Test Automation Engineer Jobs

The median annual salary for a Test Automation Engineer was £42,500 in advertised job vacancies during the 3 months to 28 June 2017.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

Automation Test Engineer UK
Location	3 months to 28 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	534	671	682
Rank change year-on-year	+137	+11
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Automation Engineer	361	267	284
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK	0.41%	0.27%	0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category	0.42%	0.28%	0.27%
Number of salaries quoted	297	245	246
Median salary	£42,500	£50,000	£45,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	-15.00%	+11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than	£33,800	£33,900	£32,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£57,500	£70,000	£60,000
UK excluding London median salary	£40,000	£42,500	£40,000
% change year-on-year	-5.88%	+6.25%

The next table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all job roles in permanent job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title. As such, the figures in the first row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

IT Job Roles UK
Permanent job vacancies with a job title containing a recognized job role	85316	94967	105722
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK	95.94%	96.52%	96.57%
Number of salaries quoted	69638	80091	87142
Median salary	£47,000	£47,000	£45,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	-	+4.44%
90% offered a salary of more than	£27,500	£27,500	£26,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£75,000	£70,000	£72,500
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£41,500	£40,000
% change year-on-year	+2.40%	+3.75%

Test Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

The job posting trend of jobs advertised that featured Test Automation Engineer in the job title.

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation Engineer in the UK

Test Automation Engineer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Test Automation Engineer.

Salary trend for Test Automation Engineer in the UK

Test Automation Engineer
Salary Histogram

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Test Automation Engineer over the 3 months to 28 June 2017.

Salary histogram for Test Automation Engineer in the UK

Test Automation Engineer
Top 30 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 3 months to 28 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
England	+120	343	£42,500	-15.00%	60
London	+6	96	£55,000	-8.33%	20
South East	+86	87	£40,000	-5.88%	10
South West	+31	49	£40,000	-11.11%	6
North West	-6	33	£37,500	-	10
Yorkshire	+5	28	£43,750	+9.37%	4
Somerset	+22	26	£35,000	-6.66%
Manchester	-8	25	£37,500	-14.28%	8
West Yorkshire	+21	22	£45,000	+12.50%	3
City of London	+36	21	£65,000	-	7
Leeds	+14	20	£46,250	+15.62%	3
Hampshire	+29	19	£40,000	+25.00%	3
West Sussex	+21	19	£37,500	-31.81%	2
East Midlands	+43	18	£42,500	+13.33%	1
Oxfordshire	+26	17	£40,000	+23.07%	2
Oxford	-	17	£40,000	-	2
East of England	-30	16	£45,000	-	8
West Midlands	+24	15	£40,625	+4.83%
Surrey	+26	14	£36,000	-28.00%
Bristol	-9	14	£45,000	+28.57%	3
Scotland	+25	12	£40,000	+33.33%	1
Bath	-1	10	£42,500	-
Nottingham	-	10	£42,500	-	1
Worthing	-	10	£37,500	-	1
Nottinghamshire	-	10	£42,500	-	1
Berkshire	+31	9	£47,500	+15.15%	2
Cambridge	-23	9	£47,500	-	6
Cambridgeshire	-25	9	£47,500	-	7
Northamptonshire	+10	7	£35,000	-6.66%
Walton-on-Thames	-	7	£36,000	-

Test Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 28 June 2017, Test Automation Engineer job roles required the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads featuring Test Automation Engineer in the job title.

1	712 (100.00%)	Test Automation
2	517 (72.61%)	Agile Software Development
3	504 (70.79%)	Selenium
4	348 (48.88%)	Java
5	271 (38.06%)	C#
6	251 (35.25%)	QA
7	238 (33.43%)	Cucumber
8	234 (32.87%)	BDD
9	228 (32.02%)	WebDriver
10	221 (31.04%)	Test Scripting
11	203 (28.51%)	Scrum
12	195 (27.39%)	Python
13	183 (25.70%)	SQL
14	178 (25.00%)	TDD
15	154 (21.63%)	Continuous Integration

16	152 (21.35%)	ISEB
17	135 (18.96%)	Finance
18	133 (18.68%)	ISTQB
19	127 (17.84%)	Ruby
20	119 (16.71%)	Jenkins
21	113 (15.87%)	SpecFlow
22	105 (14.75%)	Degree
23	104 (14.61%)	Windows
24	102 (14.33%)	Software Testing
25	100 (14.04%)	Non-Functional Testing
26	94 (13.20%)	Linux
27	92 (12.92%)	.NET
28	91 (12.78%)	JIRA
29	87 (12.22%)	Software Engineering
29	87 (12.22%)	JUnit

Test Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	19 (2.67%)	Confluence
2	3 (0.42%)	Apache Pig
2	3 (0.42%)	Apache Spark
3	2 (0.28%)	JBoss
4	1 (0.14%)	Apache
4	1 (0.14%)	CMS
4	1 (0.14%)	Elasticsearch
4	1 (0.14%)	FileNet
4	1 (0.14%)	Oracle Workflow
4	1 (0.14%)	SharePoint

Applications
1	1 (0.14%)	Microsoft Excel
1	1 (0.14%)	Microsoft Project

Business Applications
1	13 (1.83%)	SAP Oil and Gas
2	4 (0.56%)	Magento
3	3 (0.42%)	Payment Gateway

Cloud Services
1	20 (2.81%)	Amazon AWS
2	16 (2.25%)	Microsoft Azure
3	11 (1.54%)	BrowserStack
3	11 (1.54%)	SaaS
4	10 (1.40%)	Cloud Computing
5	7 (0.98%)	GitHub
5	7 (0.98%)	Sauce Labs
6	6 (0.84%)	IaaS
6	6 (0.84%)	PaaS
7	1 (0.14%)	DigitalOcean
7	1 (0.14%)	Trello

Communications & Networking
1	29 (4.07%)	Internet
2	18 (2.53%)	HTTP
3	11 (1.54%)	VoIP
4	6 (0.84%)	SSL
5	3 (0.42%)	Ethernet
5	3 (0.42%)	Intrusion Detection
5	3 (0.42%)	RS-232
5	3 (0.42%)	TCP/IP
6	2 (0.28%)	Firewall
6	2 (0.28%)	Skype
6	2 (0.28%)	Wireless
7	1 (0.14%)	Bluetooth
7	1 (0.14%)	FTP
7	1 (0.14%)	ICMP
7	1 (0.14%)	SSH
7	1 (0.14%)	Wi-Fi

Database & Business Intelligence
1	43 (6.04%)	SQL Server
2	20 (2.81%)	Relational Database
3	17 (2.39%)	Big Data
4	9 (1.26%)	MySQL
5	7 (0.98%)	Hadoop
6	5 (0.70%)	MongoDB
7	4 (0.56%)	NoSQL
8	3 (0.42%)	Data Warehouse
8	3 (0.42%)	DB2
8	3 (0.42%)	RDBMS
9	2 (0.28%)	MarkLogic
9	2 (0.28%)	SQL Server 2012
9	2 (0.28%)	SQL Server 2014
9	2 (0.28%)	SQL Server Integration Services
10	1 (0.14%)	Amazon DynamoDB
10	1 (0.14%)	Neo4j

Development Applications
1	504 (70.79%)	Selenium
2	238 (33.43%)	Cucumber
3	228 (32.02%)	WebDriver
4	119 (16.71%)	Jenkins
5	113 (15.87%)	SpecFlow
6	91 (12.78%)	JIRA
7	87 (12.22%)	JUnit
8	85 (11.94%)	JMeter
9	81 (11.38%)	SoapUI
10	72 (10.11%)	Visual Studio
11	53 (7.44%)	Appium
11	53 (7.44%)	HP UFT
11	53 (7.44%)	Team Foundation Server
12	51 (7.16%)	Git (software)
13	41 (5.76%)	TestNG
14	38 (5.34%)	Atlassian Bamboo
15	36 (5.06%)	JBehave
16	34 (4.78%)	Calabash
17	31 (4.35%)	LoadRunner
18	27 (3.79%)	Eclipse

General
1	135 (18.96%)	Finance
2	54 (7.58%)	Retail
3	53 (7.44%)	Banking
4	44 (6.18%)	Telecoms
5	21 (2.95%)	Marketing
6	18 (2.53%)	Manufacturing
7	16 (2.25%)	Aerospace
7	16 (2.25%)	Automotive
7	16 (2.25%)	Electronics
8	13 (1.83%)	Legal
9	12 (1.69%)	Advertising
10	10 (1.40%)	Investment Banking
10	10 (1.40%)	Retail Banking
11	8 (1.12%)	Games
11	8 (1.12%)	Publishing
12	4 (0.56%)	Military
13	3 (0.42%)	Back Office
13	3 (0.42%)	Corporate Banking
14	2 (0.28%)	Law
14	2 (0.28%)	Pharmaceutical

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	92 (12.92%)	.NET
2	78 (10.96%)	Gherkin
3	71 (9.97%)	HTML
4	67 (9.41%)	Web Services
5	66 (9.27%)	REST
6	65 (9.13%)	XML
7	54 (7.58%)	SOAP
8	45 (6.32%)	CSS
9	40 (5.62%)	RESTful
10	24 (3.37%)	DOM
11	17 (2.39%)	AngularJS
12	16 (2.25%)	JSON
13	12 (1.69%)	Behat
13	12 (1.69%)	React
14	11 (1.54%)	ASP.NET
14	11 (1.54%)	ASP.NET Web API
15	9 (1.26%)	Node.js
16	6 (0.84%)	JMS
16	6 (0.84%)	Symfony
17	5 (0.70%)	.NET Framework

Miscellaneous
1	63 (8.85%)	Analytical Skills
2	34 (4.78%)	Mobile App
3	30 (4.21%)	Computer Science
4	20 (2.81%)	Greenfield Project
5	14 (1.97%)	Fintech
5	14 (1.97%)	RIA
6	13 (1.83%)	User Experience
7	10 (1.40%)	Algorithms
8	7 (0.98%)	Enterprise Software
9	6 (0.84%)	Client/Server
9	6 (0.84%)	iPad
9	6 (0.84%)	Mobile Banking
9	6 (0.84%)	Online Banking
10	5 (0.70%)	Cyber Defence
10	5 (0.70%)	Embedded Systems
10	5 (0.70%)	Fat Client
10	5 (0.70%)	Thin Client
11	4 (0.56%)	Cyberthreat
12	3 (0.42%)	Digital Media
13	2 (0.28%)	Virtual Team

Operating Systems
1	104 (14.61%)	Windows
2	94 (13.20%)	Linux
3	45 (6.32%)	Unix
4	25 (3.51%)	Android
4	25 (3.51%)	Apple iOS
5	11 (1.54%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5	11 (1.54%)	Solaris
6	1 (0.14%)	AIX
6	1 (0.14%)	Mac OS X
6	1 (0.14%)	Windows Server

Processes & Methodologies
1	712 (100.00%)	Test Automation
2	517 (72.61%)	Agile Software Development
3	234 (32.87%)	BDD
4	221 (31.04%)	Test Scripting
5	203 (28.51%)	Scrum
6	178 (25.00%)	TDD
7	154 (21.63%)	Continuous Integration
8	102 (14.33%)	Software Testing
9	100 (14.04%)	Non-Functional Testing
10	87 (12.22%)	Software Engineering
11	86 (12.08%)	Functional Testing
12	77 (10.81%)	SDLC
13	73 (10.25%)	Test Strategy
14	72 (10.11%)	Manual Testing
15	65 (9.13%)	OO
16	63 (8.85%)	E-Commerce
16	63 (8.85%)	SDET
17	62 (8.71%)	API Testing
17	62 (8.71%)	User Stories
18	61 (8.57%)	Performance Testing

Programming Languages
1	348 (48.88%)	Java
2	271 (38.06%)	C#
3	195 (27.39%)	Python
4	183 (25.70%)	SQL
5	127 (17.84%)	Ruby
6	85 (11.94%)	JavaScript
7	57 (8.01%)	C
7	57 (8.01%)	C++
8	45 (6.32%)	Perl
9	44 (6.18%)	PHP
10	28 (3.93%)	Bash Shell
11	15 (2.11%)	Groovy
12	10 (1.40%)	Shell Script
13	9 (1.26%)	PowerShell
14	7 (0.98%)	VBScript
15	6 (0.84%)	Scala
16	5 (0.70%)	VB
16	5 (0.70%)	VB.NET
17	4 (0.56%)	T-SQL
18	3 (0.42%)	VC++

Qualifications
1	152 (21.35%)	ISEB
2	133 (18.68%)	ISTQB
3	105 (14.75%)	Degree
4	72 (10.11%)	Security Cleared
5	35 (4.92%)	ISTQB Foundation Certification
6	31 (4.35%)	DV Cleared
7	21 (2.95%)	Computer Science Degree
8	19 (2.67%)	SC Cleared
9	8 (1.12%)	Numerate Degree
10	5 (0.70%)	Master's Degree
11	4 (0.56%)	ISTQB Advanced Certification
12	1 (0.14%)	BPSS Clearance

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	251 (35.25%)	QA
2	1 (0.14%)	DO-178B
2	1 (0.14%)	ISO 9001
2	1 (0.14%)	ISO/IEC 27001
2	1 (0.14%)	MiFID
2	1 (0.14%)	WCAG

System Software
1	7 (0.98%)	VMware Infrastructure
2	4 (0.56%)	Hyper-V
3	3 (0.42%)	Docker
3	3 (0.42%)	Virtual Machines
4	1 (0.14%)	Active Directory
4	1 (0.14%)	KVM
4	1 (0.14%)	Xen

Systems Management
1	35 (4.92%)	HP Quality Center
2	2 (0.28%)	Kibana
2	2 (0.28%)	Opscode Chef
2	2 (0.28%)	Puppet
3	1 (0.14%)	Nagios
3	1 (0.14%)	ZABBIX

Vendors
1	65 (9.13%)	HP
2	60 (8.43%)	Microsoft
3	22 (3.09%)	Oracle
4	13 (1.83%)	SAP
5	11 (1.54%)	Red Hat
6	10 (1.40%)	ServiceNow
7	7 (0.98%)	VMware
8	6 (0.84%)	Atlassian
8	6 (0.84%)	Salesforce.com
9	4 (0.56%)	Apiary
10	2 (0.28%)	F5
10	2 (0.28%)	Sybase
10	2 (0.28%)	Zend
11	1 (0.14%)	Apple
11	1 (0.14%)	Cisco
11	1 (0.14%)	Google
11	1 (0.14%)	Informatica
11	1 (0.14%)	Perforce
11	1 (0.14%)	Splunk
11	1 (0.14%)	Telerik

Test Engineer - Agile, Chance to learn automation

Leeds, West Yorkshire

4it Recruitment Ltd

Salary: From £25,000 to £29,000 per annum 26 days holiday, Bonus, Private Heal

Posted: 23 hours ago

Test Engineer - Manual, Automation - Manchester - Urgent

Manchester, Lancashire

Oscar

Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Competitive Benefits

Posted: Yesterday

Automation Test Engineer, Selenium, Cucumber, Test Analyst

Oxford, Oxfordshire

Haybrook IT Resourcing Ltd

Salary: £63,000 per annum + Benefits

Posted: 17 hours ago

Test Automation Engineer - Android / IOS - Manchester - Urgent

Manchester, Lancashire

Oscar

Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Competitive Benefits

Posted: Yesterday

Automated Testing Engineer - Winchester - £25K to £36K

Winchester, Hampshire

Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd

Salary: £25000 - £36000 per annum + bonus & benefits

Posted: 23 hours ago

Test Engineer (jUnit / TestNG / Agile / Automation / Selenium)

City, London

ANSON MCCADE

Salary: UKP 80000 per year

Posted: Yesterday

Test Engineer (jUnit / TestNG / Agile / Automation / Selenium)

Gloucester, Gloucestershire

ANSON MCCADE

Salary: UKP 80000 per year

Posted: Yesterday

Test Engineer (jUnit / TestNG / Agile / Automation / Selenium)

Reading, Berkshire

ANSON MCCADE

Salary: UKP 80000 per year

Posted: Yesterday

Test Engineer (jUnit / TestNG / Agile / Automation / Selenium)

Greater Manchester

ANSON MCCADE

Salary: UKP 80000 per year

Posted: Yesterday

Test Engineer (jUnit / TestNG / Agile / Automation / Selenium)

Belfast, County Antrim

ANSON MCCADE

Salary: UKP 80000 per year

Posted: Yesterday

Software Engineer in Test - Integration/Automation/SCRUM/Test Harness

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

Evolution Recruitment Solutions

Salary: 50k-70k + benefits + stock options

Posted: 23 hours ago

Lead Quality Assurance Engineer - Test Automation, Selenium, QA

Edinburgh, Midlothian

Search Consultancy

Posted: Yesterday

Software Developer in Test \ Test Automation Engineer

City, London

octopus

Salary: Market rates

Posted: 16 hours ago

Automation Test Engineer - SoapUI | £50,000 + 20% Bonus | London City

City, London

Digitech Resourcing Ltd

Salary: From £40,000 to £50,000 per annum + 20% Bonus + Bens

Posted: 22 hours ago

Lead Automated Test Analyst / Lead Software Engineer in Test

Leeds, West Yorkshire

Hotfoot Recruitment

Salary: From £55,000 to £60,000 per annum

Posted: 22 hours ago

Test Engineer (Senior) - Automation, SQL, Web

Leeds, West Yorkshire

4it Recruitment Ltd

Salary: From £35,000 to £40,000 per annum Bonus, 26 days holiday, Pension

Posted: Yesterday

Test Automation Engineer - TDD

Bournemouth, Dorset

HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Salary: £30000.00 - £35000.00 per annum

Posted: Yesterday

Test Automation Engineer - Greater Manchester

Greater Manchester

Burns Sheehan

Salary: £30000.00 - £45000 per annum + Additional Benefits

Posted: 6 days ago

QA Test Engineer - Automation

York, North Yorkshire

TEKsystems

Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + benefits

Posted: 3 days ago

Test Automation Engineer - Net, Specflow, Selenium - Retail

Cambridgeshire

Oliver Bernard

Salary: £50000 - £70000 per annum + 15% bonus, 5% pension, other benefits

Posted: 5 days ago

Test Automation Engineer

Bristol, Avon

Sanderson

Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum

Posted: 4 days ago

Test Automation Engineer - Newcastle

Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear

Oscar

Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Competitive Benefits

Posted: 5 days ago

Automation Test Engineer

Gatwick, West Sussex

ARC IT Recruitment Ltd

Salary: £45000 per annum + plus benefits plus bonus

Posted: 4 days ago

Automation Software Tester - Test Engineer

Bristol, Avon

X4 Group

Salary: £30k - 40k per year

Posted: 5 days ago

Test Automation Engineer, ISEB, C#

Worthing, West Sussex

ARC IT Recruitment Ltd

Salary: £30 - 45k plus bonus plus benefits

Posted: 4 days ago

Test Engineer (jUnit / TestNG / Agile / Automation / Selenium)

City, London

ANSON MCCADE