Senior Test Automation Engineer Job Trends

Senior Automation Test Engineer
UK

The median Senior Automation Test Engineer salary in the UK is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 October 2025.

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

6 months to
27 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 660 732 725
Rank change year-on-year +72 -7 +367
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Test Automation Engineer 8 13 12
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.016% 0.019% 0.022%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% 0.020% 0.023%
Number of salaries quoted 7 6 10
10th Percentile £51,250 - £45,925
25th Percentile £53,125 £51,250 £46,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% - -8.70%
75th Percentile £63,750 £53,750 £62,813
90th Percentile £64,250 £56,875 £70,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% - +0.96%

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 44,503 64,870 52,651
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.14% 95.27% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 26,511 36,840 40,759
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £31,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,000 £42,874
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% -

Senior Test Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Test Automation Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Senior Test Automation Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior Test Automation Engineer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Senior Test Automation Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Test Automation Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Senior Test Automation Engineer
Top 10 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 27 October 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
England +69 8 £60,000 +14.29%
UK excluding London +47 7 £60,000 +14.29% 1
Work from Home +42 4 £58,750 +11.90% 1
East of England - 3 £60,000 -
West Midlands - 2 £57,500 -
Midlands - 2 £57,500 -
South East +32 1 £57,500 -
North of England +15 1 £60,000 -
Yorkshire +7 1 £60,000 -
London - 1 £60,000 -

Senior Test Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 27 October 2025, Senior 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 featuring Senior Test Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Agile
1 8 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 8 (100.00%) Selenium
1 8 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 7 (87.50%) QA
3 6 (75.00%) Manual Testing
4 5 (62.50%) AWS
4 5 (62.50%) Exploratory Testing
4 5 (62.50%) Java
4 5 (62.50%) Postman
5 4 (50.00%) Accessibility
5 4 (50.00%) API Testing
5 4 (50.00%) BDD
5 4 (50.00%) C#
5 4 (50.00%) Git
5 4 (50.00%) Jenkins
5 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
5 4 (50.00%) Security Testing
5 4 (50.00%) TDD
6 3 (37.50%) Analytics
6 3 (37.50%) ATDD
6 3 (37.50%) Coaching
6 3 (37.50%) Code Quality
6 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (37.50%) Docker
6 3 (37.50%) ISTQB
6 3 (37.50%) JMeter
6 3 (37.50%) Kubernetes
6 3 (37.50%) MongoDB
6 3 (37.50%) Non-Functional Testing

Senior Test Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (62.50%) AWS
2 2 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (12.50%) GitHub
3 1 (12.50%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 8 (100.00%) Selenium
2 5 (62.50%) Postman
3 4 (50.00%) Git
3 4 (50.00%) Jenkins
4 3 (37.50%) JMeter
5 1 (12.50%) Appium
5 1 (12.50%) Cucumber
5 1 (12.50%) Cypress.io
5 1 (12.50%) Gatling
5 1 (12.50%) GitLab
5 1 (12.50%) REST Assured
General
1 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (37.50%) REST
1 3 (37.50%) RESTful
2 1 (12.50%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Agile
1 8 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 8 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 6 (75.00%) Manual Testing
3 5 (62.50%) Exploratory Testing
4 4 (50.00%) API Testing
4 4 (50.00%) BDD
4 4 (50.00%) Security Testing
4 4 (50.00%) TDD
5 3 (37.50%) Analytics
5 3 (37.50%) ATDD
5 3 (37.50%) Coaching
5 3 (37.50%) Code Quality
5 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (37.50%) Non-Functional Testing
5 3 (37.50%) Open Source
5 3 (37.50%) SDET
5 3 (37.50%) Software Testing
5 3 (37.50%) Sprint Planning
6 2 (25.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) Java
2 4 (50.00%) C#
3 3 (37.50%) SQL
4 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
4 1 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) ISTQB
3 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (87.50%) QA
2 4 (50.00%) Accessibility
3 1 (12.50%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) Kubernetes