Test Automation Engineer Job Trends in Surrey

Automation Test Engineer
South East > Surrey

The median Automation Test Engineer salary in Surrey is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 December 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 102 - 88
Rank change year-on-year - - +80
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Automation Engineer 3 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 0.18% - 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% - 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £53,600 - -
25th Percentile £65,375 - £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 - £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -34.62%
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
Surrey

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Surrey. 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 Surrey with a recognized job title 1,476 1,111 928
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.17% 90.47% 92.71%
Number of salaries quoted 934 575 635
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,438 £43,625 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -8.70%
75th Percentile £63,750 £75,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £72,500
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 Surrey

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 Surrey.

Test Automation Engineer job vacancy trend in Surrey

Test Automation Engineer
Salary Trend in Surrey

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

Salary distribution trend for Test Automation Engineer job vacancies in Surrey

Test Automation Engineer
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Automation Engineer in Surrey over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Test Automation Engineer in Surrey

Test Automation Engineer
Job Locations in Surrey

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 Surrey region over the 6 months to 30 December 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
Reigate - 2 £85,000 - 1
Staines - 1 £46,500 -
Test Automation Engineer
South East

Test Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey

For the 6 months to 30 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 Surrey region featuring Test Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) QA
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Fintech
2 2 (66.67%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) QA Automation
2 2 (66.67%) SDET
3 1 (33.33%) Cypress.io
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Playwright
3 1 (33.33%) Robot Framework
3 1 (33.33%) Selenium
3 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting

Test Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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 (33.33%) Cypress.io
1 1 (33.33%) Robot Framework
1 1 (33.33%) Selenium
General
1 2 (66.67%) Games
2 1 (33.33%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Playwright
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Fintech
2 2 (66.67%) QA Automation
2 2 (66.67%) SDET
3 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) QA