Automation Tester Jobs in the Thames Valley

Automation Tester
South East > Thames Valley

The median Automation Tester salary in the Thames Valley is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 235 230 256
Rank change year-on-year -5 +26 -33
Permanent jobs requiring an Automation Tester 13 22 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.18% 0.39% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.43% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 8 16 23
10th Percentile - £47,500 £39,050
25th Percentile £61,250 £60,625 £45,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +19.66% +17.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile - £80,000 £78,500
South East median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% +4.55% +10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 6,742 5,115 7,021
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.66% 89.64% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 4,606 3,071 4,135
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,500 £38,750 £40,853
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £64,750 £72,500 £70,750
90th Percentile £78,080 £87,500 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Automation Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings that featured Automation Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Automation Tester in the Thames Valley

Automation Tester
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Automation Tester in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Automation Tester in the Thames Valley

Automation Tester
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Automation Tester within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 2 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
Berkshire +16 13 £65,000 -10.34% 2
Automation Tester
South East

Automation Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, Automation Tester job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Thames Valley region featuring Automation Tester in the job title.

1 13 (100.00%) Java
1 13 (100.00%) Selenium
1 13 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 13 (100.00%) Cucumber
2 12 (92.31%) CI/CD
3 11 (84.62%) Code Quality
3 11 (84.62%) REST Assured
3 11 (84.62%) BDD
3 11 (84.62%) WebDriver
4 10 (76.92%) TestNG
4 10 (76.92%) REST
4 10 (76.92%) Java Concurrency
4 10 (76.92%) JUnit
4 10 (76.92%) Apache
4 10 (76.92%) Guava
4 10 (76.92%) Docker
4 10 (76.92%) Apache Commons
4 10 (76.92%) Kubernetes
4 10 (76.92%) API Testing
4 10 (76.92%) WireMock
4 10 (76.92%) Scenario Testing
4 10 (76.92%) Design Patterns
4 10 (76.92%) Containerisation
5 9 (69.23%) SDET
5 9 (69.23%) Scrum
5 9 (69.23%) Agile
5 9 (69.23%) Software Testing
6 8 (61.54%) SC Cleared
6 8 (61.54%) Security Cleared
7 5 (38.46%) Continuous Integration

Automation Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (76.92%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) AWS
1 3 (23.08%) GitHub
1 3 (23.08%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 13 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 13 (100.00%) Selenium
2 11 (84.62%) REST Assured
2 11 (84.62%) WebDriver
3 10 (76.92%) JUnit
3 10 (76.92%) TestNG
4 3 (23.08%) Bitbucket Server
4 3 (23.08%) Jenkins
4 3 (23.08%) JIRA
4 3 (23.08%) JMeter
4 3 (23.08%) Serenity BDD
5 2 (15.38%) Bitbucket
5 2 (15.38%) SoapUI
6 1 (7.69%) Hudson
6 1 (7.69%) Postman
General
1 4 (30.77%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (76.92%) Apache Commons
1 10 (76.92%) Guava
1 10 (76.92%) Java Concurrency
1 10 (76.92%) REST
1 10 (76.92%) WireMock
2 3 (23.08%) Web Services
3 2 (15.38%) RESTful
3 2 (15.38%) SOAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 12 (92.31%) CI/CD
3 11 (84.62%) BDD
3 11 (84.62%) Code Quality
4 10 (76.92%) API Testing
4 10 (76.92%) Containerisation
4 10 (76.92%) Design Patterns
4 10 (76.92%) Scenario Testing
5 9 (69.23%) Agile
5 9 (69.23%) Scrum
5 9 (69.23%) SDET
5 9 (69.23%) Software Testing
6 5 (38.46%) Continuous Integration
7 4 (30.77%) Continuous Deployment
7 4 (30.77%) Task Automation
8 3 (23.08%) Test Management
9 1 (7.69%) Clean Code
9 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Automation
9 1 (7.69%) Performance Testing
9 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 13 (100.00%) Java
2 3 (23.08%) JavaScript
2 3 (23.08%) SQL
3 1 (7.69%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (61.54%) SC Cleared
1 8 (61.54%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 10 (76.92%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (76.92%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Oracle