Senior Test Automation Engineer Job Trends in Birmingham

Senior Automation Test Engineer
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Senior Automation Test Engineer salary in Birmingham is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 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
10 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 93 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Test Automation Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.083% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.087% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 - -
75th Percentile £63,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median annual salary £57,500 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 1,153 2,178 1,366
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.29% 95.99% 94.47%
Number of salaries quoted 816 1,387 1,142
10th Percentile £30,500 £32,500 £31,354
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £41,599
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £84,964 £81,250
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%

Senior Test Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Test Automation Engineer in Birmingham

Senior Test Automation Engineer
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for Senior Test Automation Engineer job vacancies in Birmingham.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Test Automation Engineer job vacancies in Birmingham

Senior Test Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 10 September 2025, Senior Test Automation Engineer 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 Birmingham region featuring Senior Test Automation Engineer 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%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
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%) Exploratory Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD

Senior Test Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Exploratory Testing
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
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) QA