QA Automation Engineer Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Automation QA Engineer
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The median Automation QA Engineer salary in Newcastle upon Tyne is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 October 2025.

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

6 months to
28 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 67 -
Rank change year-on-year +11 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Automation Engineer 1 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.19% 0.13% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.14% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - -
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £60,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Newcastle upon Tyne

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne. 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 Newcastle upon Tyne with a recognized job title 500 726 281
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.09% 97.71% 97.57%
Number of salaries quoted 342 359 238
10th Percentile £25,212 £30,000 £30,675
25th Percentile £28,500 £36,250 £38,636
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £53,250
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -6.10% -3.18%
75th Percentile £63,125 £70,000 £65,375
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,250 £76,625
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -14.29% -4.55%

QA Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'QA Automation Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne.

QA Automation Engineer job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

QA Automation Engineer
Salary Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Salary distribution trend for QA Automation Engineer job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Salary distribution trend for QA Automation Engineer job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne

QA Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne

For the 6 months to 28 October 2025, QA 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region featuring QA Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Appium
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) SpecFlow
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript

QA Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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%) Appium
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) SpecFlow
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA