Test Automation Jobs in Hampshire

Automated Testing
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Hampshire requiring Test Automation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Test Automation over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 57 34 33
Rank change year-on-year -23 -1 +17
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 174 182 464
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 3.76% 6.76% 8.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.74% 7.25% 8.90%
Number of salaries quoted 116 134 264
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,900 £32,875
25th Percentile £43,750 £40,874 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +15.79%
75th Percentile £62,813 £73,438 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £83,375 £75,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +10.05%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hampshire

Test Automation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Hampshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,671 2,509 5,213
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 79.32% 93.24% 95.18%
Number of salaries quoted 2,767 1,822 3,398
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £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 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in Hampshire

Test Automation
Salary Trend in Hampshire

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

Salary trend for Test Automation in Hampshire

Test Automation
Salary Histogram in Hampshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Automation in Hampshire over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Automation in Hampshire

Test Automation
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Automation within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 12 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
Basingstoke +22 48 £50,000 -9.09% 3
Fareham +24 30 £47,500 +30.14% 1
Southampton -38 23 £60,000 - 2
Romsey -6 21 £55,000 -13.73% 1
Portsmouth -24 15 £50,000 -14.89% 2
Farnborough -10 11 £37,500 -50.00% 5
Hook -8 3 - -
Petersfield - 3 £57,500 -
Andover -13 1 £65,000 -18.75%
Test Automation
South East

Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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 1 (0.57%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.57%) Mathematica
Cloud Services
1 53 (30.46%) SaaS
2 35 (20.11%) Azure
3 33 (18.97%) AWS
4 21 (12.07%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (4.02%) Pulumi
6 4 (2.30%) GitHub
6 4 (2.30%) Snowflake
7 2 (1.15%) IBM Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 14 (8.05%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (13.22%) NoSQL
2 13 (7.47%) SQL Server
3 5 (2.87%) Redis
4 4 (2.30%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.15%) DB2
5 2 (1.15%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.57%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 73 (41.95%) Selenium
2 31 (17.82%) Git
3 16 (9.20%) JIRA
4 14 (8.05%) Jasmine
4 14 (8.05%) NUnit
4 14 (8.05%) Visual Studio
4 14 (8.05%) Visual Studio Code
5 12 (6.90%) TeamCity
6 8 (4.60%) SpecFlow
7 7 (4.02%) Cypress.io
7 7 (4.02%) Team Foundation Server
7 7 (4.02%) TestRail
8 6 (3.45%) Cucumber
8 6 (3.45%) Jenkins
8 6 (3.45%) Robot Framework
8 6 (3.45%) Sonatype Nexus
9 5 (2.87%) JBehave
9 5 (2.87%) Postman
10 4 (2.30%) MSI
11 3 (1.72%) Subversion
General
1 27 (15.52%) Aerospace
2 21 (12.07%) Organisational Skills
3 17 (9.77%) Finance
3 17 (9.77%) Social Skills
4 9 (5.17%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (4.02%) Law
5 7 (4.02%) Multimedia
6 5 (2.87%) Marketing
6 5 (2.87%) Retail
7 4 (2.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.72%) Wearables
9 2 (1.15%) Agriculture
9 2 (1.15%) Aviation
9 2 (1.15%) Military
9 2 (1.15%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.57%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.57%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 37 (21.26%) Developer
2 30 (17.24%) Senior
3 28 (16.09%) Tester
4 25 (14.37%) Automation Tester
4 25 (14.37%) Lead
5 20 (11.49%) Analyst
5 20 (11.49%) Software Developer
6 18 (10.34%) Senior Developer
6 18 (10.34%) Test Analyst
7 17 (9.77%) Architect
7 17 (9.77%) Full Stack Developer
7 17 (9.77%) Software Engineer
8 16 (9.20%) Data Architect
9 14 (8.05%) .NET Developer
9 14 (8.05%) .NET Software Developer
9 14 (8.05%) C# .NET Developer
9 14 (8.05%) C# Developer
9 14 (8.05%) C# Software Developer
10 13 (7.47%) QA Analyst
11 12 (6.90%) Senior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (19.54%) .NET
1 34 (19.54%) RESTful
2 28 (16.09%) React
3 27 (15.52%) CSS
3 27 (15.52%) HTML
4 23 (13.22%) ASP.NET
5 21 (12.07%) .NET Core
5 21 (12.07%) Middleware
6 16 (9.20%) AngularJS
6 16 (9.20%) jQuery
6 16 (9.20%) Vue
7 15 (8.62%) Laravel
8 14 (8.05%) .NET Framework
8 14 (8.05%) Entity Framework
8 14 (8.05%) OAuth
9 9 (5.17%) Blazor
10 8 (4.60%) ASP.NET Web API
11 7 (4.02%) HTML5
11 7 (4.02%) OpenID
11 7 (4.02%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.17%) Onboarding
2 6 (3.45%) PKI
2 6 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (2.87%) Data Centre
3 5 (2.87%) Low-Code
4 2 (1.15%) Algorithms
4 2 (1.15%) Blockchain
4 2 (1.15%) Data Structures
4 2 (1.15%) e-Learning
4 2 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (1.15%) IoT
4 2 (1.15%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.15%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (0.57%) FPGA
5 1 (0.57%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.57%) Mainframe
5 1 (0.57%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.57%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 23 (13.22%) Linux
2 15 (8.62%) Windows
3 6 (3.45%) Windows Server
3 6 (3.45%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (1.15%) Android
4 2 (1.15%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (66.67%) Agile
2 50 (28.74%) Software Engineering
3 46 (26.44%) DevOps
4 43 (24.71%) Full Stack Development
4 43 (24.71%) Test Scripting
5 40 (22.99%) Software Testing
6 37 (21.26%) Scrum
7 34 (19.54%) Mentoring
8 32 (18.39%) User Experience
9 31 (17.82%) Test Strategy
10 30 (17.24%) Design Patterns
10 30 (17.24%) TDD
11 29 (16.67%) Coaching
12 28 (16.09%) Test Assurance
13 26 (14.94%) Collaborative Working
14 25 (14.37%) Kanban
14 25 (14.37%) Requirements Analysis
14 25 (14.37%) Scaled Agile Framework
14 25 (14.37%) Technical Analysis
14 25 (14.37%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 51 (29.31%) JavaScript
2 50 (28.74%) SQL
3 42 (24.14%) Java
4 38 (21.84%) C#
5 36 (20.69%) Python
6 21 (12.07%) Kotlin
7 15 (8.62%) PHP
8 11 (6.32%) TypeScript
9 7 (4.02%) Bicep
9 7 (4.02%) T-SQL
10 6 (3.45%) PowerShell
11 2 (1.15%) C++
11 2 (1.15%) Ruby
12 1 (0.57%) VB
12 1 (0.57%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 56 (32.18%) Security Cleared
2 32 (18.39%) DV Cleared
3 30 (17.24%) ISTQB
4 21 (12.07%) SC Cleared
5 13 (7.47%) Degree
6 11 (6.32%) DBS Check
7 8 (4.60%) ISEB
8 5 (2.87%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (2.30%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (1.15%) Chartered Engineer
11 1 (0.57%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (35.63%) QA
2 3 (1.72%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 2 (1.15%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (5.75%) Docker
2 6 (3.45%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.15%) Firmware
4 1 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (8.05%) Terraform
2 7 (4.02%) Ansible
2 7 (4.02%) Kubernetes
2 7 (4.02%) MIIS
3 4 (2.30%) WMI
4 1 (0.57%) Nessus
Vendors
1 6 (3.45%) Microsoft
1 6 (3.45%) VMware
2 2 (1.15%) IBM
2 2 (1.15%) Red Hat
3 1 (0.57%) Thales