QA Automation Engineer Jobs 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 29 May 2025.

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

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 137 177 212
Rank change year-on-year +40 +35 +65
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Automation Engineer 1 3 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.052% 0.090% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.056% 0.093% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 13
10th Percentile - - £43,250
25th Percentile £61,250 £61,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +13.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,875 £60,000
90th Percentile - £76,750 £65,000
Central London median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +13.64% -4.35%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 1,788 3,216 4,356
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.27% 96.14% 96.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,355 2,524 3,637
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £42,150
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £73,441 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.28% -2.08% +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £74,000
% change year-on-year - -2.03% +2.07%

QA Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings that featured QA Automation Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for QA Automation Engineer in the City of London

QA Automation Engineer
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QA Automation Engineer in the City of London.

Salary trend for QA Automation Engineer in the City of London

QA Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 29 May 2025, QA 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 City of London region featuring QA Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) MS Visio
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service

QA Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft