Automation Tester Jobs in London

Automation Tester
England > London

The median Automation Tester salary in London is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 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
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 388 485 573
Rank change year-on-year +97 +88 +155
Permanent jobs requiring an Automation Tester 12 22 57
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.094% 0.093% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.099% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 11 18 47
10th Percentile £40,500 £43,875 £46,250
25th Percentile £46,875 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £61,250 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,438 £66,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £90,250 £68,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £58,750 £57,500
% change year-on-year -14.89% +2.17% +15.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in 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 London with a recognized job title 11,467 22,216 33,633
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.18% 94.11% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 7,483 16,715 24,685
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,112 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Automation Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Automation Tester in London

Automation Tester
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Automation Tester in London

Automation Tester
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Automation Tester in London over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Automation Tester in London

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

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, 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 London region featuring Automation Tester in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 9 (75.00%) QA
3 7 (58.33%) Azure
4 6 (50.00%) Selenium
4 6 (50.00%) Test Scripting
4 6 (50.00%) Finance
4 6 (50.00%) Agile
5 5 (41.67%) SQL
5 5 (41.67%) SDLC
6 4 (33.33%) Defect Tracking
6 4 (33.33%) Postman
6 4 (33.33%) Playwright
6 4 (33.33%) Python
6 4 (33.33%) C#
6 4 (33.33%) JavaScript
6 4 (33.33%) Cypress.io
6 4 (33.33%) Software Testing
6 4 (33.33%) SoapUI
6 4 (33.33%) Test Strategy
6 4 (33.33%) TypeScript
6 4 (33.33%) pytest
7 3 (25.00%) DevOps
7 3 (25.00%) Mocha
7 3 (25.00%) Java
7 3 (25.00%) CI/CD
7 3 (25.00%) Code Quality
7 3 (25.00%) Public Sector
7 3 (25.00%) Protractor
7 3 (25.00%) API Testing
7 3 (25.00%) Azure DevOps

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

Cloud Services
1 7 (58.33%) Azure
2 3 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (8.33%) BrowserStack
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (50.00%) Selenium
2 4 (33.33%) Cypress.io
2 4 (33.33%) Postman
2 4 (33.33%) SoapUI
3 3 (25.00%) Mocha
3 3 (25.00%) Protractor
4 2 (16.67%) Cucumber
4 2 (16.67%) Git
4 2 (16.67%) JIRA
5 1 (8.33%) JUnit
5 1 (8.33%) Maven
5 1 (8.33%) MSTest
5 1 (8.33%) NUnit
5 1 (8.33%) TestNG
5 1 (8.33%) WebDriver
General
1 6 (50.00%) Finance
2 3 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Electronics
3 2 (16.67%) Manufacturing
3 2 (16.67%) Marketing
3 2 (16.67%) Telecoms
4 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (33.33%) Playwright
1 4 (33.33%) pytest
2 2 (16.67%) AngularJS
2 2 (16.67%) JSON
2 2 (16.67%) SOAP
2 2 (16.67%) Swagger
2 2 (16.67%) Web Services
2 2 (16.67%) XML
3 1 (8.33%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (8.33%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 6 (50.00%) Agile
2 6 (50.00%) Test Scripting
3 5 (41.67%) SDLC
4 4 (33.33%) Defect Tracking
4 4 (33.33%) Software Testing
4 4 (33.33%) Test Strategy
5 3 (25.00%) API Testing
5 3 (25.00%) CI/CD
5 3 (25.00%) Code Quality
5 3 (25.00%) DevOps
6 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (16.67%) Digital Marketing
6 2 (16.67%) Machine Learning
6 2 (16.67%) OOP
6 2 (16.67%) Programme Management
6 2 (16.67%) Scrum
6 2 (16.67%) TDD
6 2 (16.67%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (41.67%) SQL
2 4 (33.33%) C#
2 4 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 4 (33.33%) Python
2 4 (33.33%) TypeScript
3 3 (25.00%) Java
4 2 (16.67%) C++
4 2 (16.67%) Go
4 2 (16.67%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (75.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) SAP