Automation QA Analyst
UK

The median Automation QA Analyst salary in the UK is £47,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 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
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 875 984 1204
Rank change year-on-year +109 +220 -323
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Automation Analyst 10 2 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.010% 0.002% 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.011% 0.002% 0.012%
Number of salaries quoted 10 2 18
10th Percentile £36,250 £77,625 £40,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £77,813 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £81,250 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year -41.54% +51.16% +7.50%
75th Percentile £53,750 £85,313 £61,563
90th Percentile - £85,875 £67,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 - £52,500
% change year-on-year - - +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 93,044 95,188 149,713
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.52% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 66,821 59,863 85,291
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,750 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.08% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

QA Automation Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured QA Automation Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for QA Automation Analyst in the UK

QA Automation Analyst
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QA Automation Analyst.

Salary trend for QA Automation Analyst in the UK

QA Automation Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA Automation Analyst over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for QA Automation Analyst in the UK

QA Automation Analyst
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA Automation Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 29 April 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
England +119 10 £47,500 -41.54% 3
Work from Home +83 7 £52,500 -35.38% 3
London +130 5 £52,500 -35.38% 2
UK excluding London - 5 £37,500 - 1
South East - 3 £37,500 -
North West - 2 £42,500 - 1
North of England - 2 £42,500 - 1

QA Automation Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, QA Automation Analyst 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 featuring QA Automation Analyst in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 10 (100.00%) QA
1 10 (100.00%) Selenium
1 10 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 10 (100.00%) SaaS
2 8 (80.00%) Test Scripting
2 8 (80.00%) Software Testing
3 7 (70.00%) Agile
3 7 (70.00%) Scrum
4 5 (50.00%) Code Quality
4 5 (50.00%) Defect Management
4 5 (50.00%) TestRail
4 5 (50.00%) Greenfield Project
4 5 (50.00%) Regression Testing
4 5 (50.00%) JIRA
4 5 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 5 (50.00%) Performance Testing
4 5 (50.00%) Manual Testing
5 3 (30.00%) Web Testing
5 3 (30.00%) Web Development
5 3 (30.00%) E-Commerce
5 3 (30.00%) Test Strategy
5 3 (30.00%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (30.00%) User Experience
6 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
6 2 (20.00%) SpecFlow
6 2 (20.00%) Gherkin
6 2 (20.00%) Non-Functional Testing
6 2 (20.00%) User Stories
6 2 (20.00%) DevOps

QA Automation Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 10 (100.00%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 10 (100.00%) Selenium
2 5 (50.00%) JIRA
2 5 (50.00%) TestRail
3 2 (20.00%) JMeter
3 2 (20.00%) SpecFlow
3 2 (20.00%) TeamCity
3 2 (20.00%) WebDriver
General
1 3 (30.00%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 8 (80.00%) Software Testing
2 8 (80.00%) Test Scripting
3 7 (70.00%) Agile
3 7 (70.00%) Scrum
4 5 (50.00%) Code Quality
4 5 (50.00%) Defect Management
4 5 (50.00%) Manual Testing
4 5 (50.00%) Performance Testing
4 5 (50.00%) Regression Testing
4 5 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (30.00%) E-Commerce
5 3 (30.00%) Test Strategy
5 3 (30.00%) User Experience
5 3 (30.00%) Web Development
5 3 (30.00%) Web Testing
6 2 (20.00%) BDD
6 2 (20.00%) DevOps
6 2 (20.00%) Non-Functional Testing
6 2 (20.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) C#
1 2 (20.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (100.00%) QA