QA Automation Job Trends in Oxford

Quality Assurance (QA) Automation
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Oxford requiring QA Automation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing QA Automation 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxford 0.28% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.40% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £46,250 - -
25th Percentile £48,125 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - -
75th Percentile £60,625 - -
90th Percentile £61,750 - -
Oxfordshire median annual salary £60,000 - £35,000
% change year-on-year - - -39.13%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Oxford

QA Automation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Oxford.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 502 208 319
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxford 69.05% 96.30% 88.12%
Number of salaries quoted 375 149 191
10th Percentile £35,000 £25,705 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £39,375 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +0.92% -5.22%
75th Percentile £77,000 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £85,000
Oxfordshire median annual salary £55,000 £51,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.80% +3.00% -9.09%

QA Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing QA Automation relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Oxford.

QA Automation job vacancy trend in Oxford

QA Automation
Salary Trend in Oxford

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing QA Automation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing QA Automation

QA Automation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxford 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 (50.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (50.00%) Git
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
1 1 (50.00%) Zephyr
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Automation Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) QA Automation Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) QA Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Python Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Automation Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Playwright
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Tracking
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Test Management
2 1 (50.00%) Test Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA