Automation Test Lead Jobs in the North West

Test Automation Leader
England > North West

The median Test Automation Leader salary in the North West is £68,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 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
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 293 293 297
Rank change year-on-year 0 +4 +34
Permanent jobs requiring an Automation Test Lead 2 2 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.025% 0.020% 0.026%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.027% 0.021% 0.029%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile £55,375 - £86,000
25th Percentile £59,688 £57,500 £87,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,750 £60,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.58% -33.33% +33.33%
75th Percentile £77,188 £62,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £81,125 - £94,000
England median annual salary £67,400 £76,250 £67,500
% change year-on-year -11.61% +12.96% +3.85%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 North West with a recognized job title 7,403 9,402 6,918
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.01% 94.63% 89.40%
Number of salaries quoted 4,024 7,225 4,030
10th Percentile £26,500 £27,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,063 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £56,800 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.17% -12.83% +1.33%

Automation Test Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings that featured Automation Test Lead in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Automation Test Lead in the North West

Automation Test Lead
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Automation Test Lead in the North West.

Salary trend for Automation Test Lead in the North West

Automation Test Lead
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Automation Test Lead in the North West over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Automation Test Lead in the North West

Automation Test Lead
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Automation Test Lead within the North West region over the 6 months to 17 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
Manchester +48 1 £82,500 +37.50%
Lancashire - 1 £55,000 -
Automation Test Lead
England

Automation Test Lead Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 17 May 2025, Automation Test Lead 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 North West region featuring Automation Test Lead in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
2 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (50.00%) Release Management
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) SOAP
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Cypress.io
2 1 (50.00%) SaaS
2 1 (50.00%) Cucumber
2 1 (50.00%) SoapUI
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) SpecFlow
2 1 (50.00%) Functional Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Appium
2 1 (50.00%) pytest
2 1 (50.00%) Fintech
2 1 (50.00%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Postman
2 1 (50.00%) Playwright

Automation Test Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (50.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
2 1 (50.00%) Appium
2 1 (50.00%) Cucumber
2 1 (50.00%) Cypress.io
2 1 (50.00%) Postman
2 1 (50.00%) SoapUI
2 1 (50.00%) SpecFlow
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Playwright
1 1 (50.00%) pytest
1 1 (50.00%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Fintech
2 1 (50.00%) Functional Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Release Management
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Python
1 1 (50.00%) SQL