Test Automation Jobs in the North West

Automated Testing
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 106 38 40
Rank change year-on-year -68 +2 +15
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 234 522 722
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 2.09% 7.14% 7.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.61% 7.47% 7.68%
Number of salaries quoted 133 131 350
10th Percentile £33,750 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £53,112
Median % change year-on-year - +8.26% +18.03%
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £72,398 £78,750 £78,750
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 West

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 West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,970 6,987 9,399
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 80.02% 95.58% 95.48%
Number of salaries quoted 6,539 3,850 5,342
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £38,947
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.03%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £81,250
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in the North West

Test Automation
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Test Automation in the North West

Test Automation
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Automation in the North West over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Automation in the North West

Test Automation
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 9 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
Manchester -52 167 £56,482 +0.41% 56
Cheshire -20 40 £57,500 -13.21% 12
Merseyside -37 14 £41,235 -37.76% 4
Lancashire -40 12 £57,500 +6.98% 1
Cumbria - 1 £27,000 -
Test Automation
England

Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 10 (4.27%) Confluence
2 8 (3.42%) IIS
3 4 (1.71%) CMS
3 4 (1.71%) Umbraco
4 2 (0.85%) WordPress
5 1 (0.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.43%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 2 (0.85%) Adobe XD
1 2 (0.85%) Fusion 360
2 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (3.85%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 76 (32.48%) AWS
2 41 (17.52%) Amazon S3
2 41 (17.52%) Azure
3 38 (16.24%) OCI
4 37 (15.81%) Amazon EKS
5 36 (15.38%) Amazon ECR
5 36 (15.38%) IBM Cloud
5 36 (15.38%) Route 53
6 27 (11.54%) SaaS
7 10 (4.27%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (4.27%) Google Play
8 9 (3.85%) Dynamics 365
8 9 (3.85%) Power Automate
8 9 (3.85%) Power Platform
9 8 (3.42%) GitHub
9 8 (3.42%) Serverless
10 6 (2.56%) BrowserStack
11 4 (1.71%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (1.28%) Amazon EventBridge
12 3 (1.28%) Azure Pipelines
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.71%) DNS
1 4 (1.71%) Firewall
2 1 (0.43%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (15.38%) Amazon RDS
2 14 (5.98%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (4.70%) MySQL
4 10 (4.27%) NoSQL
4 10 (4.27%) Relational Database
5 8 (3.42%) MongoDB
6 4 (1.71%) DynamoDB
6 4 (1.71%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.85%) Redis
8 1 (0.43%) Big Data
8 1 (0.43%) LogicBlox
Development Applications
1 35 (14.96%) Git
2 25 (10.68%) Selenium
3 22 (9.40%) Appium
4 17 (7.26%) Cypress.io
4 17 (7.26%) Jenkins
4 17 (7.26%) JIRA
5 13 (5.56%) Postman
6 12 (5.13%) JMeter
7 10 (4.27%) Cucumber
7 10 (4.27%) Jasmine
8 8 (3.42%) TeamCity
8 8 (3.42%) WebDriver
9 7 (2.99%) Bitbucket
10 6 (2.56%) JUnit
10 6 (2.56%) SpecFlow
11 5 (2.14%) Clang
11 5 (2.14%) TestNG
12 4 (1.71%) Visual Studio
13 3 (1.28%) Maven
14 2 (0.85%) LabVIEW
General
1 55 (23.50%) Public Sector
2 49 (20.94%) Social Skills
3 47 (20.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 41 (17.52%) Finance
5 21 (8.97%) Retail
6 16 (6.84%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (5.13%) Marketing
8 8 (3.42%) Automotive
9 6 (2.56%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.71%) Advertising
10 4 (1.71%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.28%) Aviation
11 3 (1.28%) Banking
12 2 (0.85%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.85%) Electronics
12 2 (0.85%) Law
12 2 (0.85%) Tech for Good
13 1 (0.43%) Back Office
13 1 (0.43%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.43%) Games
Job Titles
1 74 (31.62%) Senior
2 60 (25.64%) Developer
3 39 (16.67%) DevOps Engineer
4 36 (15.38%) Senior DevOps
4 36 (15.38%) Senior DevOps Engineer
5 23 (9.83%) Lead
6 22 (9.40%) Software Engineer
7 21 (8.97%) Tester
8 20 (8.55%) Software Developer
9 17 (7.26%) Analyst
10 15 (6.41%) Senior Developer
11 11 (4.70%) Test Analyst
12 10 (4.27%) Android Developer
12 10 (4.27%) Automation Tester
12 10 (4.27%) Senior Android Developer
13 9 (3.85%) Applications Developer
13 9 (3.85%) Full Stack Developer
13 9 (3.85%) QA Engineer
13 9 (3.85%) Senior Software Engineer
13 9 (3.85%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (8.55%) .NET
2 19 (8.12%) CSS
2 19 (8.12%) JSON
2 19 (8.12%) RESTful
3 17 (7.26%) HTML
3 17 (7.26%) React
4 16 (6.84%) Node.js
4 16 (6.84%) REST
5 12 (5.13%) Jest
6 10 (4.27%) Android SDK
6 10 (4.27%) Playwright
7 9 (3.85%) Gherkin
7 9 (3.85%) React Native
8 8 (3.42%) LLVM
9 6 (2.56%) AngularJS
9 6 (2.56%) CSS3
9 6 (2.56%) JWT
9 6 (2.56%) OAuth
9 6 (2.56%) OAuth2
10 5 (2.14%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 36 (15.38%) Blockchain
1 36 (15.38%) e-Learning
1 36 (15.38%) Hybrid Cloud
2 15 (6.41%) Mobile App
3 13 (5.56%) Product Ownership
4 12 (5.13%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (2.99%) Cloud Native
5 7 (2.99%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (2.56%) Virtual Team
7 5 (2.14%) Public Cloud
8 4 (1.71%) Greenfield Project
8 4 (1.71%) Operational Technology
8 4 (1.71%) SCADA
9 3 (1.28%) Blog
9 3 (1.28%) IoT
10 2 (0.85%) Analogue Electronics
10 2 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.85%) Animation
10 2 (0.85%) FMCG
11 1 (0.43%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 24 (10.26%) Linux
2 19 (8.12%) Windows
3 14 (5.98%) Android
4 9 (3.85%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.71%) Mac OS
5 4 (1.71%) VMS
5 4 (1.71%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (70.94%) Agile
2 93 (39.74%) DevOps
3 73 (31.20%) Mentoring
4 70 (29.91%) CI/CD
5 69 (29.49%) Coaching
6 50 (21.37%) Artificial Intelligence
7 48 (20.51%) Software Engineering
8 46 (19.66%) Continuous Integration
9 44 (18.80%) Software Testing
10 43 (18.38%) Containerisation
11 42 (17.95%) TDD
12 37 (15.81%) Observability
13 36 (15.38%) Secrets Management
14 28 (11.97%) SDLC
15 27 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
16 26 (11.11%) Scrum
17 25 (10.68%) Continuous Improvement
17 25 (10.68%) Fintech
18 24 (10.26%) Design Patterns
19 22 (9.40%) Full Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 61 (26.07%) JavaScript
2 53 (22.65%) Java
3 46 (19.66%) C#
4 37 (15.81%) Python
5 24 (10.26%) SQL
5 24 (10.26%) TypeScript
6 22 (9.40%) C
7 16 (6.84%) Go
8 13 (5.56%) Kotlin
9 7 (2.99%) C++
9 7 (2.99%) Ruby
10 5 (2.14%) Fortran
11 4 (1.71%) VB.NET
12 3 (1.28%) PHP
12 3 (1.28%) PowerShell
13 2 (0.85%) Perl
13 2 (0.85%) Swift
Qualifications
1 31 (13.25%) Degree
2 15 (6.41%) Security Cleared
3 11 (4.70%) SC Cleared
4 10 (4.27%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (3.85%) ISTQB
6 5 (2.14%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.28%) BC Cleared
8 2 (0.85%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.85%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.85%) HND
9 1 (0.43%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (21.79%) QA
2 4 (1.71%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.85%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.43%) GDPR
4 1 (0.43%) NIST
System Software
1 11 (4.70%) Docker
2 1 (0.43%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 47 (20.09%) Terraform
2 44 (18.80%) Kubernetes
3 36 (15.38%) Prometheus
4 13 (5.56%) Ansible
5 9 (3.85%) Progress Chef
6 6 (2.56%) Kibana
7 5 (2.14%) Grafana
8 1 (0.43%) Kiali
Vendors
1 36 (15.38%) Dynatrace
1 36 (15.38%) IBM
1 36 (15.38%) Red Hat
2 17 (7.26%) Microsoft
3 11 (4.70%) Google
4 7 (2.99%) BT
5 5 (2.14%) YouTube
6 4 (1.71%) Facebook
7 3 (1.28%) Adobe
7 3 (1.28%) SAP
8 2 (0.85%) Autodesk
8 2 (0.85%) Black Duck
8 2 (0.85%) EMC
8 2 (0.85%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.43%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.43%) Oracle
9 1 (0.43%) Splunk
9 1 (0.43%) Workday