Test Automation Jobs in Hertfordshire

Automated Testing
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire 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 87 45 47
Rank change year-on-year -42 +2 +7
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 31 95 132
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 1.41% 5.86% 6.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.86% 6.28% 6.47%
Number of salaries quoted 23 28 52
10th Percentile £38,750 - £25,050
25th Percentile £51,250 £50,000 £32,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £75,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.33% +42.86% -19.23%
75th Percentile £63,750 £92,500 £65,000
90th Percentile - £99,750 £77,375
East of England median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £50,750
% change year-on-year -15.38% +28.08% -15.42%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,668 1,513 2,039
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 75.61% 93.34% 92.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,300 691 898
10th Percentile £25,809 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,025 £77,500 £80,000
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in Hertfordshire

Test Automation
Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Salary trend for Test Automation in Hertfordshire

Test Automation
Salary Histogram in Hertfordshire

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

Salary histogram for Test Automation in Hertfordshire

Test Automation
Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Automation within the Hertfordshire 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
Watford -10 14 £57,500 -36.11%
Stevenage -10 11 £58,750 +6.82% 4
Borehamwood +1 3 - - 1
Hatfield +11 1 £62,500 -
Hemel Hempstead - 1 - -
St Albans - 1 - -
Test Automation
East of England

Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 (3.23%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (9.68%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Postilion
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.45%) Azure
2 1 (3.23%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.23%) ATM
1 1 (3.23%) DHCP
1 1 (3.23%) DNS
1 1 (3.23%) Firewall
1 1 (3.23%) SAN
1 1 (3.23%) TCP/IP
1 1 (3.23%) VLAN
1 1 (3.23%) VPN
1 1 (3.23%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (25.81%) MySQL
2 6 (19.35%) MongoDB
3 2 (6.45%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (6.45%) MariaDB
3 2 (6.45%) Redis
4 1 (3.23%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (19.35%) Selenium
2 4 (12.90%) Appium
3 2 (6.45%) JMeter
4 1 (3.23%) LoadRunner
4 1 (3.23%) NeoLoad
4 1 (3.23%) SpecFlow
General
1 12 (38.71%) Social Skills
2 5 (16.13%) Electronics
2 5 (16.13%) Retail
3 4 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (12.90%) Games
4 3 (9.68%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.23%) Aerospace
5 1 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.23%) Finance
5 1 (3.23%) iGaming
5 1 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.23%) Legal
5 1 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.23%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (29.03%) Developer
2 8 (25.81%) Analyst
2 8 (25.81%) PHP Developer
3 6 (19.35%) Test Analyst
4 5 (16.13%) Lead
4 5 (16.13%) Team Leader
5 3 (9.68%) Architect
5 3 (9.68%) Hardware Architect
5 3 (9.68%) Test Architect
6 2 (6.45%) Consulting Manager
6 2 (6.45%) Information Analyst
6 2 (6.45%) IT Analyst
6 2 (6.45%) Programme Analyst
6 2 (6.45%) Senior
6 2 (6.45%) Software Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Test Manager
6 2 (6.45%) UAT Manager
6 2 (6.45%) UAT Test Manager
7 1 (3.23%) Backend Developer
7 1 (3.23%) Senior Backend Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (19.35%) Node.js
1 6 (19.35%) OpenLayers
2 5 (16.13%) HTML
3 2 (6.45%) .NET
3 2 (6.45%) HTML5
3 2 (6.45%) Playwright
4 1 (3.23%) .NET Framework
4 1 (3.23%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.13%) Analogue Electronics
1 5 (16.13%) Robotics
2 3 (9.68%) BBC
3 2 (6.45%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (3.23%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (3.23%) Mobile App
4 1 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (38.71%) Test Strategy
2 11 (35.48%) Integration Testing
3 10 (32.26%) Software Testing
4 7 (22.58%) Validation
5 6 (19.35%) Agile
5 6 (19.35%) Functional Testing
5 6 (19.35%) TDD
6 5 (16.13%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (16.13%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (16.13%) Project Management
7 4 (12.90%) Test Scripting
7 4 (12.90%) User Acceptance Testing
8 3 (9.68%) API Testing
8 3 (9.68%) Clean Code
8 3 (9.68%) Customer Experience
8 3 (9.68%) Mathematics
8 3 (9.68%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
8 3 (9.68%) Physics
8 3 (9.68%) System Integration Testing
9 2 (6.45%) End-to-End Testing
Programming Languages
1 11 (35.48%) JavaScript
2 10 (32.26%) PHP
3 8 (25.81%) Python
4 5 (16.13%) C
5 2 (6.45%) SQL
5 2 (6.45%) TypeScript
6 1 (3.23%) Bash
6 1 (3.23%) C#
6 1 (3.23%) C++
6 1 (3.23%) Java
Qualifications
1 12 (38.71%) Degree
2 4 (12.90%) Security Cleared
3 3 (9.68%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (9.68%) ISTQB
4 2 (6.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (3.23%) BC Cleared
5 1 (3.23%) CCNA
5 1 (3.23%) CCNP
5 1 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (3.23%) DV Cleared
5 1 (3.23%) ISEB
5 1 (3.23%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (3.23%) JNCIA
System Software
1 1 (3.23%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.23%) Iperf
1 1 (3.23%) Nmap
Vendors
1 3 (9.68%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.23%) IBM
2 1 (3.23%) MuleSoft
2 1 (3.23%) Splunk