Test Automation Engineer Job Trends in Newport

Automation Test Engineer
South Wales > Newport

The median Automation Test Engineer salary in Newport is £41,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 January 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Automation Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Newport 0.58% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.63% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £40,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 - -
75th Percentile £41,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median annual salary £41,000 - £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -18.18%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Newport

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Newport. 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 Newport with a recognized job title 159 57 75
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.44% 100.00% 97.40%
Number of salaries quoted 100 42 65
10th Percentile £28,475 £36,250 £37,000
25th Percentile £39,178 £42,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £49,500 £51,104
Median % change year-on-year -6.57% -3.14% +1.68%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £86,880 £88,060 £64,000
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 £49,375 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.27% -1.25% +5.26%

Test Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

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

Test Automation Engineer job vacancy trend in Newport

Test Automation Engineer
Salary Trend in Newport

Salary distribution trend for Test Automation Engineer job vacancies in Newport.

Salary distribution trend for Test Automation Engineer job vacancies in Newport

Test Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newport

For the 6 months to 22 January 2026, 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 Newport region featuring Test Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Deployment
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) SpecFlow
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) WebDriver

Test Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newport 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
1 1 (100.00%) SpecFlow
1 1 (100.00%) WebDriver
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Deployment
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL