QA Automation Engineer Job Trends in the City of London

Automation QA Engineer
Central London > City of London

The median Automation QA Engineer salary in the City of London is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 January 2026.

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

 6 months to
22 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 163 168
Rank change year-on-year +30 +5 +49
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Automation Engineer 7 4 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.29% 0.15% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.17% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 4
10th Percentile - - £42,350
25th Percentile £61,250 - £43,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 - £48,750
Median % change year-on-year - - -12.95%
75th Percentile £63,750 - £53,438
90th Percentile £64,250 - £55,125
Central London median annual salary £62,500 - £48,750
% change year-on-year - - -12.95%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the City of London. 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 2,306 2,419 2,772
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.28% 91.91% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,717 1,561 2,472
10th Percentile £42,050 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £73,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -0.68% -2.67%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £108,750 £115,000 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.45% - -3.33%

QA Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

QA Automation Engineer job vacancy trend in the City of London

QA Automation Engineer
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for QA Automation Engineer job vacancies in the City of London.

Salary distribution trend for QA Automation Engineer job vacancies in the City of London

QA Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 22 January 2026, QA 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 City of London region featuring QA Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) QA
1 7 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 7 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 6 (85.71%) AI
2 6 (85.71%) Black-Box Testing
2 6 (85.71%) Cypress.io
2 6 (85.71%) Fintech
2 6 (85.71%) Full-Stack Development
2 6 (85.71%) JavaScript
2 6 (85.71%) SQL
2 6 (85.71%) Test Planning
2 6 (85.71%) Test Strategy
2 6 (85.71%) White-Box Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Software Testing

QA Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Development Applications
1 6 (85.71%) Cypress.io
General
1 6 (85.71%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 7 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 6 (85.71%) AI
2 6 (85.71%) Black-Box Testing
2 6 (85.71%) Fintech
2 6 (85.71%) Full-Stack Development
2 6 (85.71%) Test Planning
2 6 (85.71%) Test Strategy
2 6 (85.71%) White-Box Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) JavaScript
1 6 (85.71%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (100.00%) QA
QA Automation Engineer jobs