Senior Test Automation Engineer Jobs in Cambridge

Senior Automation Test Engineer
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The median Senior Automation Test Engineer salary in Cambridge is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 July 2025.

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

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Test Automation Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 0.34% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - -
75th Percentile £62,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £60,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cambridge

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cambridge. 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 Cambridge with a recognized job title 277 1,016 687
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.90% 97.50% 83.37%
Number of salaries quoted 187 795 349
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £30,400
25th Percentile £30,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -0.90% +0.91%
75th Percentile £62,500 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £87,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% -2.78% +8.00%

Senior Test Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Test Automation Engineer in Cambridge

Senior Test Automation Engineer
Salary Trend in Cambridge

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Test Automation Engineer in Cambridge.

Salary trend for Senior Test Automation Engineer in Cambridge

Senior Test Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge

For the 6 months to 3 July 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 Cambridge region featuring Senior Test Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SDET
1 1 (100.00%) Exploratory Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality

Senior Test Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Exploratory Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SDET
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes