Test Automation Engineer Jobs in Cardiff

Automation Test Engineer
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Automation Test Engineer salary in Cardiff is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 61 - 80
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Automation Engineer 4 0 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 0.61% - 1.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.65% - 1.22%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 9
10th Percentile £42,375 - £41,000
25th Percentile £44,063 - £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - £45,000
75th Percentile - - £52,500
90th Percentile - - £53,900
South Wales median annual salary £45,000 - £45,000

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cardiff

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Cardiff. 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 Cardiff with a recognized job title 616 519 822
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.47% 90.73% 96.82%
Number of salaries quoted 534 393 615
10th Percentile £27,157 £30,850 £34,000
25th Percentile £36,838 £40,000 £39,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £65,575 £67,070 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,250 £77,500
South Wales median annual salary £46,604 £45,476 £49,000
% change year-on-year +2.48% -7.19% +8.89%

Test Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Job postings that featured Test Automation Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation Engineer in Cardiff

Test Automation Engineer
Salary Trend in Cardiff

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

Salary trend for Test Automation Engineer in Cardiff

Test Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Test Automation Engineer 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 Cardiff region featuring Test Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 4 (100.00%) Python
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 4 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 4 (100.00%) BDD
1 4 (100.00%) SDLC
1 4 (100.00%) API Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Fintech
2 3 (75.00%) Task Automation
2 3 (75.00%) Non-Functional Testing
2 3 (75.00%) GitLab
2 3 (75.00%) Software Testing
2 3 (75.00%) JIRA
2 3 (75.00%) Performance Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Test Management
2 3 (75.00%) Test Scripting
2 3 (75.00%) Manual Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Git
2 3 (75.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working

Test Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Cypress.io
2 3 (75.00%) Git
2 3 (75.00%) GitLab
2 3 (75.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) API Testing
1 4 (100.00%) BDD
1 4 (100.00%) SDLC
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (75.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (75.00%) Fintech
2 3 (75.00%) Manual Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Non-Functional Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Performance Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Software Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Task Automation
2 3 (75.00%) Test Management
2 3 (75.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 4 (100.00%) Python