Test Automation Engineer Job Trends in Cardiff

Automation Test Engineer
South Wales > Cardiff

As of 5 February 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Automation Test Engineer salary in Cardiff.

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 - 55
Rank change year-on-year - - +7
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Automation Engineer 1 0 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Cardiff 0.28% - 0.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% - 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - £42,750
25th Percentile - - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -21.74%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £51,000
South Wales median annual salary £41,000 - £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -21.74%

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 350 292 497
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.22% 96.69% 93.77%
Number of salaries quoted 249 171 446
10th Percentile £27,125 £31,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £33,688 £37,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £69,576 £65,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £73,125
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +1.50%

Test Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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 Cardiff.

Test Automation Engineer job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Test Automation Engineer
Salary Trend in Cardiff

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

Salary distribution trend for Test Automation Engineer job vacancies in Cardiff

Test Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff

For the 6 months to 5 February 2026, 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 Test Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Bitbucket
1 1 (100.00%) BrowserStack
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Component Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) OOP
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
1 1 (100.00%) WebDriver
1 1 (100.00%) Zephyr

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%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) BrowserStack
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Bitbucket
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) WebDriver
1 1 (100.00%) Zephyr
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Component Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) OOP
1 1 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA