QA Automation Tester Jobs in England

Automation QA Tester
UK > England

The median Automation QA Tester salary in England is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 658 827 894
Rank change year-on-year +169 +67 +205
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Automation Tester 4 6 35
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.009% 0.007% 0.038%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.010% 0.007% 0.041%
Number of salaries quoted 4 6 31
10th Percentile £39,250 - £37,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £41,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £48,750 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -22.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £51,875 £104,375 £66,250
90th Percentile £57,500 £120,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £48,750 £62,500
% change year-on-year -2.56% -22.00% +13.64%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 41,555 80,517 84,778
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.29% 94.48% 91.54%
Number of salaries quoted 24,558 60,256 53,687
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,626
25th Percentile £42,415 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £54,000 £60,775
Median % change year-on-year +6.48% -11.15% +1.29%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,991 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,900 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -11.83% -

QA Automation Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured QA Automation Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for QA Automation Tester in England

QA Automation Tester
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QA Automation Tester in England.

Salary trend for QA Automation Tester in England

QA Automation Tester
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA Automation Tester in England over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Salary histogram for QA Automation Tester in England

QA Automation Tester
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA Automation Tester within the England region over the 6 months to 2 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +110 2 £47,500 -60.42%
South East - 2 £47,500 -
QA Automation Tester
UK

QA Automation Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, QA Automation Tester 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 England region featuring QA Automation Tester in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) QA
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 4 (100.00%) QA Automation
2 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Selenium
2 3 (75.00%) Software Testing
2 3 (75.00%) C#
3 2 (50.00%) .NET
3 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
3 2 (50.00%) Degree
3 2 (50.00%) JIRA
3 2 (50.00%) Mathematics
3 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (50.00%) WPF
3 2 (50.00%) Integration Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (50.00%) Test Strategy
3 2 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (50.00%) SpecFlow
3 2 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (50.00%) ASP.NET Web API
3 2 (50.00%) Test Planning
3 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (50.00%) Appium
3 2 (50.00%) SDLC
3 2 (50.00%) Issue Tracking
3 2 (50.00%) Defect Tracking
3 2 (50.00%) Cucumber
3 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (50.00%) Code Quality

QA Automation Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) BrowserStack
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Selenium
2 2 (50.00%) Appium
2 2 (50.00%) Cucumber
2 2 (50.00%) JIRA
2 2 (50.00%) SpecFlow
3 1 (25.00%) Cypress.io
3 1 (25.00%) JUnit
3 1 (25.00%) Maven
3 1 (25.00%) TestNG
3 1 (25.00%) WebDriver
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) .NET
1 2 (50.00%) ASP.NET Web API
1 2 (50.00%) Blazor
1 2 (50.00%) gRPC
1 2 (50.00%) WPF
2 1 (25.00%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (25.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (75.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (50.00%) Code Quality
3 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (50.00%) Defect Tracking
3 2 (50.00%) Integration Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Issue Tracking
3 2 (50.00%) Mathematics
3 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (50.00%) SDLC
3 2 (50.00%) Test Planning
3 2 (50.00%) Test Strategy
4 1 (25.00%) Case Management
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) Task Automation
4 1 (25.00%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) C#
2 1 (25.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) QA