Test Automation Engineer Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Automation Test Engineer
South East > Buckinghamshire

The median Automation Test Engineer salary in Buckinghamshire is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 November 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 87 90 -
Rank change year-on-year +3 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Automation Engineer 1 6 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Buckinghamshire 0.089% 0.56% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.58% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - -
75th Percentile £53,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £47,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% +1.06% -14.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Buckinghamshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Buckinghamshire. 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 Buckinghamshire with a recognized job title 981 1,043 776
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 87.20% 97.20% 95.21%
Number of salaries quoted 513 445 541
10th Percentile £30,300 £30,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £74,900 £85,480 £82,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £54,763
% change year-on-year -13.64% +0.43% -0.43%

Test Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Test Automation Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire.

Test Automation Engineer job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Test Automation Engineer
Salary Trend in Buckinghamshire

Salary distribution trend for Test Automation Engineer job vacancies in Buckinghamshire.

Salary distribution trend for Test Automation Engineer job vacancies in Buckinghamshire

Test Automation Engineer
Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Automation Engineer within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 4 November 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
Milton Keynes - 1 £52,500 - 1
Test Automation Engineer
South East

Test Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire

For the 6 months to 4 November 2025, Test Automation Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Buckinghamshire region featuring Test Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management

Test Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared