Test Automation Jobs in London

Automated Testing
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London 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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 106 37 37
Rank change year-on-year -69 0 +2
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 671 2,410 6,218
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 2.85% 6.85% 9.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.12% 7.18% 9.62%
Number of salaries quoted 492 1,268 2,276
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £56,438 £55,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £69,078
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +8.57% -1.32%
75th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £111,125 £111,250 £100,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 21,515 33,562 64,646
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 91.30% 95.35% 96.86%
Number of salaries quoted 16,011 24,064 34,411
10th Percentile £38,000 £43,477 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,000 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £111,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in London

Test Automation
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Test Automation in London

Test Automation
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Automation in London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Automation in London

Test Automation
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Automation within the London region over the 6 months to 4 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 -10 119 £80,000 +3.23% 21
South London -27 45 £57,500 -9.80% 3
West London -66 8 £65,000 +30.00% 9
East London +12 3 £80,000 +57.64% 10
Test Automation
England

Test Automation
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:

Application Platforms
1 29 (4.32%) Confluence
2 16 (2.38%) Apache
3 15 (2.24%) IIS
4 9 (1.34%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (1.04%) SharePoint
6 5 (0.75%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.75%) nginx
7 4 (0.60%) OpenStack
7 4 (0.60%) WordPress
8 3 (0.45%) CMS
9 2 (0.30%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.30%) Moodle
10 1 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.15%) Drupal
10 1 (0.15%) MQSeries
10 1 (0.15%) SAS
10 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.15%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (2.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.75%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.30%) CiviCRM
3 2 (0.30%) Endur
3 2 (0.30%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.15%) Findur
4 1 (0.15%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 243 (36.21%) AWS
2 220 (32.79%) Azure
3 96 (14.31%) Azure DevOps
4 73 (10.88%) GCP
5 49 (7.30%) Amazon EKS
6 48 (7.15%) Serverless
7 46 (6.86%) Amazon S3
7 46 (6.86%) SaaS
8 34 (5.07%) GitHub
9 31 (4.62%) AWS Lambda
10 30 (4.47%) Power Platform
11 23 (3.43%) Dynamics 365
12 20 (2.98%) Amazon ECS
13 19 (2.83%) PaaS
14 18 (2.68%) GitHub Actions
15 16 (2.38%) OpenShift
16 14 (2.09%) Amazon EC2
17 11 (1.64%) Azure AKS
17 11 (1.64%) IBM Cloud
17 11 (1.64%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.68%) DNS
2 17 (2.53%) Internet
3 12 (1.79%) TCP/IP
4 11 (1.64%) Firewall
5 10 (1.49%) SNMP
5 10 (1.49%) tcpdump
6 6 (0.89%) HTTP
7 4 (0.60%) Wireless
8 2 (0.30%) SMTP
8 2 (0.30%) SSH
9 1 (0.15%) 3G
9 1 (0.15%) Broadband
9 1 (0.15%) MQTT
9 1 (0.15%) Reverse Proxy
9 1 (0.15%) SMS
9 1 (0.15%) VoIP
9 1 (0.15%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (12.07%) SQL Server
2 46 (6.86%) MongoDB
3 42 (6.26%) NoSQL
4 40 (5.96%) MySQL
5 38 (5.66%) Relational Database
6 35 (5.22%) PostgreSQL
7 28 (4.17%) Elasticsearch
8 26 (3.87%) Amazon RDS
9 24 (3.58%) Data Warehouse
10 17 (2.53%) DynamoDB
11 14 (2.09%) Big Data
12 11 (1.64%) RDBMS
13 10 (1.49%) Azure SQL Database
13 10 (1.49%) DB2
13 10 (1.49%) Metadata
14 9 (1.34%) Power BI
15 8 (1.19%) Data Lake
16 6 (0.89%) Hadoop
17 5 (0.75%) SAP BW
17 5 (0.75%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 111 (16.54%) Git
2 85 (12.67%) Selenium
3 72 (10.73%) Jenkins
4 68 (10.13%) JIRA
5 44 (6.56%) Cucumber
6 42 (6.26%) JUnit
7 30 (4.47%) JMeter
8 28 (4.17%) Cypress.io
9 26 (3.87%) GitLab
9 26 (3.87%) WebDriver
10 25 (3.73%) TeamCity
11 24 (3.58%) REST Assured
12 20 (2.98%) Postman
13 19 (2.83%) TestNG
14 17 (2.53%) Visual Studio
15 15 (2.24%) SpecFlow
16 12 (1.79%) SoapUI
17 11 (1.64%) Bitbucket
17 11 (1.64%) SonarQube
18 9 (1.34%) Appium
General
1 187 (27.87%) Social Skills
2 160 (23.85%) Finance
3 92 (13.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 64 (9.54%) Analytical Skills
5 63 (9.39%) Public Sector
6 59 (8.79%) Law
7 47 (7.00%) Banking
8 37 (5.51%) Marketing
9 25 (3.73%) Retail
10 24 (3.58%) Front Office
11 18 (2.68%) Telecoms
12 14 (2.09%) Investment Banking
13 13 (1.94%) Legal
14 12 (1.79%) Financial Institution
15 8 (1.19%) Presentation Skills
16 7 (1.04%) Back Office
16 7 (1.04%) Health Technology
16 7 (1.04%) Police
17 6 (0.89%) Organisational Skills
18 3 (0.45%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 158 (23.55%) Developer
2 143 (21.31%) Senior
3 109 (16.24%) Lead
4 96 (14.31%) Software Engineer
5 53 (7.90%) DevOps Engineer
6 42 (6.26%) Tester
7 41 (6.11%) Senior Developer
8 34 (5.07%) Analyst
8 34 (5.07%) Java Engineer
9 33 (4.92%) Cloud Engineer
10 30 (4.47%) .NET Developer
10 30 (4.47%) Full Stack Developer
11 28 (4.17%) QA Engineer
12 26 (3.87%) Senior Software Engineer
13 23 (3.43%) Data Engineer
14 22 (3.28%) Architect
14 22 (3.28%) Automation Engineer
14 22 (3.28%) Automation Tester
14 22 (3.28%) Senior DevOps
14 22 (3.28%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 139 (20.72%) .NET
2 102 (15.20%) REST
3 91 (13.56%) React
4 56 (8.35%) Web Services
5 53 (7.90%) AngularJS
6 51 (7.60%) JSON
6 51 (7.60%) Spring
7 42 (6.26%) HTML
8 40 (5.96%) Node.js
9 39 (5.81%) CSS
9 39 (5.81%) RESTful
10 38 (5.66%) XML
11 37 (5.51%) .NET Framework
12 36 (5.37%) ASP.NET
13 31 (4.62%) Spring Boot
14 29 (4.32%) Playwright
15 24 (3.58%) .NET Core
16 20 (2.98%) Elastic Stack
16 20 (2.98%) Redux
17 19 (2.83%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 28 (4.17%) Cloud Native
1 28 (4.17%) Mobile App
2 24 (3.58%) Distributed Systems
2 24 (3.58%) Greenfield Project
3 23 (3.43%) Hybrid Cloud
4 21 (3.13%) Blog
4 21 (3.13%) Data Structures
5 16 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
6 15 (2.24%) Linux Command Line
6 15 (2.24%) Management Information System
7 13 (1.94%) Product Ownership
8 11 (1.64%) Blockchain
8 11 (1.64%) Clustering
8 11 (1.64%) e-Learning
9 10 (1.49%) Hedge funds
9 10 (1.49%) Legacy Applications
10 9 (1.34%) Client/Server
11 8 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (1.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 7 (1.04%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 56 (8.35%) Linux
2 26 (3.87%) Windows
3 22 (3.28%) Android
4 19 (2.83%) Apple iOS
5 13 (1.94%) Unix
6 11 (1.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.15%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 330 (49.18%) Agile
2 249 (37.11%) DevOps
3 214 (31.89%) CI/CD
4 167 (24.89%) Software Engineering
5 134 (19.97%) Microservices
6 122 (18.18%) Software Testing
7 115 (17.14%) Mentoring
8 112 (16.69%) Problem-Solving
9 109 (16.24%) Scrum
10 95 (14.16%) TDD
11 93 (13.86%) Continuous Integration
12 88 (13.11%) Test Strategy
13 78 (11.62%) Unit Testing
14 72 (10.73%) Coaching
14 72 (10.73%) SDET
15 71 (10.58%) Containerisation
15 71 (10.58%) Continuous Improvement
16 66 (9.84%) Computer Science
17 62 (9.24%) Code Quality
18 61 (9.09%) Full Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 213 (31.74%) Java
2 181 (26.97%) Python
3 152 (22.65%) SQL
4 146 (21.76%) C#
5 134 (19.97%) JavaScript
6 87 (12.97%) TypeScript
7 49 (7.30%) PowerShell
8 29 (4.32%) Perl
9 24 (3.58%) Go
10 22 (3.28%) Bash
11 18 (2.68%) Kotlin
12 17 (2.53%) PHP
13 16 (2.38%) C++
14 14 (2.09%) Scala
15 13 (1.94%) T-SQL
16 10 (1.49%) Bicep
16 10 (1.49%) Rust
16 10 (1.49%) Shell Script
16 10 (1.49%) Swift
17 9 (1.34%) C
Qualifications
1 81 (12.07%) Degree
2 53 (7.90%) Security Cleared
3 48 (7.15%) Computer Science Degree
4 36 (5.37%) SC Cleared
5 16 (2.38%) AWS Certification
6 13 (1.94%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (1.79%) ISTQB
8 9 (1.34%) ISEB
9 7 (1.04%) Azure Certification
9 7 (1.04%) DV Cleared
10 5 (0.75%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (0.60%) ISEB Practitioner
12 3 (0.45%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.45%) Sun Certification
13 2 (0.30%) AWS Certified Developer
13 2 (0.30%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 2 (0.30%) MCAD
14 1 (0.15%) Numerate Degree
14 1 (0.15%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 135 (20.12%) QA
2 19 (2.83%) Accessibility
3 13 (1.94%) Data Quality
4 10 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.19%) ISO 9001
6 5 (0.75%) SLA
7 4 (0.60%) GDPR
7 4 (0.60%) NCSC
8 3 (0.45%) JTAG
9 2 (0.30%) Def Stans
9 2 (0.30%) ITGC
9 2 (0.30%) SOC 1
9 2 (0.30%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.15%) Software Quality Assurance
10 1 (0.15%) WCAG
System Software
1 102 (15.20%) Docker
2 10 (1.49%) VMware ESXi
3 7 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.60%) Firmware
5 4 (0.60%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.45%) Active Directory
6 3 (0.45%) VirtualBox
7 2 (0.30%) Varnish
7 2 (0.30%) vSphere
8 1 (0.15%) OpenSIPS
Systems Management
1 124 (18.48%) Kubernetes
2 120 (17.88%) Terraform
3 51 (7.60%) Ansible
4 31 (4.62%) Puppet
5 21 (3.13%) Grafana
6 19 (2.83%) Progress Chef
7 14 (2.09%) Nagios
8 11 (1.64%) Prometheus
8 11 (1.64%) Salt
9 10 (1.49%) Graphite
9 10 (1.49%) HAProxy
9 10 (1.49%) vCenter Server
10 9 (1.34%) Packer
11 5 (0.75%) Control-M
11 5 (0.75%) Kibana
12 4 (0.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (0.60%) Consul
12 4 (0.60%) Istio
13 3 (0.45%) Docker Swarm
13 3 (0.45%) logstash
Vendors
1 66 (9.84%) Microsoft
2 27 (4.02%) Google
3 20 (2.98%) Oracle
4 14 (2.09%) Dynatrace
4 14 (2.09%) IBM
5 13 (1.94%) Databricks
6 12 (1.79%) Red Hat
6 12 (1.79%) YouTube
7 11 (1.64%) Sybase
7 11 (1.64%) UiPath
8 8 (1.19%) Xero
9 7 (1.04%) SAP
9 7 (1.04%) Splunk
10 6 (0.89%) Amplitude
10 6 (0.89%) Automation Anywhere
10 6 (0.89%) Blue Prism
11 5 (0.75%) Atlassian
11 5 (0.75%) New Relic
11 5 (0.75%) ServiceNow
11 5 (0.75%) VMware