Test Automation Engineer Jobs in Somerset

Automation Test Engineer
South West > Somerset

The median Automation Test Engineer salary in Somerset is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Automation Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 0.27% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £56,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 - -
75th Percentile £58,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +26.32% +5.56%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Somerset

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Somerset. 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 Somerset with a recognized job title 354 709 482
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.93% 97.26% 82.68%
Number of salaries quoted 172 573 354
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,028 £27,825
25th Percentile £37,557 £31,250 £34,385
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.96% -10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £56,750 £60,874
90th Percentile £73,750 £65,000 £70,000
South West median annual salary £52,600 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.20% -4.76% +5.00%

Test Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

Job postings that featured Test Automation Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Somerset.

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation Engineer in Somerset

Test Automation Engineer
Salary Trend in Somerset

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test Automation Engineer in Somerset.

Salary trend for Test Automation Engineer in Somerset

Test Automation Engineer
Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Automation Engineer within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 2 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
Taunton - 1 £57,500 -
Test Automation Engineer
South West

Test Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Test Automation Engineer 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 Somerset region featuring Test Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) PHP
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Go
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (100.00%) pytest
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Tracking
1 1 (100.00%) Fintech
1 1 (100.00%) Tech for Good

Test Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (100.00%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) pytest
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Tracking
1 1 (100.00%) Fintech
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Go
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) PHP
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA