Test Automation Engineer Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Automation Test Engineer
South East > Oxfordshire

The median Automation Test Engineer salary in Oxfordshire is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 December 2025.

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

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Automation Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxfordshire 0.14% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 - -
75th Percentile £43,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £46,250
% change year-on-year +10.53% +2.70% -15.91%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Oxfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Oxfordshire. 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 Oxfordshire with a recognized job title 658 741 604
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.47% 91.14% 94.08%
Number of salaries quoted 461 396 512
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,645 £31,725
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +3.09%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £78,750 £80,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

Test Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Test Automation Engineer job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Test Automation Engineer
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Salary distribution trend for Test Automation Engineer job vacancies in Oxfordshire

Test Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire

For the 6 months to 29 December 2025, 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 Oxfordshire region featuring Test Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Exploratory Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Fintech
1 1 (100.00%) NUnit
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting

Test Automation Engineer Skill Set
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 (100.00%) NUnit
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Financial Institution
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Hedge funds
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Exploratory Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Fintech
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA