Test Automation Engineer Jobs in the Midlands

Automation Test Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Automation Test Engineer salary in the Midlands is £52,500 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 234 313 307
Rank change year-on-year +79 -6 +21
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Automation Engineer 18 3 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.26% 0.026% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.027% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 17
10th Percentile £48,000 - £51,900
25th Percentile £48,750 £37,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £40,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.25% -38.46% +36.84%
75th Percentile £56,250 £42,750 -
90th Percentile £57,000 £42,900 £67,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £42,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +41.18% -22.73% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 6,353 11,023 8,571
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.62% 94.33% 89.47%
Number of salaries quoted 2,854 8,245 4,769
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £60,741 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £54,000 £60,775
% change year-on-year +6.48% -11.15% +1.29%

Test Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings that featured Test Automation Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation Engineer in the Midlands

Test Automation Engineer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test Automation Engineer in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Test Automation Engineer in the Midlands

Test Automation Engineer
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Automation Engineer within the Midlands 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
East Midlands - 15 £52,500 - 2
West Midlands +50 3 - -
Test Automation Engineer
England

Test Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Test Automation Engineer 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 Midlands region featuring Test Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 18 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 17 (94.44%) QA
3 16 (88.89%) Python
3 16 (88.89%) Social Skills
4 15 (83.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 15 (83.33%) Linux Command Line
4 15 (83.33%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (83.33%) DevOps
4 15 (83.33%) Mentoring
4 15 (83.33%) Coaching
4 15 (83.33%) Robot Framework
4 15 (83.33%) Degree
4 15 (83.33%) JavaScript
4 15 (83.33%) Windows
4 15 (83.33%) Linux
4 15 (83.33%) TCP/IP
4 15 (83.33%) VPN
4 15 (83.33%) Test Management
4 15 (83.33%) Telecoms
4 15 (83.33%) System Testing
4 15 (83.33%) PowerShell
4 15 (83.33%) Bash
4 15 (83.33%) Cucumber
5 2 (11.11%) Software Engineering
6 1 (5.56%) ISTQB
6 1 (5.56%) C#
6 1 (5.56%) Test Scripting
6 1 (5.56%) Selenium
6 1 (5.56%) Jenkins
6 1 (5.56%) Mocha

Test Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (5.56%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (83.33%) TCP/IP
1 15 (83.33%) VPN
2 1 (5.56%) Bluetooth
2 1 (5.56%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (5.56%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 15 (83.33%) Cucumber
1 15 (83.33%) Robot Framework
2 1 (5.56%) Appium
2 1 (5.56%) Jenkins
2 1 (5.56%) Mocha
2 1 (5.56%) Selenium
General
1 16 (88.89%) Social Skills
2 15 (83.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 15 (83.33%) Telecoms
3 1 (5.56%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) .NET
1 1 (5.56%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 15 (83.33%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (5.56%) Client/Server
2 1 (5.56%) Cloud Native
2 1 (5.56%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 15 (83.33%) Linux
1 15 (83.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 15 (83.33%) Coaching
2 15 (83.33%) DevOps
2 15 (83.33%) Mentoring
2 15 (83.33%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (83.33%) System Testing
2 15 (83.33%) Test Management
3 2 (11.11%) Software Engineering
4 1 (5.56%) Agile
4 1 (5.56%) CI/CD
4 1 (5.56%) CRM
4 1 (5.56%) Mobile Development
4 1 (5.56%) QA Automation
4 1 (5.56%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (5.56%) TDD
4 1 (5.56%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 16 (88.89%) Python
2 15 (83.33%) Bash
2 15 (83.33%) JavaScript
2 15 (83.33%) PowerShell
3 1 (5.56%) C#
Qualifications
1 15 (83.33%) Degree
2 1 (5.56%) AWS Certification
2 1 (5.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 1 (5.56%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (94.44%) QA