Automation Tester Jobs in South Wales

Automation Tester
Wales > South Wales

The median Automation Tester salary in South Wales is £48,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 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
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 - 103
Rank change year-on-year - - +3
Permanent jobs requiring an Automation Tester 1 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 0.13% - 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% - 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £38,250
25th Percentile £46,750 - £39,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 - £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -10.53%
75th Percentile £50,250 - £44,375
90th Percentile - - £44,750
Wales median annual salary £48,500 - £42,500
% change year-on-year - - -12.82%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in South Wales. 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 South Wales with a recognized job title 647 1,332 1,030
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.27% 90.86% 89.41%
Number of salaries quoted 408 882 583
10th Percentile £23,504 £27,157 £30,000
25th Percentile £25,087 £35,000 £36,527
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,244 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.12% +2.76% -10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £62,988
90th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £75,000
Wales median annual salary £49,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +8.89% - -5.26%

Automation Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Automation Tester in South Wales

Automation Tester
Salary Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Automation Tester in South Wales.

Salary trend for Automation Tester in South Wales

Automation Tester
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Automation Tester within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 8 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
Newport - 1 £48,500 -
Automation Tester
Wales

Automation Tester Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales

For the 6 months to 8 May 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 South Wales region featuring Automation Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) NUnit
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) SpecFlow
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) REST Assured
1 1 (100.00%) Serenity BDD

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) NUnit
1 1 (100.00%) REST Assured
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Serenity BDD
1 1 (100.00%) SpecFlow
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker