Test Automation Specialist Jobs

Automation Test Specialist
UK

The median Automation Test Specialist salary in the UK is £23,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 908 959 1233
Rank change year-on-year +51 +274 -339
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Automation Specialist 6 5 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.006% 0.005% 0.001%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.006% 0.005% 0.001%
Number of salaries quoted 6 5 2
10th Percentile - £43,250 -
25th Percentile £21,500 £46,250 £73,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £23,000 £52,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -56.19% -32.26% +21.57%
75th Percentile £25,625 £58,750 £81,250
90th Percentile £73,000 £64,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £120,000 £42,500 -
% change year-on-year +182.35% - -

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 93,221 94,676 150,515
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 66,838 59,581 85,408
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +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 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Test Automation Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation Specialist in the UK

Test Automation Specialist
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Test Automation Specialist in the UK

Test Automation Specialist
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Automation Specialist over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Automation Specialist in the UK

Test Automation Specialist
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Automation Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 5 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
London +129 5 £23,000 -56.19%
England +103 5 £23,000 -56.19%
Work from Home +77 5 £23,000 -57.21%
UK excluding London -9 1 £120,000 +182.35%
Channel Islands - 1 £120,000 -

Test Automation Specialist Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Test Automation Specialist 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 Test Automation Specialist in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 5 (83.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 5 (83.33%) AWS
3 4 (66.67%) Confluence
3 4 (66.67%) LDAP
3 4 (66.67%) JMeter
3 4 (66.67%) JIRA
3 4 (66.67%) Performance Testing
3 4 (66.67%) Systems Engineering
3 4 (66.67%) Thought Leadership
3 4 (66.67%) Public Sector
3 4 (66.67%) Operational Acceptance Testing
4 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
4 1 (16.67%) Fintech
4 1 (16.67%) Terraform
4 1 (16.67%) Workflow
4 1 (16.67%) Finance
4 1 (16.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (16.67%) Hedge funds
4 1 (16.67%) DevOps
4 1 (16.67%) Datadog

Test Automation Specialist 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (66.67%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) AWS
2 1 (16.67%) Datadog
Development Applications
1 4 (66.67%) JIRA
1 4 (66.67%) JMeter
General
1 4 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (66.67%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 1 (16.67%) Hedge funds
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 4 (66.67%) Operational Acceptance Testing
2 4 (66.67%) Performance Testing
2 4 (66.67%) Systems Engineering
2 4 (66.67%) Thought Leadership
3 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
3 1 (16.67%) DevOps
3 1 (16.67%) Fintech
3 1 (16.67%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) BPSS Clearance
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Terraform