Automation Test Lead Jobs in London

Test Automation Leader
England > London

The median Test Automation Leader salary in London is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 May 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
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 499 606 847
Rank change year-on-year +107 +241 -300
Permanent jobs requiring an Automation Test Lead 3 17 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.013% 0.048% 0.060%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.013% 0.051% 0.062%
Number of salaries quoted 1 8 16
10th Percentile - £78,750 £54,375
25th Percentile - £88,313 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £90,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +24.14% +3.57%
75th Percentile - - £85,000
90th Percentile - £98,625 £90,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year -5.45% +5.77% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 22,245 33,556 64,351
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.12% 95.05% 96.35%
Number of salaries quoted 16,727 24,642 34,900
10th Percentile £38,095 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £92,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Automation Test Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Automation Test Lead in London

Automation Test Lead
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Automation Test Lead in London

Automation Test Lead
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Automation Test Lead within the London region over the 6 months to 3 May 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
Central London - 2 £70,000 -
Automation Test Lead
England

Automation Test Lead Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, Automation Test Lead 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 London region featuring Automation Test Lead in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
3 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Static Code Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) Defect Management
3 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Exploratory Testing
3 1 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) T-SQL
3 1 (33.33%) .NET
3 1 (33.33%) Python
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (33.33%) QA
3 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) PowerShell

Automation Test Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
General
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 1 (33.33%) Defect Management
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Exploratory Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Static Code Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
1 1 (33.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
1 1 (33.33%) QA