Automation Test Engineer
South Wales > Cardiff
The median Automation Test Engineer salary in Cardiff is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 May 2026.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to
29 May 2026 |
Same period 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
| Rank |
51 |
- |
61 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
- |
- |
- |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Test Automation Engineer |
5 |
0 |
4 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Cardiff |
0.88% |
- |
0.55% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
0.93% |
- |
0.58% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
5 |
0 |
4 |
| 10th Percentile |
£65,800 |
- |
£42,375 |
| 25th Percentile |
- |
- |
£44,063 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£70,000 |
- |
£45,000 |
| 75th Percentile |
- |
- |
- |
| 90th Percentile |
- |
- |
- |
| South Wales median annual salary |
£70,000 |
- |
£45,000 |
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 |
540 |
153 |
686 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title |
95.07% |
99.35% |
94.10% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
367 |
105 |
594 |
| 10th Percentile |
£28,000 |
£26,250 |
£27,750 |
| 25th Percentile |
£38,986 |
£37,170 |
£37,101 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£55,000 |
£50,221 |
£50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+9.52% |
+0.44% |
-5.21% |
| 75th Percentile |
£70,000 |
£65,000 |
£65,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
£85,000 |
£76,586 |
£76,750 |
| South Wales median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£52,500 |
£46,425 |
| % change year-on-year |
-14.29% |
+13.09% |
-2.26% |
