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 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 3 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 587 | 835 | 790 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +248 | -45 | +31 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Test Automation Engineer | 112 | 43 | 188 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.21% | 0.044% | 0.18% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.24% | 0.046% | 0.20% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 38 | 33 | 152 |
| 10th Percentile | £42,350 | £36,250 | £37,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £52,500 | £37,500 | £44,688 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £45,000 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +33.33% | -18.18% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £68,438 | £57,500 | £65,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £72,500 | £65,000 | £77,125 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £58,650 | £42,500 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +38.00% | -22.73% | +22.22% |
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 | 47,358 | 93,248 | 95,013 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.32% | 94.63% | 91.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,451 | 66,908 | 59,769 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,000 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £52,550 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.42% | -12.42% | - |
| 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 | £52,750 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -5.21% | +5.50% |
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 May 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 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 |
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| England | +252 | 99 | £60,000 | +41.18% | 34 |
| UK excluding London | +265 | 87 | £58,650 | +38.00% | 30 |
| South East | +128 | 36 | £60,750 | +62.00% | 7 |
| Work from Home | +169 | 22 | £60,000 | +41.18% | 18 |
| Midlands | +82 | 18 | £52,500 | +31.25% | 2 |
| East of England | +63 | 17 | £55,000 | +46.67% | 4 |
| London | +110 | 16 | £57,500 | +4.55% | 6 |
| East Midlands | - | 15 | £52,500 | - | 2 |
| South West | +120 | 9 | £60,000 | - | 9 |
| North of England | +77 | 9 | £65,000 | +52.94% | 7 |
| North West | +30 | 6 | £71,250 | +62.86% | 5 |
| Scotland | +138 | 5 | £55,000 | +29.41% | 2 |
| Yorkshire | +75 | 3 | £64,900 | +52.71% | 1 |
| West Midlands | +51 | 3 | - | - |
Test Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 3 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 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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