Test Automation Jobs in South London

Automated Testing
London > South London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in South London requiring Test Automation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Test Automation over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 82 44 20
Rank change year-on-year -38 -24 +5
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 5 44 109
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South London 0.70% 4.98% 14.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.73% 5.26% 16.15%
Number of salaries quoted 5 37 21
10th Percentile - £24,000 £47,500
25th Percentile - £30,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.13% -8.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile - £73,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £53,100 £77,500 £75,000
London median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year - -6.67% +8.57%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South London

Test 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 South London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 685 837 675
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South London 96.48% 94.79% 92.59%
Number of salaries quoted 156 390 361
10th Percentile £32,250 £27,965 £32,000
25th Percentile £46,875 £37,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £76,563 £73,438 £72,500
90th Percentile £88,125 £83,750 £87,500
London median annual salary £75,000 £70,073 £75,000
% change year-on-year +7.03% -6.57% +7.14%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

Job postings citing Test Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South London.

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in South London

Test Automation
Salary Trend in South London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test Automation in South London.

Salary trend for Test Automation in South London

Test Automation
Job Locations in South London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Automation within the South London region over the 6 months to 17 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
Kingston Upon Thames +12 4 £46,500 -2.11%
Merton -3 4 £46,500 -45.29% 3
Croydon -20 1 £55,000 -4.35% 3
Test Automation
London

Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South London 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 (20.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (20.00%) Git
1 1 (20.00%) JMeter
1 1 (20.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Development Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Software Development Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Test Development Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Computer Science
2 4 (80.00%) Continuous Integration
2 4 (80.00%) DevSecOps
2 4 (80.00%) Mathematics
2 4 (80.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) BDD
3 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (20.00%) Fintech
3 1 (20.00%) Load Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (20.00%) Microservices
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Scrum
3 1 (20.00%) SDET
3 1 (20.00%) Software Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) Java
1 4 (80.00%) Python
1 4 (80.00%) Rust
2 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA