Senior Test Automation Engineer Job Trends in London

Senior Automation Test Engineer
England > London

The median Senior Automation Test Engineer salary in London is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 November 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 385 - 459
Rank change year-on-year - - +277
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Test Automation Engineer 1 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.008% - 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% - 0.017%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £49,000
25th Percentile £55,000 - £53,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -29.41%
75th Percentile £65,000 - £65,000
90th Percentile - - £68,000
England median annual salary £60,000 - £52,500
% change year-on-year - - -6.67%

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 11,666 16,315 18,128
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.82% 94.81% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 7,489 9,913 14,788
10th Percentile £36,000 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £118,750 £115,000
England median annual salary £53,750 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.52% -4.17% -

Senior Test Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Test Automation Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Senior Test Automation Engineer job vacancy trend in London

Senior Test Automation Engineer
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Senior Test Automation Engineer job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Test Automation Engineer job vacancies in London

Senior Test Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 18 November 2025, Senior Test 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 London region featuring Senior Test Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Testing
1 1 (100.00%) ATDD
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation

Senior Test Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Testing
1 1 (100.00%) ATDD
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility