Senior Test Automation Engineer Job Trends in Cardiff

Senior Automation Test Engineer
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Senior Automation Test Engineer salary in Cardiff is £66,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 April 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Test Automation Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cardiff 0.19% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £63,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,000 - -
75th Percentile £69,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median annual salary £66,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Cardiff

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cardiff. 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 Cardiff with a recognized job title 493 161 615
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.54% 96.41% 93.61%
Number of salaries quoted 326 116 535
10th Percentile £26,000 £31,250 £27,157
25th Percentile £35,438 £37,170 £36,925
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £66,469 £66,008
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,750
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £46,604
% change year-on-year -3.85% +11.58% +2.53%

Senior Test Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Senior Test Automation Engineer job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Senior Test Automation Engineer
Salary Trend in Cardiff

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

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

Senior Test Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff

For the 6 months to 29 April 2026, Senior 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 Cardiff region featuring Senior Test Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy

Senior Test Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality