Test Automation Jobs in the City of London

Automated Testing
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring Test Automation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Test Automation over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 73 69
Rank change year-on-year +7 -4 -32
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 72 115 189
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 3.76% 3.44% 4.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.90% 3.75% 4.38%
Number of salaries quoted 65 82 166
10th Percentile £52,750 £46,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £61,250 £64,063 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £79,000
Median % change year-on-year - +1.27% +12.86%
75th Percentile £98,750 £95,000 £100,625
90th Percentile £106,250 £114,750 £111,250
Central London median annual salary £82,500 £80,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +3.13% - +14.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

Test Automation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,845 3,067 4,311
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 96.24% 91.69% 95.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1,387 2,389 3,587
10th Percentile £42,300 £41,315 £42,750
25th Percentile £53,750 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.45%
75th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £112,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% +3.45%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Test Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in the City of London

Test Automation
Salary Trend in the City of London

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

Salary trend for Test Automation in the City of London

Test Automation
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Automation in the City of London over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Test Automation in the City of London

Test Automation
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.78%) Liferay
2 1 (1.39%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.39%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (16.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.39%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 32 (44.44%) Azure
2 19 (26.39%) Azure DevOps
3 14 (19.44%) Dynamics 365
4 11 (15.28%) AWS
5 8 (11.11%) Entra ID
6 7 (9.72%) GitHub
7 6 (8.33%) Google Workspace
7 6 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
8 5 (6.94%) Datadog
8 5 (6.94%) GitHub Actions
8 5 (6.94%) Power Platform
8 5 (6.94%) Snowflake
9 4 (5.56%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 4 (5.56%) PaaS
10 3 (4.17%) Serverless
11 2 (2.78%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (2.78%) GCP
11 2 (2.78%) Power Automate
11 2 (2.78%) PowerApps
11 2 (2.78%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (8.33%) SSL
1 6 (8.33%) VLAN
1 6 (8.33%) Wireless
2 4 (5.56%) VPN
3 3 (4.17%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (9.72%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (8.33%) Relational Database
3 5 (6.94%) Data Vault
3 5 (6.94%) Power BI
3 5 (6.94%) Semantic Layer
4 2 (2.78%) Data Lake
4 2 (2.78%) MySQL
4 2 (2.78%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.39%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (1.39%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (1.39%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 4 (5.56%) Appium
1 4 (5.56%) Selenium
1 4 (5.56%) XCUITest
2 3 (4.17%) Jenkins
2 3 (4.17%) JIRA
3 2 (2.78%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (2.78%) Visual Studio
3 2 (2.78%) Xcode
4 1 (1.39%) Git
4 1 (1.39%) GitLab
4 1 (1.39%) Gradle
4 1 (1.39%) Katalon Studio
4 1 (1.39%) NeoLoad
4 1 (1.39%) SoapUI
4 1 (1.39%) SpecFlow
General
1 26 (36.11%) Finance
2 17 (23.61%) Social Skills
3 11 (15.28%) Back Office
4 8 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (4.17%) Banking
5 3 (4.17%) Legal
5 3 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.39%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.39%) Front Office
7 1 (1.39%) Law
7 1 (1.39%) Marketing
7 1 (1.39%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (29.17%) Developer
2 14 (19.44%) Senior
3 11 (15.28%) Development Manager
4 9 (12.50%) Application Development Manager
4 9 (12.50%) Applications Development Manager
4 9 (12.50%) Applications Manager
5 8 (11.11%) Senior Developer
6 7 (9.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (6.94%) Applications Support
7 5 (6.94%) Applications Support Manager
7 5 (6.94%) Software Engineer
7 5 (6.94%) Support Manager
8 4 (5.56%) Azure Engineer
8 4 (5.56%) Azure Platform Engineer
8 4 (5.56%) Cloud Platform Engineer
8 4 (5.56%) Lead
8 4 (5.56%) Platform Engineer
8 4 (5.56%) QA Engineer
8 4 (5.56%) Senior Platform Engineer
9 3 (4.17%) Analytics Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (22.22%) .NET
2 13 (18.06%) .NET Framework
3 8 (11.11%) REST
4 7 (9.72%) Web Services
5 6 (8.33%) JSON
6 5 (6.94%) CSS
6 5 (6.94%) HTML
7 4 (5.56%) SOAP
8 3 (4.17%) React
8 3 (4.17%) RESTful
9 2 (2.78%) AngularJS
9 2 (2.78%) FIX Protocol
9 2 (2.78%) Node.js
9 2 (2.78%) PySpark
9 2 (2.78%) React Native
9 2 (2.78%) XML
10 1 (1.39%) Middleware
10 1 (1.39%) WSDL
10 1 (1.39%) XML Messaging
10 1 (1.39%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.11%) Onboarding
2 3 (4.17%) Mobile App
3 2 (2.78%) Equities
3 2 (2.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (2.78%) Reinsurance
4 1 (1.39%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.39%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.39%) Derivative
4 1 (1.39%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (1.39%) Educational Technology
4 1 (1.39%) FPGA
4 1 (1.39%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.39%) PropTech
4 1 (1.39%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.39%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.94%) Linux
2 4 (5.56%) Apple iOS
2 4 (5.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (1.39%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (51.39%) Agile
1 37 (51.39%) DevOps
2 34 (47.22%) CI/CD
3 18 (25.00%) Scrum
4 14 (19.44%) Infrastructure as Code
5 13 (18.06%) CRM
5 13 (18.06%) Data Integration
6 12 (16.67%) Case Management
6 12 (16.67%) Cost Management
6 12 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (15.28%) Data Management
7 11 (15.28%) ETL
7 11 (15.28%) Resource Management
7 11 (15.28%) Software Engineering
7 11 (15.28%) Stakeholder Management
8 10 (13.89%) Mentoring
8 10 (13.89%) SDLC
8 10 (13.89%) Software Testing
9 9 (12.50%) Project Management
10 8 (11.11%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 21 (29.17%) SQL
2 16 (22.22%) Python
3 13 (18.06%) C#
4 11 (15.28%) Java
5 7 (9.72%) JavaScript
6 6 (8.33%) PowerShell
7 5 (6.94%) TypeScript
8 4 (5.56%) Swift
9 3 (4.17%) C++
10 2 (2.78%) PHP
10 2 (2.78%) T-SQL
11 1 (1.39%) Apex Code
11 1 (1.39%) C
11 1 (1.39%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 9 (12.50%) Degree
2 3 (4.17%) ACCA
2 3 (4.17%) CIMA
2 3 (4.17%) ISTQB
3 1 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.39%) ISEB
3 1 (1.39%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (11.11%) QA
2 2 (2.78%) Software Quality Assurance
3 1 (1.39%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.39%) GDPR
3 1 (1.39%) MiFID
3 1 (1.39%) PSD2
System Software
1 8 (11.11%) Active Directory
2 4 (5.56%) Docker
2 4 (5.56%) Virtual Desktop
2 4 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (20.83%) Terraform
2 6 (8.33%) Jamf Pro
2 6 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (8.33%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (4.17%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 13 (18.06%) Microsoft
2 11 (15.28%) Siebel
3 6 (8.33%) Cisco
3 6 (8.33%) Google
3 6 (8.33%) Meraki
4 5 (6.94%) Guidewire
5 4 (5.56%) Citrix
5 4 (5.56%) Databricks
5 4 (5.56%) Red Hat
5 4 (5.56%) VMware
6 3 (4.17%) Alteryx
7 1 (1.39%) Oracle
7 1 (1.39%) Salesforce