Test Automation Jobs

Automated Testing
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Test Automation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Test Automation over the 6 months leading up to 12 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 101 53
Rank change year-on-year +7 -48 -21
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 1,809 2,635 4,524
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.01% 2.55% 5.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.35% 3.08% 5.52%
Number of salaries quoted 919 1,643 2,633
10th Percentile £39,750 £37,020 £41,139
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -11.54% +8.33%
75th Percentile £81,250 £71,991 £81,250
90th Percentile £98,474 £86,485 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Test Automation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 54,035 85,534 82,014
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 89.93% 82.61% 95.51%
Number of salaries quoted 28,425 58,385 52,665
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,862 £33,750
25th Percentile £38,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,249
Median % change year-on-year - -8.71% +0.42%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,700 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Test Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in the UK

Test Automation
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test Automation.

Salary trend for Test Automation in the UK

Test Automation
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Automation over the 6 months to 12 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Test Automation in the UK

Test Automation
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Automation within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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
England +11 1,560 £62,500 +4.17% 1,339
UK excluding London 0 1,194 £60,000 +14.29% 1,025
Work from Home +8 768 £60,000 +9.09% 833
London +27 516 £77,500 +10.71% 498
South East +12 323 £60,000 +9.09% 258
North of England -6 299 £60,000 +4.35% 271
North West -25 215 £65,000 +13.04% 143
Midlands +24 181 £58,750 +11.90% 134
South West +45 153 £60,000 +6.19% 118
Scotland -7 137 £70,000 +40.00% 67
West Midlands +12 100 £65,000 +23.81% 86
East Midlands +53 81 £47,500 - 48
East of England +4 79 £57,750 +5.00% 121
Yorkshire -7 60 £49,000 -10.91% 100
North East +41 24 £52,809 -19.33% 31
Wales -10 21 £60,000 +20.00% 36
Northern Ireland +41 11 £55,000 - 46
Isle of Man - 1 £52,500 - 1

Test Automation
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:

Application Platforms
1 200 (11.06%) Confluence
2 35 (1.93%) Apache Spark
3 25 (1.38%) SharePoint
4 17 (0.94%) Apache
5 15 (0.83%) nginx
6 14 (0.77%) Apache Airflow
7 10 (0.55%) CMS
7 10 (0.55%) Headless CMS
8 9 (0.50%) Appian
8 9 (0.50%) Tomcat
9 5 (0.28%) IIS
9 5 (0.28%) JBoss
9 5 (0.28%) Liferay
10 4 (0.22%) Jupyter
10 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
10 4 (0.22%) SAS
11 3 (0.17%) Apache Solr
11 3 (0.17%) CICS
11 3 (0.17%) Umbraco
12 2 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 11 (0.61%) Chatbot
2 8 (0.44%) Blender
2 8 (0.44%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.22%) SOLIDWORKS
5 3 (0.17%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.17%) Simulink
6 2 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.055%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 21 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.55%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (0.44%) Shopify
4 7 (0.39%) Elite 3E
5 6 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
6 4 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
6 4 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.17%) Oracle BPM
8 2 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
9 1 (0.055%) Aladdin
9 1 (0.055%) Endur
9 1 (0.055%) Loan IQ
9 1 (0.055%) Magento
9 1 (0.055%) Siebel CRM
9 1 (0.055%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 694 (38.36%) Azure
2 623 (34.44%) AWS
3 317 (17.52%) GCP
4 177 (9.78%) Azure DevOps
5 106 (5.86%) Serverless
6 103 (5.69%) GitHub
7 72 (3.98%) SaaS
8 71 (3.92%) AWS Lambda
9 64 (3.54%) Amazon S3
10 62 (3.43%) PaaS
11 53 (2.93%) GitHub Actions
12 37 (2.05%) Dynamics 365
12 37 (2.05%) Power Platform
13 35 (1.93%) Amazon EC2
14 34 (1.88%) Azure Logic Apps
15 30 (1.66%) Amazon SQS
16 26 (1.44%) Datadog
16 26 (1.44%) Microsoft 365
17 23 (1.27%) Cloud Computing
18 22 (1.22%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 79 (4.37%) TCP/IP
2 72 (3.98%) VPN
3 33 (1.82%) 5G
4 32 (1.77%) SD-WAN
4 32 (1.77%) WAN
5 17 (0.94%) DNS
6 16 (0.88%) Internet
6 16 (0.88%) Network Security
7 14 (0.77%) HTTP
8 12 (0.66%) VLAN
9 11 (0.61%) Firewall
10 8 (0.44%) BGP
10 8 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
11 7 (0.39%) SSL
12 6 (0.33%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 6 (0.33%) Multicast
12 6 (0.33%) OSPF
12 6 (0.33%) SAN
12 6 (0.33%) Wireless
13 5 (0.28%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 326 (18.02%) SQL Server
2 114 (6.30%) NoSQL
3 93 (5.14%) PostgreSQL
4 83 (4.59%) Relational Database
5 56 (3.10%) MongoDB
6 55 (3.04%) MySQL
7 46 (2.54%) DynamoDB
8 38 (2.10%) Big Data
9 34 (1.88%) Amazon RDS
10 24 (1.33%) Power BI
11 17 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
12 15 (0.83%) Amazon Aurora
13 13 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
13 13 (0.72%) RDBMS
14 12 (0.66%) Amazon Athena
15 11 (0.61%) DB2
15 11 (0.61%) Redis
16 10 (0.55%) Cloud Spanner
17 8 (0.44%) Data Lake
17 8 (0.44%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 454 (25.10%) Selenium
2 399 (22.06%) JIRA
3 377 (20.84%) Cucumber
4 315 (17.41%) GitLab
5 302 (16.69%) Maven
6 288 (15.92%) SonarQube
7 275 (15.20%) Sonatype Nexus
8 264 (14.59%) Bitbucket
9 251 (13.88%) Git
10 154 (8.51%) Jenkins
11 85 (4.70%) Cypress.io
12 80 (4.42%) Postman
12 80 (4.42%) Robot Framework
13 56 (3.10%) JUnit
14 44 (2.43%) Appium
15 41 (2.27%) JMeter
16 25 (1.38%) Visual Studio
17 23 (1.27%) SpecFlow
18 22 (1.22%) SoapUI
18 22 (1.22%) webpack
General
1 730 (40.35%) Finance
2 487 (26.92%) Social Skills
3 479 (26.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 436 (24.10%) Banking
5 168 (9.29%) Law
6 160 (8.84%) Analytical Skills
7 116 (6.41%) Retail
8 97 (5.36%) Investment Banking
9 90 (4.98%) Corporate Banking
10 88 (4.86%) Marketing
11 85 (4.70%) Public Sector
12 79 (4.37%) Telecoms
13 52 (2.87%) Manufacturing
14 43 (2.38%) Electronics
15 41 (2.27%) Legal
16 37 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
17 35 (1.93%) Front Office
18 34 (1.88%) Games
19 33 (1.82%) Back Office
20 28 (1.55%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 475 (26.26%) Software Engineer
2 388 (21.45%) Senior
3 335 (18.52%) Developer
4 273 (15.09%) Lead
5 190 (10.50%) Test Engineer
6 142 (7.85%) Senior Developer
7 109 (6.03%) Test Automation Engineer
8 76 (4.20%) DevOps Engineer
9 75 (4.15%) QA Engineer
10 70 (3.87%) Analyst
11 69 (3.81%) Java Engineer
12 66 (3.65%) Senior Software Engineer
13 59 (3.26%) Software Developer
14 56 (3.10%) Software Test Engineer
15 54 (2.99%) Java Developer
16 53 (2.93%) Senior Test Engineer
16 53 (2.93%) Tester
17 47 (2.60%) Full-Stack Developer
18 45 (2.49%) Senior Software Test Engineer
19 44 (2.43%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 437 (24.16%) React
2 380 (21.01%) HTML
3 378 (20.90%) CSS
4 357 (19.73%) Kafka
5 352 (19.46%) Spring Boot
6 334 (18.46%) Spring
7 260 (14.37%) JPA
8 257 (14.21%) Redux
9 234 (12.94%) RESTful
10 220 (12.16%) REST
11 178 (9.84%) Hibernate
12 155 (8.57%) .NET
13 125 (6.91%) Playwright
14 124 (6.85%) Jest
15 123 (6.80%) HTML5
16 113 (6.25%) CSS3
17 107 (5.91%) Node.js
18 98 (5.42%) Sass
19 68 (3.76%) AngularJS
20 55 (3.04%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 318 (17.58%) Product Ownership
2 268 (14.81%) Enterprise Software
3 117 (6.47%) Cloud Native
4 73 (4.04%) Algorithms
4 73 (4.04%) Linux Command Line
5 72 (3.98%) Mobile App
5 72 (3.98%) Public Cloud
6 58 (3.21%) Distributed Systems
7 56 (3.10%) Data Structures
8 52 (2.87%) Onboarding
9 50 (2.76%) Management Information System
10 47 (2.60%) e-Learning
11 41 (2.27%) Hybrid Cloud
12 39 (2.16%) Self-Motivation
13 34 (1.88%) Equities
14 32 (1.77%) Self-Driving Car
15 30 (1.66%) Virtual Team
16 28 (1.55%) Client/Server
17 27 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
18 26 (1.44%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 186 (10.28%) Linux
2 121 (6.69%) Windows
3 38 (2.10%) Unix
4 32 (1.77%) Apple iOS
5 28 (1.55%) Android
6 13 (0.72%) Windows Server
7 10 (0.55%) Windows Server 2019
8 6 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (0.28%) Windows 10
9 5 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.17%) VMS
11 2 (0.11%) zOS
12 1 (0.055%) Debian
12 1 (0.055%) Kali Linux
12 1 (0.055%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,049 (57.99%) Agile
2 809 (44.72%) CI/CD
3 797 (44.06%) DevOps
4 636 (35.16%) Software Engineering
5 483 (26.70%) Microservices
6 479 (26.48%) SDLC
7 462 (25.54%) Containerisation
8 459 (25.37%) Problem-Solving
9 425 (23.49%) Mentoring
10 395 (21.84%) Full-Stack Development
11 342 (18.91%) TDD
12 332 (18.35%) Front End Development
13 294 (16.25%) Continuous Improvement
14 273 (15.09%) Performance Optimisation
15 264 (14.59%) Software Testing
16 255 (14.10%) Clean Code
17 242 (13.38%) User Experience
18 230 (12.71%) Computer Science
19 193 (10.67%) Scrum
20 180 (9.95%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 615 (34.00%) JavaScript
2 610 (33.72%) Java
3 559 (30.90%) SQL
4 429 (23.71%) Python
5 267 (14.76%) TypeScript
6 237 (13.10%) C#
7 126 (6.97%) PowerShell
8 114 (6.30%) C++
9 83 (4.59%) Bash
10 64 (3.54%) C
11 62 (3.43%) Go
12 51 (2.82%) PHP
13 28 (1.55%) Rust
14 26 (1.44%) Kotlin
15 22 (1.22%) Shell Script
16 20 (1.11%) MATLAB
17 17 (0.94%) Bicep
18 16 (0.88%) Groovy
18 16 (0.88%) Scala
19 14 (0.77%) Ada
Qualifications
1 347 (19.18%) Degree
2 117 (6.47%) Computer Science Degree
3 110 (6.08%) ISTQB
4 89 (4.92%) Security Cleared
5 65 (3.59%) BPSS Clearance
6 61 (3.37%) SC Cleared
7 35 (1.93%) Master's Degree
8 24 (1.33%) AWS Certification
9 23 (1.27%) DV Cleared
9 23 (1.27%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 18 (1.00%) Numerate Degree
11 14 (0.77%) Chartered Engineer
12 13 (0.72%) DBS Check
12 13 (0.72%) HNC
12 13 (0.72%) HND
12 13 (0.72%) ISEB
13 9 (0.50%) Azure Certification
14 8 (0.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 8 (0.44%) CCNP
14 8 (0.44%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 581 (32.12%) QA
2 133 (7.35%) Accessibility
3 50 (2.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 35 (1.93%) NCSC
5 32 (1.77%) NIST
6 28 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 17 (0.94%) Data Quality
8 12 (0.66%) GDPR
8 12 (0.66%) ISO 9001
8 12 (0.66%) PMO
9 11 (0.61%) Software Quality Assurance
10 5 (0.28%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.22%) Basel II
11 4 (0.22%) Basel III
11 4 (0.22%) Dodd-Frank
11 4 (0.22%) IFRS
11 4 (0.22%) IFRS 9
11 4 (0.22%) WCAG
12 3 (0.17%) PMBOK
12 3 (0.17%) SEPA
System Software
1 488 (26.98%) Docker
2 28 (1.55%) Active Directory
3 24 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (0.72%) Firmware
5 8 (0.44%) Embedded Firmware
6 5 (0.28%) HDFS
6 5 (0.28%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.28%) zsh
7 4 (0.22%) Terminal Server
7 4 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.22%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.22%) vSphere
8 2 (0.11%) KVM
8 2 (0.11%) Xen
Systems Management
1 496 (27.42%) Kubernetes
2 182 (10.06%) Terraform
3 57 (3.15%) Ansible
4 29 (1.60%) Prometheus
5 28 (1.55%) Grafana
6 14 (0.77%) Istio
7 11 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
7 11 (0.61%) Packer
8 8 (0.44%) Kustomize
9 6 (0.33%) Jamf Pro
9 6 (0.33%) Mesos
9 6 (0.33%) Progress Chef
9 6 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
10 5 (0.28%) Argo
10 5 (0.28%) SCCM
10 5 (0.28%) SCOM
11 4 (0.22%) HP Quality Center
11 4 (0.22%) Puppet
12 3 (0.17%) Kubeflow
13 2 (0.11%) Rancher
Vendors
1 248 (13.71%) Solace
2 156 (8.62%) Microsoft
3 71 (3.92%) Google
4 63 (3.48%) IBM
5 52 (2.87%) Red Hat
6 48 (2.65%) Oracle
7 40 (2.21%) Databricks
8 33 (1.82%) Salesforce
8 33 (1.82%) VMware
9 22 (1.22%) Cisco
10 20 (1.11%) SAP
11 17 (0.94%) Apple
11 17 (0.94%) Siebel
12 15 (0.83%) Atlassian
13 13 (0.72%) Guidewire
14 12 (0.66%) Splunk
15 10 (0.55%) F5
15 10 (0.55%) UiPath
16 8 (0.44%) ServiceNow
17 7 (0.39%) Alteryx