Test Automation Jobs in Wales

Automated Testing
UK > Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 60 32 34
Rank change year-on-year -28 +2 +23
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 69 130 146
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 3.07% 7.72% 7.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.05% 8.02% 7.64%
Number of salaries quoted 58 54 99
10th Percentile £42,500 £24,064 £38,750
25th Percentile £43,313 £33,750 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £63,438 £65,000 £62,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £71,299 £70,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wales

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 Wales with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,704 1,621 1,910
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 75.94% 96.32% 94.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1,132 805 1,146
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £31,475
25th Percentile £35,000 £33,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year - -6.25% +10.34%
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in Wales

Test Automation
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for Test Automation in Wales

Test Automation
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Automation in Wales over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Automation in Wales

Test Automation
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Automation within the Wales region over the 6 months to 1 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
South Wales -3 53 £47,500 -22.45% 5
West Wales +3 11 £50,000 +33.33% 3
North Wales -29 4 - - 2
Test Automation
UK

Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 2 (2.90%) Apache
1 2 (2.90%) Apache Spark
1 2 (2.90%) CMS
1 2 (2.90%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (5.80%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 37 (53.62%) Azure
2 19 (27.54%) AWS
3 16 (23.19%) Azure DevOps
4 15 (21.74%) GCP
5 4 (5.80%) SaaS
6 3 (4.35%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (4.35%) npm
7 1 (1.45%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (1.45%) AWS CodeStar
7 1 (1.45%) BrowserStack
7 1 (1.45%) OCI
7 1 (1.45%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 1 (1.45%) Sauce Labs
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.90%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (15.94%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (11.59%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (5.80%) MySQL
4 2 (2.90%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (2.90%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.90%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 2 (2.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (1.45%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 29 (42.03%) Git
2 20 (28.99%) Selenium
3 16 (23.19%) Jenkins
4 11 (15.94%) Postman
5 10 (14.49%) Visual Studio
6 7 (10.14%) JMeter
7 6 (8.70%) Cucumber
7 6 (8.70%) JIRA
7 6 (8.70%) SoapUI
8 5 (7.25%) Cypress.io
9 3 (4.35%) GitLab
9 3 (4.35%) webpack
10 2 (2.90%) Grunt
10 2 (2.90%) JUnit
10 2 (2.90%) Serenity BDD
10 2 (2.90%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (2.90%) TestNG
10 2 (2.90%) Visual Studio Team System
11 1 (1.45%) Bitbucket
11 1 (1.45%) SpecFlow
General
1 24 (34.78%) Finance
1 24 (34.78%) Social Skills
2 11 (15.94%) Games
3 10 (14.49%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (5.80%) Electronics
4 4 (5.80%) Influencing Skills
4 4 (5.80%) Retail
5 2 (2.90%) Legal
Job Titles
1 22 (31.88%) Developer
2 15 (21.74%) Senior
3 13 (18.84%) Lead
4 11 (15.94%) Java Developer
5 9 (13.04%) Test Engineer
6 8 (11.59%) Tester
7 7 (10.14%) QA Leader
7 7 (10.14%) Senior Developer
8 6 (8.70%) Automation Test Lead
8 6 (8.70%) Full Stack Engineer
8 6 (8.70%) QA Engineer
8 6 (8.70%) Quality Engineer
8 6 (8.70%) Senior Full Stack Engineer
8 6 (8.70%) Test Leader
9 4 (5.80%) Full Stack Developer
9 4 (5.80%) Integration Tester
9 4 (5.80%) Software Engineer
9 4 (5.80%) Test Automation Engineer
10 3 (4.35%) QA Tester
10 3 (4.35%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (23.19%) REST
2 12 (17.39%) React
3 11 (15.94%) AngularJS
3 11 (15.94%) Spring
3 11 (15.94%) Spring Boot
4 8 (11.59%) .NET
5 6 (8.70%) Apache Camel
5 6 (8.70%) HTML
5 6 (8.70%) Vue
6 4 (5.80%) .NET Core
6 4 (5.80%) Web Services
7 3 (4.35%) CSS
7 3 (4.35%) Sass
7 3 (4.35%) Symfony
8 2 (2.90%) Doctrine
8 2 (2.90%) HTML5
8 2 (2.90%) Kafka
9 1 (1.45%) Gherkin
9 1 (1.45%) Node.js
9 1 (1.45%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.59%) Greenfield Project
2 6 (8.70%) Enterprise Software
2 6 (8.70%) Low-Code
3 5 (7.25%) Product Ownership
4 4 (5.80%) ARM Cortex
4 4 (5.80%) FMCG
4 4 (5.80%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.45%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.45%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.45%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.45%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (40.58%) Agile
1 28 (40.58%) DevOps
1 28 (40.58%) Software Testing
2 25 (36.23%) Roadmaps
3 24 (34.78%) CI/CD
3 24 (34.78%) Fintech
4 22 (31.88%) SDLC
5 21 (30.43%) Integration Testing
5 21 (30.43%) Problem-Solving
6 19 (27.54%) Continuous Integration
7 18 (26.09%) Asset Management
8 14 (20.29%) Full Stack Development
9 13 (18.84%) Containerisation
9 13 (18.84%) Test Strategy
10 10 (14.49%) Scrum
11 9 (13.04%) Mentoring
12 8 (11.59%) Acceptance Criteria
12 8 (11.59%) Analytics
12 8 (11.59%) Coaching
12 8 (11.59%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 27 (39.13%) SQL
2 23 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 22 (31.88%) Java
4 15 (21.74%) C#
5 13 (18.84%) TypeScript
6 8 (11.59%) Python
7 6 (8.70%) PL/SQL
8 4 (5.80%) C
9 2 (2.90%) C++
10 1 (1.45%) PHP
Qualifications
1 4 (5.80%) ISTQB
2 3 (4.35%) SC Cleared
2 3 (4.35%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.90%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (2.90%) Degree
4 1 (1.45%) AWS Certification
4 1 (1.45%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (23.19%) QA
2 4 (5.80%) MISRA
System Software
1 23 (33.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (4.35%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.90%) Kibana
3 1 (1.45%) Ansible
3 1 (1.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 20 (28.99%) Oracle
2 9 (13.04%) Microsoft
3 6 (8.70%) MuleSoft
3 6 (8.70%) OutSystems
4 4 (5.80%) Renesas
5 1 (1.45%) Black Duck
5 1 (1.45%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.45%) ServiceNow