Automation Tester Job Trends in Berkshire

Automation Tester
South East > Berkshire

The median Automation Tester salary in Berkshire is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 151 126 142
Rank change year-on-year -25 +16 +48
Permanent jobs requiring an Automation Tester 1 15 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.049% 0.62% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.053% 0.66% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1 8 3
10th Percentile - - £57,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £50,000 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £56,250 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% -25.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 -
90th Percentile - £66,375 -
South East median annual salary £57,500 £56,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.22% +12.50% -9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,902 2,288 1,874
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.10% 95.06% 92.63%
Number of salaries quoted 784 1,294 1,288
10th Percentile £27,800 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £40,455
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.78% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £69,840 £75,000 £72,813
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £88,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £51,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.91% -6.36% -

Automation Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Automation Tester in Berkshire

Automation Tester
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for Automation Tester job vacancies in Berkshire.

Salary distribution trend for Automation Tester job vacancies in Berkshire

Automation Tester
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Automation Tester within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 16 September 2025. 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
Reading +20 1 £57,500 +2.22% 1
Automation Tester
South East

Automation Tester Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 16 September 2025, Automation Tester 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 Berkshire region featuring Automation Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) ATDD
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD

Automation Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 1 (100.00%) Selenium
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) ATDD
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) QA