QA Automation Job Trends in Bristol

Quality Assurance (QA) Automation
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring QA Automation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 89 155
Rank change year-on-year -22 +66 -9
Permanent jobs citing QA Automation 1 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 0.037% 0.11% 0.030%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.057% 0.12% 0.036%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57,250 £32,500 £81,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,500 £35,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +70.00% -57.58% +26.92%
75th Percentile £61,750 £37,500 £83,750
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £45,000 £62,500 £66,250
% change year-on-year -28.00% -5.66% +1.92%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bristol

QA Automation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bristol.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,762 825 2,744
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 65.07% 90.36% 83.48%
Number of salaries quoted 1,330 574 2,155
10th Percentile £33,750 £26,550 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,250 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -2.86%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £93,778 £87,500
South West median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +2.94% -5.56%

QA Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing QA Automation relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

QA Automation job vacancy trend in Bristol

QA Automation
Salary Trend in Bristol

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing QA Automation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing QA Automation

QA Automation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) QA Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) QA Test Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Community of Practice
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA