Automation Test Engineer
UK
The median Automation Test Engineer salary in the UK is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 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 3 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 619 | 855 | 763 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +236 | -92 | +120 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Test Automation Engineer | 107 | 57 | 160 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.18% | 0.053% | 0.18% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.20% | 0.056% | 0.20% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27 | 37 | 140 |
| 10th Percentile | £42,000 | £36,250 | £37,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £54,375 | £37,500 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £45,000 | £54,164 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +33.33% | -16.92% | -1.52% |
| 75th Percentile | £62,500 | £57,500 | £65,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £68,500 | £66,000 | £70,375 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £60,000 | £42,250 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +42.01% | -15.50% | +1.01% |
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 | 52,841 | 102,275 | 81,164 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 89.80% | 94.83% | 91.21% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 28,673 | 72,139 | 54,039 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £37,770 | £38,750 | £44,192 |
| 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 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -5.66% | +4.95% |
Test Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Test Automation Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Test Automation Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test Automation Engineer.
Test Automation Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Automation Engineer over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.
Test Automation Engineer
Top 14 Job Locations
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 UK over the 6 months to 3 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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| England | +228 | 100 | £60,000 | +42.86% | 46 |
| UK excluding London | +225 | 85 | £60,000 | +42.01% | 42 |
| South East | +101 | 36 | £60,750 | +62.00% | 11 |
| Work from Home | +112 | 16 | £60,000 | +14.29% | 41 |
| Midlands | +86 | 16 | £65,000 | +62.50% | 3 |
| East of England | +51 | 16 | £60,000 | +60.00% | 4 |
| London | +105 | 15 | £51,500 | -6.36% | 11 |
| South West | +132 | 13 | £60,000 | +2.13% | 2 |
| East Midlands | +57 | 13 | - | - | |
| North of England | +65 | 10 | £60,000 | +41.18% | 14 |
| North West | +13 | 7 | £60,000 | +37.14% | 13 |
| West Midlands | +71 | 3 | £65,000 | +62.50% | 3 |
| Yorkshire | +53 | 3 | £64,900 | +52.71% | 1 |
| Scotland | +90 | 1 | £57,500 | +4.55% | 5 |
Test Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 3 July 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 featuring Test Automation Engineer in the job title.
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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:
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