QA Automation Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Quality Assurance (QA) Automation
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 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 97 - 94
Rank change year-on-year - - -20
Permanent jobs citing QA Automation 3 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxfordshire 0.17% - 0.080%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% - 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £47,500 - -
25th Percentile £51,250 - £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - £35,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -39.13%
75th Percentile £61,250 - £37,500
90th Percentile £62,000 - -
South East median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -8.70%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,258 619 999
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 71.68% 91.16% 79.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1,005 342 592
10th Percentile £29,450 £27,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,250 £35,953 £38,620
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.80% +3.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £79,750 £77,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

QA Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

QA Automation job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

QA Automation
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing QA Automation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing QA Automation

QA Automation
Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA Automation within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 15 September 2026. 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
Oxford - 2 £55,000 - 1
QA Automation
South East

QA Automation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 (33.33%) Cypress.io
1 1 (33.33%) Git
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
1 1 (33.33%) Zephyr
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Automation Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) QA Automation Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) QA Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) Python Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Senior
3 1 (33.33%) Senior Automation Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Senior QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) Playwright
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Defect Tracking
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Test Management
3 1 (33.33%) Test Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) QA