Test Automation Jobs in South London

Automated Testing
London > South London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in South London 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 47 20 24
Rank change year-on-year -27 +4 +5
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 41 109 217
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South London 4.65% 16.54% 18.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.92% 17.93% 19.00%
Number of salaries quoted 35 23 77
10th Percentile £24,000 £38,150 £37,000
25th Percentile £34,750 £48,750 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -18.52%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £80,000
London median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South London

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 South London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 833 608 1,142
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South London 94.44% 92.26% 95.64%
Number of salaries quoted 369 357 614
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £29,780
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -12.28%
75th Percentile £73,750 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £80,000
London median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in South London

Test Automation
Salary Trend in South London

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

Salary trend for Test Automation in South London

Test Automation
Salary Histogram in South London

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

Salary histogram for Test Automation in South London

Test Automation
Job Locations in South London

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 London 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
Croydon 0 26 £57,500 -23.33% 2
Kingston Upon Thames -18 9 £47,500 -8.65% 1
Merton -10 5 £85,000 - 1
Sutton -16 2 £67,500 -3.57%
Test Automation
London

Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South London 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 9 (21.95%) Apache
2 3 (7.32%) Confluence
2 3 (7.32%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 11 (26.83%) Azure
2 9 (21.95%) Serverless
3 8 (19.51%) AWS
4 7 (17.07%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (9.76%) Amazon ECS
5 4 (9.76%) Amazon EKS
6 2 (4.88%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (2.44%) Amazon Cognito
7 1 (2.44%) Amazon EventBridge
7 1 (2.44%) Amazon Kinesis
7 1 (2.44%) Amazon SQS
7 1 (2.44%) AWS KMS
7 1 (2.44%) GitHub
7 1 (2.44%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (9.76%) Wireless
2 1 (2.44%) HTTP
2 1 (2.44%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.32%) NoSQL
1 3 (7.32%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (7.32%) Relational Database
2 1 (2.44%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (2.44%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.44%) DynamoDB
2 1 (2.44%) MongoDB
2 1 (2.44%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (2.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 13 (31.71%) Selenium
2 10 (24.39%) Cucumber
2 10 (24.39%) JUnit
2 10 (24.39%) TestNG
3 9 (21.95%) REST Assured
3 9 (21.95%) WebDriver
4 7 (17.07%) JIRA
5 5 (12.20%) Git
6 4 (9.76%) Jenkins
6 4 (9.76%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (4.88%) JMeter
7 2 (4.88%) Postman
8 1 (2.44%) Bitbucket
8 1 (2.44%) Bitbucket Server
8 1 (2.44%) LoadRunner
8 1 (2.44%) Mocha
8 1 (2.44%) Serenity BDD
8 1 (2.44%) SoapUI
8 1 (2.44%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (2.44%) Visual Studio
General
1 18 (43.90%) Public Sector
2 11 (26.83%) Social Skills
3 9 (21.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 7 (17.07%) Police
5 5 (12.20%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (7.32%) Local Government
6 3 (7.32%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.44%) Finance
7 1 (2.44%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 15 (36.59%) Developer
2 8 (19.51%) Analyst
2 8 (19.51%) Automation Tester
2 8 (19.51%) Test Analyst
2 8 (19.51%) Tester
3 7 (17.07%) Java Developer
4 6 (14.63%) Systems Analyst
4 6 (14.63%) Systems Test Analyst
5 5 (12.20%) .NET Developer
5 5 (12.20%) Java Engineer
6 3 (7.32%) Automation Engineer
6 3 (7.32%) DevOps Developer
6 3 (7.32%) Full Stack Developer
6 3 (7.32%) Full Stack Java Developer
6 3 (7.32%) SC Cleared Java Developer
6 3 (7.32%) Software Developer
7 2 (4.88%) Automation Developer
7 2 (4.88%) Developer in Test
7 2 (4.88%) Test Automation Developer
7 2 (4.88%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (39.02%) REST
2 9 (21.95%) Apache Commons
2 9 (21.95%) Guava
2 9 (21.95%) Java Concurrency
2 9 (21.95%) WireMock
3 6 (14.63%) .NET
3 6 (14.63%) Node.js
3 6 (14.63%) Web Services
4 5 (12.20%) CSS
4 5 (12.20%) Spring
4 5 (12.20%) Spring Boot
5 4 (9.76%) HTML
5 4 (9.76%) XML
6 3 (7.32%) AngularJS
6 3 (7.32%) Apache Camel
6 3 (7.32%) Elastic Stack
6 3 (7.32%) JSON
7 2 (4.88%) SOAP
8 1 (2.44%) ASP.NET
8 1 (2.44%) Classic ASP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.76%) Legacy Applications
1 4 (9.76%) Wiki
2 3 (7.32%) Distributed Systems
2 3 (7.32%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (4.88%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.44%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (2.44%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (48.78%) Agile
2 17 (41.46%) Scrum
3 16 (39.02%) Software Testing
4 13 (31.71%) DevOps
4 13 (31.71%) Scenario Testing
5 12 (29.27%) BDD
5 12 (29.27%) CI/CD
5 12 (29.27%) Containerisation
5 12 (29.27%) End-to-End Testing
6 11 (26.83%) Coaching
6 11 (26.83%) Mentoring
6 11 (26.83%) Microservices
7 10 (24.39%) API Testing
7 10 (24.39%) Code Quality
8 9 (21.95%) Design Patterns
8 9 (21.95%) Kanban
8 9 (21.95%) Performance Testing
9 7 (17.07%) Compatibility Testing
9 7 (17.07%) Full Stack Development
10 6 (14.63%) SDET
Programming Languages
1 26 (63.41%) Java
2 15 (36.59%) C#
3 11 (26.83%) SQL
4 10 (24.39%) JavaScript
4 10 (24.39%) Python
5 4 (9.76%) PowerShell
6 3 (7.32%) Shell Script
7 1 (2.44%) PL/SQL
7 1 (2.44%) TypeScript
7 1 (2.44%) VB.NET
7 1 (2.44%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 10 (24.39%) SC Cleared
1 10 (24.39%) Security Cleared
2 7 (17.07%) Degree
3 4 (9.76%) AWS Certification
4 3 (7.32%) Azure Certification
5 2 (4.88%) Sun Certification
6 1 (2.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (2.44%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.88%) Def Stans
1 2 (4.88%) QA
2 1 (2.44%) Accessibility
System Software
1 14 (34.15%) Docker
2 3 (7.32%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 15 (36.59%) Kubernetes
2 5 (12.20%) Ansible
3 4 (9.76%) Terraform
4 1 (2.44%) HP SiteScope
4 1 (2.44%) Perfmon
Vendors
1 9 (21.95%) YouTube
2 5 (12.20%) Microsoft
3 3 (7.32%) Google
3 3 (7.32%) WSO2
4 2 (4.88%) Progress
5 1 (2.44%) AppDynamics
5 1 (2.44%) Citrix
5 1 (2.44%) Dynatrace