.17%) IoT
12 4 (0.78%) Embedded Systems
12 4 (0.78%) Enterprise Cloud
12 4 (0.78%) Mobile App
13 3 (0.58%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 75 (14.62%) Linux
2 58 (11.31%) Windows
3 18 (3.51%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.56%) Windows Server 2008
5 7 (1.36%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.58%) Unix
7 2 (0.39%) Android
7 2 (0.39%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.39%) CentOS
7 2 (0.39%) Debian
7 2 (0.39%) Embedded Linux
7 2 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.39%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.19%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 277 (54.00%) Agile
2 186 (36.26%) DevOps
3 148 (28.85%) Problem-Solving
4 121 (23.59%) Software Engineering
5 110 (21.44%) CI/CD
6 105 (20.47%) Software Testing
7 98 (19.10%) Actionable Insight
8 84 (16.37%) Scrum
9 82 (15.98%) Test Scripting
10 73 (14.23%) Mentoring
11 66 (12.87%) Coaching
11 66 (12.87%) Continuous Integration
12 61 (11.89%) Full Stack Development
13 60 (11.70%) Computer Science
14 55 (10.72%) Collaborative Working
14 55 (10.72%) Microservices
15 52 (10.14%) Design Patterns
16 50 (9.75%) Code Quality
17 46 (8.97%) User Experience
18 45 (8.77%) Test Assurance
Programming Languages
1 163 (31.77%) SQL
2 136 (26.51%) C#
3 106 (20.66%) Java
4 91 (17.74%) Python
5 72 (14.04%) JavaScript
6 52 (10.14%) C++
7 33 (6.43%) C
7 33 (6.43%) PowerShell
8 22 (4.29%) Kotlin
9 15 (2.92%) PHP
9 15 (2.92%) TypeScript
10 14 (2.73%) Bash
11 11 (2.14%) Bicep
12 9 (1.75%) Ruby
13 7 (1.36%) T-SQL
14 4 (0.78%) MATLAB
15 3 (0.58%) Go
16 2 (0.39%) Embedded C
16 2 (0.39%) Groovy
16 2 (0.39%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 155 (30.21%) Security Cleared
2 118 (23.00%) Degree
3 108 (21.05%) SC Cleared
4 47 (9.16%) Computer Science Degree
5 44 (8.58%) DV Cleared
6 43 (8.38%) ISTQB
7 21 (4.09%) DBS Check
8 18 (3.51%) Master's Degree
9 15 (2.92%) ISEB
10 12 (2.34%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 8 (1.56%) Azure Certification
12 6 (1.17%) AWS Certification
12 6 (1.17%) Numerate Degree
13 3 (0.58%) PMI Certification
14 2 (0.39%) Chartered Engineer
14 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Certification
15 1 (0.19%) BPSS Clearance
15 1 (0.19%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 169 (32.94%) QA
2 21 (4.09%) Software Quality Assurance
3 10 (1.95%) GDPR
3 10 (1.95%) HIPAA
4 2 (0.39%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 2 (0.39%) SLA
5 1 (0.19%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.19%) MISRA
System Software
1 55 (10.72%) Docker
2 13 (2.53%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (1.36%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.17%) Firmware
4 6 (1.17%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.78%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.58%) VirtualBox
7 1 (0.19%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 52 (10.14%) Kubernetes
2 41 (7.99%) Ansible
3 28 (5.46%) Terraform
4 7 (1.36%) MIIS
5 4 (0.78%) Puppet
5 4 (0.78%) WMI
6 2 (0.39%) Kibana
6 2 (0.39%) Kustomize
7 1 (0.19%) Grafana
7 1 (0.19%) Nessus
7 1 (0.19%) Packer
Vendors
1 63 (12.28%) Microsoft
2 12 (2.34%) Xamarin
3 8 (1.56%) Salesforce
4 7 (1.36%) SAP
4 7 (1.36%) VMware
5 4 (0.78%) IBM
5 4 (0.78%) Palo Alto
5 4 (0.78%) ServiceNow
5 4 (0.78%) WSO2
6 3 (0.58%) Conga
6 3 (0.58%) Google
6 3 (0.58%) Red Hat
6 3 (0.58%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 2 (0.39%) Oracle
8 1 (0.19%) AppDynamics
8 1 (0.19%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.19%) Atmel
8 1 (0.19%) Freescale
8 1 (0.19%) Splunk
8 1 (0.19%) Thales