Test Automation Jobs in the UK excluding London

Automated Testing
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 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 96 35 35
Rank change year-on-year -61 0 +6
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 1,968 4,098 5,185
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.75% 6.94% 7.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.29% 7.26% 7.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1,161 1,493 2,900
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £65,063
90th Percentile £75,000 £84,056 £77,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,784 56,422 67,505
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.60% 95.60% 94.12%
Number of salaries quoted 41,279 29,104 41,046
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in the UK excluding London

Test Automation
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test Automation in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Test Automation in the UK excluding London

Test Automation
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Automation in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Automation in the UK excluding London

Test Automation
Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London 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
South East -49 513 £55,000 -8.33% 157
Scotland -28 421 £50,000 -16.67% 46
North of England -86 363 £55,000 -4.35% 110
Midlands -91 242 £50,000 -9.09% 77
South West -50 239 £57,000 +5.56% 72
North West -70 219 £55,000 -8.33% 72
West Midlands -61 181 £52,500 -4.55% 54
Yorkshire -76 112 £55,000 - 34
East of England -87 111 £55,000 -18.52% 79
Wales -25 70 £50,000 +11.11% 18
East Midlands -94 60 £47,500 -13.64% 23
North East -37 32 £60,000 +4.35% 4
Northern Ireland -25 9 £57,500 +9.52% 12
Channel Islands - 2 £115,000 -
Test Automation
UK

Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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
1 107 (5.44%) Apache Spark
2 63 (3.20%) Confluence
3 25 (1.27%) Apache
4 22 (1.12%) SharePoint
5 15 (0.76%) Cloud Foundry
5 15 (0.76%) CMS
6 10 (0.51%) OpenStack
7 8 (0.41%) IIS
7 8 (0.41%) Umbraco
8 6 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
8 6 (0.30%) SAS
9 4 (0.20%) TWiki
10 3 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.15%) JBoss
10 3 (0.15%) WordPress
11 2 (0.10%) nginx
12 1 (0.051%) Apache Airflow
12 1 (0.051%) BizTalk Server
12 1 (0.051%) Drupal
12 1 (0.051%) Mule
Applications
1 36 (1.83%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (0.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (0.76%) MS Visio
5 7 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.20%) Doxygen
6 4 (0.20%) Simulink
7 2 (0.10%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.10%) Fusion 360
8 1 (0.051%) Mathematica
8 1 (0.051%) OrCAD
8 1 (0.051%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 29 (1.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.46%) Magento
3 5 (0.25%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.10%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.10%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.10%) SystmOne
5 1 (0.051%) Postilion
Cloud Services
1 486 (24.70%) AWS
2 439 (22.31%) Azure
3 168 (8.54%) SaaS
4 130 (6.61%) Azure DevOps
5 93 (4.73%) GitHub
6 79 (4.01%) GCP
7 59 (3.00%) Amazon S3
8 58 (2.95%) Amazon EKS
9 54 (2.74%) IBM Cloud
10 52 (2.64%) Dynamics 365
11 49 (2.49%) OCI
12 48 (2.44%) Route 53
13 47 (2.39%) Amazon ECR
13 47 (2.39%) Serverless
14 37 (1.88%) Power Automate
15 33 (1.68%) BlazeMeter
16 32 (1.63%) GitHub Actions
17 31 (1.58%) Power Platform
18 26 (1.32%) PaaS
19 25 (1.27%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 68 (3.46%) Kerberos
2 61 (3.10%) 5G
3 40 (2.03%) Wireless
4 39 (1.98%) Wi-Fi
5 36 (1.83%) SD-WAN
5 36 (1.83%) WAN
6 28 (1.42%) Bluetooth
7 25 (1.27%) HTTP
8 23 (1.17%) TCP/IP
9 22 (1.12%) GSM
9 22 (1.12%) ISDN
9 22 (1.12%) LTE
9 22 (1.12%) PSTN
9 22 (1.12%) UMTS
10 20 (1.02%) Internet
11 19 (0.97%) Network Security
12 18 (0.91%) DSL
12 18 (0.91%) MQTT
13 16 (0.81%) DNS
14 14 (0.71%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 188 (9.55%) NoSQL
2 130 (6.61%) SQL Server
3 86 (4.37%) Apache Hive
3 86 (4.37%) HBase
4 80 (4.07%) MySQL
5 79 (4.01%) PostgreSQL
6 77 (3.91%) MongoDB
7 68 (3.46%) Relational Database
8 66 (3.35%) Big Data
9 65 (3.30%) Metadata
10 58 (2.95%) Hadoop
11 55 (2.79%) Amazon RDS
12 31 (1.58%) Elasticsearch
13 30 (1.52%) Data Lake
14 28 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
15 24 (1.22%) Tableau
16 22 (1.12%) DB2
17 20 (1.02%) DynamoDB
18 14 (0.71%) Power BI
19 11 (0.56%) Redis
Development Applications
1 428 (21.75%) Git
2 337 (17.12%) Jenkins
3 284 (14.43%) Selenium
4 188 (9.55%) JIRA
5 125 (6.35%) Cucumber
6 113 (5.74%) Bitbucket
7 106 (5.39%) Cypress.io
8 96 (4.88%) JMeter
9 91 (4.62%) Bitbucket Server
10 86 (4.37%) Postman
11 73 (3.71%) Visual Studio
12 67 (3.40%) Artifactory
13 61 (3.10%) Appium
14 44 (2.24%) JUnit
14 44 (2.24%) LabVIEW
15 42 (2.13%) Team Foundation Server
16 39 (1.98%) Jasmine
16 39 (1.98%) TeamCity
17 38 (1.93%) SpecFlow
17 38 (1.93%) WebDriver
General
1 527 (26.78%) Finance
2 458 (23.27%) Social Skills
3 411 (20.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 334 (16.97%) Law
5 203 (10.32%) Analytical Skills
6 187 (9.50%) Marketing
7 141 (7.16%) Public Sector
8 118 (6.00%) Banking
9 94 (4.78%) Legal
10 84 (4.27%) Electronics
11 77 (3.91%) Retail
12 69 (3.51%) Aerospace
13 56 (2.85%) Investment Banking
14 55 (2.79%) Automotive
15 54 (2.74%) Organisational Skills
16 41 (2.08%) Manufacturing
16 41 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
17 39 (1.98%) Games
18 38 (1.93%) Financial Institution
19 37 (1.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 460 (23.37%) Developer
2 455 (23.12%) Software Engineer
3 330 (16.77%) Senior
4 266 (13.52%) Lead
5 169 (8.59%) Test Engineer
6 147 (7.47%) Tester
7 122 (6.20%) Senior Software Engineer
8 115 (5.84%) QA Engineer
9 109 (5.54%) Java Engineer
10 97 (4.93%) Java Software Engineer
11 94 (4.78%) Software Developer
12 93 (4.73%) Lead Software Engineer
13 91 (4.62%) DevOps Engineer
14 87 (4.42%) AWS Engineer
15 78 (3.96%) Analyst
16 76 (3.86%) Senior Developer
17 75 (3.81%) AWS Software Engineer
18 62 (3.15%) Developer/Software Engineer
19 61 (3.10%) Automation Tester
19 61 (3.10%) Full Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 273 (13.87%) .NET
2 205 (10.42%) RESTful
3 174 (8.84%) React
4 159 (8.08%) HTML
5 150 (7.62%) CSS
6 139 (7.06%) JSON
7 132 (6.71%) Web Services
8 117 (5.95%) XML
9 111 (5.64%) REST
10 102 (5.18%) Spring Boot
11 101 (5.13%) AngularJS
12 97 (4.93%) Spring
13 84 (4.27%) Node.js
14 82 (4.17%) OpenID
15 71 (3.61%) .NET Core
16 70 (3.56%) ASP.NET
17 68 (3.46%) LDAP
17 68 (3.46%) SAML
18 65 (3.30%) JSON-LD
19 55 (2.79%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 146 (7.42%) Management Information System
2 132 (6.71%) Algorithms
3 110 (5.59%) Product Ownership
4 98 (4.98%) Self-Motivation
5 87 (4.42%) Public Cloud
6 77 (3.91%) Enterprise Cloud
7 74 (3.76%) Mobile App
8 70 (3.56%) Cloud Native
9 65 (3.30%) Reference Data
10 54 (2.74%) e-Learning
11 49 (2.49%) Blockchain
11 49 (2.49%) Hybrid Cloud
12 43 (2.18%) Satnav
13 38 (1.93%) IoT
14 34 (1.73%) Private Cloud
15 33 (1.68%) Market Risk
16 29 (1.47%) Onboarding
17 28 (1.42%) Embedded Systems
18 27 (1.37%) Low-Code
19 25 (1.27%) GNSS
Operating Systems
1 214 (10.87%) Linux
2 150 (7.62%) Windows
3 120 (6.10%) Unix
4 36 (1.83%) Apple iOS
5 34 (1.73%) Android
6 28 (1.42%) Windows Server
7 20 (1.02%) Mac OS
8 18 (0.91%) Embedded Linux
9 11 (0.56%) FreeRTOS
9 11 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 11 (0.56%) Ubuntu
10 10 (0.51%) Debian
11 8 (0.41%) Windows Server 2008
12 7 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
13 4 (0.20%) VMS
14 3 (0.15%) CentOS
15 2 (0.10%) Mac OS X
15 2 (0.10%) Windows 10
16 1 (0.051%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,155 (58.69%) Agile
2 656 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 589 (29.93%) CI/CD
4 546 (27.74%) DevOps
5 431 (21.90%) Problem-Solving
6 429 (21.80%) Software Testing
7 403 (20.48%) SDLC
8 342 (17.38%) Mentoring
9 313 (15.90%) TDD
10 268 (13.62%) Continuous Integration
11 258 (13.11%) Artificial Intelligence
12 256 (13.01%) Coaching
13 243 (12.35%) Continuous Improvement
14 240 (12.20%) Microservices
15 228 (11.59%) Scrum
16 224 (11.38%) Operational Stability
17 210 (10.67%) Community of Practice
18 203 (10.32%) Test Scripting
19 192 (9.76%) Computer Science
20 187 (9.50%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 521 (26.47%) SQL
2 511 (25.97%) Java
3 441 (22.41%) Python
4 390 (19.82%) C#
5 382 (19.41%) JavaScript
6 146 (7.42%) C
7 126 (6.40%) TypeScript
8 125 (6.35%) C++
9 124 (6.30%) PL/SQL
10 108 (5.49%) Go
11 65 (3.30%) PHP
11 65 (3.30%) Prolog
11 65 (3.30%) SPARQL
12 47 (2.39%) Kotlin
13 43 (2.18%) PowerShell
14 42 (2.13%) Bash
15 37 (1.88%) T-SQL
16 35 (1.78%) MATLAB
17 26 (1.32%) Ruby
18 23 (1.17%) Scala
Qualifications
1 370 (18.80%) Degree
2 219 (11.13%) Security Cleared
3 138 (7.01%) SC Cleared
4 110 (5.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 85 (4.32%) ISTQB
6 59 (3.00%) DV Cleared
7 35 (1.78%) ISEB
8 33 (1.68%) Master's Degree
9 26 (1.32%) DBS Check
10 21 (1.07%) BPSS Clearance
11 16 (0.81%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 13 (0.66%) Azure Certification
13 12 (0.61%) HND
14 8 (0.41%) Microsoft Certification
15 7 (0.36%) Numerate Degree
16 6 (0.30%) AWS Certification
17 5 (0.25%) ITIL Certification
18 4 (0.20%) Chartered Engineer
18 4 (0.20%) CIPD
18 4 (0.20%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 492 (25.00%) QA
2 33 (1.68%) Accessibility
3 31 (1.58%) GDPR
4 26 (1.32%) Software Quality Assurance
5 21 (1.07%) ISO 9001
5 21 (1.07%) SLA
6 20 (1.02%) PMO
7 15 (0.76%) WAI
8 10 (0.51%) HIPAA
9 9 (0.46%) NCSC
10 8 (0.41%) Data Quality
10 8 (0.41%) MISRA
10 8 (0.41%) PSD2
11 7 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
11 7 (0.36%) JTAG
12 4 (0.20%) DICOM
12 4 (0.20%) HL7
12 4 (0.20%) ISO 13485
13 3 (0.15%) MISRA C
14 2 (0.10%) NIST
System Software
1 175 (8.89%) Docker
2 86 (4.37%) HDFS
3 80 (4.07%) Active Directory
4 38 (1.93%) Firmware
5 26 (1.32%) Embedded Firmware
6 20 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
7 12 (0.61%) VMware Infrastructure
8 6 (0.30%) Hyper-V
8 6 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (0.20%) VMware Server
10 3 (0.15%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 228 (11.59%) Terraform
2 183 (9.30%) Kubernetes
3 79 (4.01%) Ansible
4 52 (2.64%) Prometheus
5 23 (1.17%) Progress Chef
6 12 (0.61%) Grafana
6 12 (0.61%) Kibana
7 11 (0.56%) Puppet
8 7 (0.36%) MIIS
9 5 (0.25%) Argo
10 4 (0.20%) WMI
11 2 (0.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.10%) HP ALM
11 2 (0.10%) Kustomize
11 2 (0.10%) Nagios
11 2 (0.10%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.051%) Functional Safety
12 1 (0.051%) Kiali
12 1 (0.051%) Packer
12 1 (0.051%) Podman
Vendors
1 210 (10.67%) Microsoft
2 113 (5.74%) Databricks
3 86 (4.37%) Informatica
4 68 (3.46%) Oracle
5 59 (3.00%) IBM
6 56 (2.85%) Cloudera
7 54 (2.74%) Dynatrace
8 53 (2.69%) Red Hat
9 50 (2.54%) Google
10 31 (1.58%) Xamarin
11 24 (1.22%) Alteryx
12 20 (1.02%) Sybase
13 18 (0.91%) Cognos
14 16 (0.81%) SAP
15 15 (0.76%) Splunk
16 13 (0.66%) Atlassian
17 12 (0.61%) VMware
17 12 (0.61%) YouTube
18 10 (0.51%) MuleSoft
18 10 (0.51%) Salesforce