Test Automation Jobs in Devon

Automated Testing
South West > Devon

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Devon 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 11 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 27 29 27
Rank change year-on-year +2 -2 +22
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 66 47 52
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Devon 6.25% 8.17% 7.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.87% 8.74% 8.35%
Number of salaries quoted 7 13 34
10th Percentile £42,256 - £38,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £31,680 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £40,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -15.79% -13.64%
75th Percentile £65,000 £52,740 £57,500
90th Percentile - £59,000 £68,500
South West median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Devon

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 Devon.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 744 538 623
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Devon 70.45% 93.57% 88.75%
Number of salaries quoted 548 381 410
10th Percentile £26,175 £26,250 £26,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £30,932 £31,680
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £44,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.12% -1.11% +20.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £58,563
90th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £65,125
South West median annual salary £52,000 £54,222 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.10% +8.44% +8.70%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in Devon

Test Automation
Salary Trend in Devon

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

Salary trend for Test Automation in Devon

Test Automation
Salary Histogram in Devon

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Automation in Devon over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Automation in Devon

Test Automation
Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Automation within the Devon region over the 6 months to 11 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
Paignton -3 59 - -
Exeter -2 4 £60,000 +85.02% 11
Plymouth -25 1 £23,141 -38.29%
Test Automation
South West

Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Devon 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:

Applications
1 9 (13.64%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (12.12%) GitHub
2 2 (3.03%) AWS
3 1 (1.52%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 35 (53.03%) 5G
1 35 (53.03%) SD-WAN
1 35 (53.03%) WAN
2 9 (13.64%) TCP/IP
3 8 (12.12%) DNS
3 8 (12.12%) HTTP
3 8 (12.12%) Internet
3 8 (12.12%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.03%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 9 (13.64%) Git
2 8 (12.12%) Jenkins
2 8 (12.12%) LabVIEW
3 1 (1.52%) Cypress.io
General
1 47 (71.21%) Social Skills
2 35 (53.03%) Analytical Skills
2 35 (53.03%) Presentation Skills
3 19 (28.79%) Electronics
4 11 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (31.82%) Developer
2 16 (24.24%) GNSS Engineer
2 16 (24.24%) RF Engineer
3 11 (16.67%) Lead
3 11 (16.67%) Project Leader
3 11 (16.67%) Technical Leader
3 11 (16.67%) Technical Project Leader
4 9 (13.64%) Test Engineer
5 8 (12.12%) Embedded Developer
5 8 (12.12%) Firmware Developer
5 8 (12.12%) FPGA Developer
5 8 (12.12%) Linux Engineer
5 8 (12.12%) Linux Systems Engineer
5 8 (12.12%) Product Engineer
5 8 (12.12%) Product Test Engineer
5 8 (12.12%) Python Engineer
5 8 (12.12%) Software Project Leader
5 8 (12.12%) Systems Engineer
5 8 (12.12%) Verification Engineer
6 6 (9.09%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (12.12%) pytest
2 5 (7.58%) .NET
2 5 (7.58%) React
3 4 (6.06%) .NET Framework
4 3 (4.55%) Entity Framework
5 2 (3.03%) Node.js
6 1 (1.52%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 27 (40.91%) Self-Motivation
2 24 (36.36%) GNSS
3 11 (16.67%) FPGA
4 8 (12.12%) CUDA
4 8 (12.12%) Management Information System
4 8 (12.12%) MicroBlaze
4 8 (12.12%) Robotics
4 8 (12.12%) Tandem
4 8 (12.12%) VHDL
5 3 (4.55%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.52%) Blog
6 1 (1.52%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 24 (36.36%) Linux
1 24 (36.36%) Windows
2 16 (24.24%) Unix
3 8 (12.12%) Debian
3 8 (12.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (90.91%) Problem-Solving
2 59 (89.39%) B2B
3 35 (53.03%) Computer Science
3 35 (53.03%) Test Assurance
4 27 (40.91%) Project Delivery
5 22 (33.33%) Mentoring
5 22 (33.33%) Requirements Analysis
6 19 (28.79%) Creative Thinking
6 19 (28.79%) Defect Tracking
6 19 (28.79%) Validation
7 16 (24.24%) Containerisation
7 16 (24.24%) Customer Engagement
7 16 (24.24%) Requirements Gathering
8 14 (21.21%) Customer Requirements
9 11 (16.67%) Conflict Resolution
9 11 (16.67%) FPGA Design
9 11 (16.67%) Innovative Thinking
9 11 (16.67%) Product Management
9 11 (16.67%) Signal Processing
9 11 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 24 (36.36%) C++
1 24 (36.36%) Python
2 19 (28.79%) MATLAB
3 16 (24.24%) C
4 8 (12.12%) Perl
4 8 (12.12%) Tcl
4 8 (12.12%) VB
5 7 (10.61%) Bash
6 6 (9.09%) C#
7 5 (7.58%) T-SQL
8 3 (4.55%) JavaScript
9 2 (3.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 55 (83.33%) Degree
2 8 (12.12%) Computer Science Degree
2 8 (12.12%) HND
3 1 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (28.79%) PMO
2 7 (10.61%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (4.55%) JTAG
4 1 (1.52%) QA
System Software
1 16 (24.24%) Embedded Firmware
1 16 (24.24%) Firmware
2 7 (10.61%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (1.52%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (12.12%) Altera
1 8 (12.12%) Green Hills
1 8 (12.12%) Motorola
1 8 (12.12%) Xilinx