Automation Tester Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Automation Tester
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Automation Tester salary in Milton Keynes is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 November 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 - 60
Rank change year-on-year - - +29
Permanent jobs requiring an Automation Tester 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Milton Keynes 0.27% - 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% - 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £56,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 - -
75th Percentile £58,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £57,500 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Milton Keynes

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Milton Keynes. 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 Milton Keynes with a recognized job title 348 395 532
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.31% 96.34% 95.68%
Number of salaries quoted 217 281 403
10th Percentile £36,250 £30,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.80% -6.36% -
75th Percentile £68,000 £65,000 £71,625
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,800 £80,000
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% -9.09% -

Automation Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Automation Tester' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes.

Automation Tester job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Automation Tester
Salary Trend in Milton Keynes

Salary distribution trend for Automation Tester job vacancies in Milton Keynes.

Salary distribution trend for Automation Tester job vacancies in Milton Keynes

Automation Tester Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes

For the 6 months to 14 November 2025, Automation Tester 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 Milton Keynes region featuring Automation Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) Fintech
1 1 (100.00%) Go
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) PHP
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) pytest
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
1 1 (100.00%) SoapUI
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation

Automation Tester Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) SoapUI
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) pytest
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Fintech
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Go
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) PHP
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL