Automation Tester Job Trends in Reading

Automation Tester
Berkshire > Reading

The median Automation Tester salary in Reading is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 84 100
Rank change year-on-year +20 +16 +31
Permanent jobs requiring an Automation Tester 1 15 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 0.19% 1.11% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 1.18% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1 8 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,250 £50,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £56,250 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% -25.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 -
90th Percentile - £66,375 -
Berkshire median annual salary £57,500 £56,250 £75,000
% change year-on-year +2.22% -25.00% +11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 472 1,266 1,062
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.73% 93.92% 92.51%
Number of salaries quoted 281 698 684
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £40,320
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,250 £55,075
Median % change year-on-year -0.45% +0.32% -8.21%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £85,000
Berkshire median annual salary £49,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -14.78% +4.55% -8.33%

Automation Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings that featured Automation Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Automation Tester in Reading

Automation Tester
Salary Trend in Reading

Salary distribution trend for Automation Tester job vacancies in Reading.

Salary distribution trend for Automation Tester job vacancies in Reading

Automation Tester Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 16 September 2025, Automation Tester 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 Reading region featuring Automation Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) ATDD
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD

Automation Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) ATDD
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) QA