Automation Test Analyst Jobs

Test Automation Analyst
UK

The median Test Automation Analyst salary in the UK is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 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
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 683 903 901
Rank change year-on-year +220 -2 +64
Permanent jobs requiring an Automation Test Analyst 7 11 64
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.013% 0.011% 0.062%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.014% 0.012% 0.068%
Number of salaries quoted 7 11 56
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £39,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £40,000 £46,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% +10.50%
75th Percentile £55,625 £56,000 £55,625
90th Percentile £58,000 - £62,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% +11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 48,283 93,229 94,684
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.44% 94.63% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 27,442 66,845 59,589
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -5.66% +6.00%

Automation Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Automation Test Analyst in the UK

Automation Test Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Automation Test Analyst in the UK

Automation Test Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Automation Test Analyst over the 6 months to 6 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Automation Test Analyst in the UK

Automation Test Analyst
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Automation Test Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 6 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
UK excluding London +204 7 £52,500 +10.53%
Scotland - 5 £52,500 -
England +167 2 £52,500 +10.53% 2
Midlands - 2 £52,500 -
West Midlands - 2 £52,500 -
Work from Home - 1 £55,000 - 2

Automation Test Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 6 May 2025, Automation Test Analyst 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 featuring Automation Test Analyst in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 6 (85.71%) Software Testing
3 5 (71.43%) Selenium
4 4 (57.14%) Test Scripting
5 3 (42.86%) Cypress.io
5 3 (42.86%) Azure
5 3 (42.86%) Finance
5 3 (42.86%) Test Planning
5 3 (42.86%) Fintech
5 3 (42.86%) Playwright
6 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
6 2 (28.57%) CI/CD
6 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 2 (28.57%) API Testing
6 2 (28.57%) DevOps
6 2 (28.57%) C#
6 2 (28.57%) Java
6 2 (28.57%) ISTQB
6 2 (28.57%) QA
6 2 (28.57%) Agile
6 2 (28.57%) AWS
6 2 (28.57%) SaaS
6 2 (28.57%) Test Strategy
7 1 (14.29%) SpecFlow
7 1 (14.29%) Jenkins
7 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
7 1 (14.29%) WebDriver
7 1 (14.29%) System Testing

Automation Test Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 3 (42.86%) Azure
2 2 (28.57%) AWS
2 2 (28.57%) SaaS
3 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
Development Applications
1 5 (71.43%) Selenium
2 3 (42.86%) Cypress.io
3 1 (14.29%) Jenkins
3 1 (14.29%) JIRA
3 1 (14.29%) NUnit
3 1 (14.29%) Postman
3 1 (14.29%) SpecFlow
3 1 (14.29%) WebDriver
General
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 6 (85.71%) Software Testing
3 4 (57.14%) Test Scripting
4 3 (42.86%) Fintech
4 3 (42.86%) Test Planning
5 2 (28.57%) Agile
5 2 (28.57%) API Testing
5 2 (28.57%) CI/CD
5 2 (28.57%) DevOps
5 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (28.57%) Test Strategy
6 1 (14.29%) Fund Management
6 1 (14.29%) Kanban
6 1 (14.29%) Project Management
6 1 (14.29%) Scrum
6 1 (14.29%) System Testing
6 1 (14.29%) TDD
6 1 (14.29%) Test Management
6 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) C#
1 2 (28.57%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) ISTQB
2 1 (14.29%) ISEB
2 1 (14.29%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft