Senior Automation Test Engineer
UK
The median Senior Automation Test Engineer salary in the UK is £60,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 July 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 4 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 726 | 896 | 895 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +170 | -1 | +326 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Test Automation Engineer | 2 | 9 | 23 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.003% | 0.008% | 0.026% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.004% | 0.009% | 0.028% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 2 | 7 | 22 |
| 10th Percentile | £57,725 | £47,250 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £58,063 | £51,250 | £43,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,750 | £52,500 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +15.71% | -4.55% | -20.38% |
| 75th Percentile | £63,063 | £53,750 | £68,125 |
| 90th Percentile | £63,175 | £60,250 | £85,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £60,750 | £47,500 | £47,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +27.89% | - | -15.93% |
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 | 53,224 | 101,891 | 81,094 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 89.89% | 94.82% | 91.21% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 28,964 | 71,748 | 54,252 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £37,750 | £38,750 | £44,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,708 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £50,000 | £53,118 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -5.87% | +5.18% |
Senior Test Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Senior Test Automation Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Senior Test Automation Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Test Automation Engineer.
Senior Test Automation Engineer
Top 5 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Test Automation Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 4 July 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 |
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| UK excluding London | +189 | 2 | £60,750 | +27.89% | 7 |
| England | +142 | 2 | £60,750 | +15.71% | 10 |
| Work from Home | +119 | 1 | £61,500 | +17.14% | 8 |
| South East | +74 | 1 | £61,500 | - | 2 |
| East of England | - | 1 | £60,000 | - | 1 |
Senior Test Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 4 July 2025, Senior 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 featuring Senior Test Automation Engineer in the job title.
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Senior Test Automation Engineer 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: