QA Automation Engineer Job Trends in Liverpool

Automation QA Engineer
Merseyside > Liverpool

The median Automation QA Engineer salary in Liverpool is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 July 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Automation Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Liverpool 0.096% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - -
75th Percentile £67,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Merseyside median annual salary £65,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Liverpool

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Liverpool. 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 Liverpool with a recognized job title 994 337 755
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.76% 96.01% 96.18%
Number of salaries quoted 596 188 594
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £29,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,051 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.10% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £71,250 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £85,000
Merseyside median annual salary £50,000 £47,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.38% -6.00% +11.11%

QA Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Liverpool

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 Liverpool.

QA Automation Engineer job vacancy trend in Liverpool

QA Automation Engineer
Salary Trend in Liverpool

Salary distribution trend for QA Automation Engineer job vacancies in Liverpool.

Salary distribution trend for QA Automation Engineer job vacancies in Liverpool

QA Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Liverpool

For the 6 months to 25 July 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 Liverpool region featuring QA Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) BrowserStack
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) TestFlight

QA Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Liverpool 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) BrowserStack
1 1 (100.00%) TestFlight
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft