Test Automation Engineer Jobs in Taunton

Automation Test Engineer
Somerset > Taunton

The median Automation Test Engineer salary in Taunton 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 5 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Automation Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Taunton 6.67% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 6.67% - -
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 - - -
Somerset median annual salary £57,500 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Taunton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Taunton. 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 Taunton with a recognized job title 15 50 78
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 100.00% 97.50%
Number of salaries quoted 10 41 60
10th Percentile £34,437 £14,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £20,500 £34,788
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,419 £27,500 £43,889
Median % change year-on-year +57.89% -37.34% -0.34%
75th Percentile £48,355 £38,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £56,500 £47,500 £63,125
Somerset median annual salary £47,683 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.96% -10.00% +11.11%

Test Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Taunton

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation Engineer in Taunton

Test Automation Engineer
Salary Trend in Taunton

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

Salary trend for Test Automation Engineer in Taunton

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

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 Taunton 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 Taunton 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