Test Automation Jobs in London

Automated Testing
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Test Automation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Test Automation over the 6 months to 18 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 102 36 38
Rank change year-on-year -66 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 669 2,563 5,879
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 2.86% 6.96% 9.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.12% 7.29% 9.43%
Number of salaries quoted 495 1,354 2,251
10th Percentile £42,200 £46,250 £45,491
25th Percentile £56,250 £56,063 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £69,078
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +8.57% -1.32%
75th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £112,500 £111,250 £100,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +0.84%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Test Automation is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 21,429 35,148 62,359
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 91.58% 95.47% 96.74%
Number of salaries quoted 16,057 25,025 34,562
10th Percentile £38,084 £43,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £111,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in London

Test Automation
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Test Automation in London

Test Automation
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Automation in London over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Automation in London

Test Automation
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Automation within the London region over the 6 months to 18 April 2024. 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
Central London -18 116 £84,000 +8.39% 23
South London -19 45 £57,500 +4.55% 2
West London -65 9 £65,000 +30.00% 11
East London +11 2 £73,750 +45.32% 6
Test Automation
England

Test Automation
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:

Application Platforms
1 27 (4.04%) Confluence
2 15 (2.24%) Apache
3 13 (1.94%) IIS
4 9 (1.35%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (0.90%) SharePoint
6 5 (0.75%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.75%) nginx
7 4 (0.60%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.45%) WordPress
9 2 (0.30%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.30%) CMS
10 1 (0.15%) Drupal
10 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.15%) Moodle
10 1 (0.15%) MQSeries
10 1 (0.15%) SAS
10 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.15%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 13 (1.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.75%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.30%) CiviCRM
3 2 (0.30%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.15%) Endur
4 1 (0.15%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 230 (34.38%) AWS
2 217 (32.44%) Azure
3 92 (13.75%) Azure DevOps
4 73 (10.91%) GCP
5 48 (7.17%) SaaS
5 48 (7.17%) Serverless
6 46 (6.88%) Amazon EKS
7 42 (6.28%) Amazon S3
8 30 (4.48%) AWS Lambda
8 30 (4.48%) GitHub
9 28 (4.19%) Power Platform
10 23 (3.44%) Dynamics 365
11 20 (2.99%) Amazon ECS
11 20 (2.99%) PaaS
12 15 (2.24%) Amazon EC2
13 14 (2.09%) GitHub Actions
14 12 (1.79%) OpenShift
15 10 (1.49%) Azure AKS
15 10 (1.49%) Azure Cognitive Services
15 10 (1.49%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 19 (2.84%) DNS
2 18 (2.69%) Internet
3 13 (1.94%) TCP/IP
4 12 (1.79%) Firewall
5 11 (1.64%) SNMP
5 11 (1.64%) tcpdump
6 6 (0.90%) HTTP
7 4 (0.60%) Wireless
8 3 (0.45%) VoIP
9 2 (0.30%) SMTP
9 2 (0.30%) SSH
10 1 (0.15%) 3G
10 1 (0.15%) Broadband
10 1 (0.15%) MQTT
10 1 (0.15%) Multicast
10 1 (0.15%) Reverse Proxy
10 1 (0.15%) SMS
10 1 (0.15%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (11.51%) SQL Server
2 43 (6.43%) MongoDB
3 39 (5.83%) MySQL
4 36 (5.38%) NoSQL
5 34 (5.08%) Relational Database
6 33 (4.93%) PostgreSQL
7 31 (4.63%) Elasticsearch
8 26 (3.89%) Data Warehouse
9 24 (3.59%) Amazon RDS
10 17 (2.54%) DynamoDB
11 14 (2.09%) Big Data
12 11 (1.64%) Azure SQL Database
13 10 (1.49%) Metadata
14 9 (1.35%) RDBMS
15 8 (1.20%) Data Lake
16 7 (1.05%) DB2
16 7 (1.05%) Hadoop
16 7 (1.05%) Power BI
17 5 (0.75%) SAP BW
17 5 (0.75%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 111 (16.59%) Git
2 86 (12.86%) Selenium
3 75 (11.21%) Jenkins
4 66 (9.87%) JIRA
5 46 (6.88%) Cucumber
6 41 (6.13%) JUnit
7 32 (4.78%) JMeter
8 28 (4.19%) WebDriver
9 27 (4.04%) Cypress.io
10 25 (3.74%) TeamCity
11 23 (3.44%) GitLab
11 23 (3.44%) REST Assured
12 20 (2.99%) Postman
13 18 (2.69%) TestNG
14 16 (2.39%) SpecFlow
14 16 (2.39%) Visual Studio
15 13 (1.94%) SoapUI
16 12 (1.79%) Bitbucket
17 11 (1.64%) SonarQube
18 10 (1.49%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 186 (27.80%) Social Skills
2 151 (22.57%) Finance
3 83 (12.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 62 (9.27%) Analytical Skills
5 56 (8.37%) Law
5 56 (8.37%) Public Sector
6 48 (7.17%) Banking
7 37 (5.53%) Marketing
8 25 (3.74%) Retail
9 22 (3.29%) Front Office
10 19 (2.84%) Telecoms
11 13 (1.94%) Financial Institution
11 13 (1.94%) Investment Banking
11 13 (1.94%) Legal
12 10 (1.49%) Back Office
13 7 (1.05%) Health Technology
13 7 (1.05%) Police
14 6 (0.90%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (0.60%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 155 (23.17%) Developer
2 144 (21.52%) Senior
3 108 (16.14%) Lead
4 91 (13.60%) Software Engineer
5 52 (7.77%) DevOps Engineer
6 43 (6.43%) Tester
7 42 (6.28%) Senior Developer
8 38 (5.68%) Analyst
9 32 (4.78%) Cloud Engineer
9 32 (4.78%) Java Engineer
10 31 (4.63%) QA Engineer
11 30 (4.48%) Full Stack Developer
12 28 (4.19%) .NET Developer
13 25 (3.74%) Senior DevOps
14 24 (3.59%) Senior Software Engineer
15 23 (3.44%) Automation Tester
15 23 (3.44%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 22 (3.29%) Data Engineer
17 21 (3.14%) Architect
17 21 (3.14%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 135 (20.18%) .NET
2 102 (15.25%) REST
3 90 (13.45%) React
4 57 (8.52%) Web Services
5 56 (8.37%) JSON
6 50 (7.47%) AngularJS
7 43 (6.43%) RESTful
7 43 (6.43%) Spring
8 41 (6.13%) HTML
9 40 (5.98%) Node.js
10 39 (5.83%) XML
11 38 (5.68%) .NET Framework
11 38 (5.68%) CSS
12 33 (4.93%) ASP.NET
13 28 (4.19%) Playwright
13 28 (4.19%) Spring Boot
14 24 (3.59%) .NET Core
14 24 (3.59%) jQuery
15 20 (2.99%) Elastic Stack
15 20 (2.99%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 28 (4.19%) Cloud Native
1 28 (4.19%) Mobile App
2 24 (3.59%) Distributed Systems
3 23 (3.44%) Greenfield Project
4 20 (2.99%) Data Structures
4 20 (2.99%) Hybrid Cloud
5 19 (2.84%) Blog
6 16 (2.39%) Self-Motivation
7 14 (2.09%) Linux Command Line
8 13 (1.94%) Management Information System
8 13 (1.94%) Product Ownership
9 12 (1.79%) Clustering
10 10 (1.49%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 10 (1.49%) Hedge funds
11 9 (1.35%) Client/Server
12 8 (1.20%) Blockchain
12 8 (1.20%) e-Learning
12 8 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
13 7 (1.05%) Legacy Applications
13 7 (1.05%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 56 (8.37%) Linux
2 24 (3.59%) Windows
3 21 (3.14%) Android
4 19 (2.84%) Apple iOS
5 11 (1.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (1.64%) Unix
6 1 (0.15%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 326 (48.73%) Agile
2 242 (36.17%) DevOps
3 210 (31.39%) CI/CD
4 162 (24.22%) Software Engineering
5 133 (19.88%) Microservices
6 129 (19.28%) Software Testing
7 118 (17.64%) Mentoring
8 112 (16.74%) Problem-Solving
9 107 (15.99%) Scrum
10 91 (13.60%) Test Strategy
11 90 (13.45%) Continuous Integration
11 90 (13.45%) TDD
12 79 (11.81%) SDET
13 77 (11.51%) Unit Testing
14 69 (10.31%) Coaching
15 67 (10.01%) Continuous Improvement
16 64 (9.57%) Containerisation
17 63 (9.42%) Full Stack Development
18 62 (9.27%) Code Quality
19 61 (9.12%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 200 (29.90%) Java
2 180 (26.91%) Python
3 149 (22.27%) SQL
4 147 (21.97%) C#
5 140 (20.93%) JavaScript
6 85 (12.71%) TypeScript
7 53 (7.92%) PowerShell
8 29 (4.33%) Go
8 29 (4.33%) Perl
9 26 (3.89%) Bash
9 26 (3.89%) PHP
10 19 (2.84%) Kotlin
11 16 (2.39%) T-SQL
12 15 (2.24%) C++
12 15 (2.24%) Scala
13 11 (1.64%) Bicep
13 11 (1.64%) Shell Script
14 10 (1.49%) Swift
15 9 (1.35%) C
15 9 (1.35%) Rust
Qualifications
1 76 (11.36%) Degree
2 51 (7.62%) Security Cleared
3 44 (6.58%) Computer Science Degree
4 35 (5.23%) SC Cleared
5 16 (2.39%) AWS Certification
6 13 (1.94%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (1.49%) ISTQB
8 7 (1.05%) Azure Certification
9 6 (0.90%) DV Cleared
10 5 (0.75%) ISEB
10 5 (0.75%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.45%) Sun Certification
12 2 (0.30%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.30%) MCAD
13 1 (0.15%) AWS Certified Developer
13 1 (0.15%) ISEB Practitioner
13 1 (0.15%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 1 (0.15%) Numerate Degree
13 1 (0.15%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (19.73%) QA
2 22 (3.29%) Accessibility
3 16 (2.39%) Data Quality
4 6 (0.90%) SLA
5 4 (0.60%) GDPR
5 4 (0.60%) ISO 9001
5 4 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.60%) NCSC
6 3 (0.45%) JTAG
7 2 (0.30%) Def Stans
8 1 (0.15%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.15%) WCAG
System Software
1 99 (14.80%) Docker
2 11 (1.64%) VMware ESXi
3 7 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.60%) Firmware
5 4 (0.60%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.45%) Active Directory
6 3 (0.45%) OpenSIPS
6 3 (0.45%) VirtualBox
7 2 (0.30%) Varnish
7 2 (0.30%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 120 (17.94%) Kubernetes
2 114 (17.04%) Terraform
3 51 (7.62%) Ansible
4 32 (4.78%) Puppet
5 22 (3.29%) Grafana
6 19 (2.84%) Progress Chef
7 15 (2.24%) Nagios
8 11 (1.64%) Salt
8 11 (1.64%) vCenter Server
9 10 (1.49%) Graphite
9 10 (1.49%) HAProxy
10 9 (1.35%) Packer
10 9 (1.35%) Prometheus
11 6 (0.90%) Kibana
12 5 (0.75%) Control-M
12 5 (0.75%) Istio
13 4 (0.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (0.60%) Consul
14 3 (0.45%) logstash
14 3 (0.45%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 67 (10.01%) Microsoft
2 26 (3.89%) Google
3 15 (2.24%) Oracle
4 13 (1.94%) Databricks
4 13 (1.94%) Dynatrace
5 12 (1.79%) YouTube
6 11 (1.64%) IBM
6 11 (1.64%) UiPath
7 9 (1.35%) Red Hat
8 8 (1.20%) Sybase
8 8 (1.20%) Xero
9 7 (1.05%) SAP
10 6 (0.90%) Amplitude
10 6 (0.90%) Automation Anywhere
10 6 (0.90%) Blue Prism
10 6 (0.90%) New Relic
10 6 (0.90%) ServiceNow
10 6 (0.90%) Splunk
11 5 (0.75%) Calypso
11 5 (0.75%) VMware