Automation Test Analyst Job Trends in Wakefield

Test Automation Analyst
West Yorkshire > Wakefield

The median Test Automation Analyst salary in Wakefield is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 September 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Automation Test Analyst 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Wakefield 0.57% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.65% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 - -
75th Percentile £43,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median annual salary £42,500 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Wakefield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Wakefield. 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 Wakefield with a recognized job title 153 36 49
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 87.93% 43.90% 98.00%
Number of salaries quoted 106 15 23
10th Percentile £29,500 £40,300 £37,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,750 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,865 £42,085 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year +23.24% -13.67% +9.55%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £70,750 £83,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +5.77% -5.45%

Automation Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Wakefield

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

Automation Test Analyst job vacancy trend in Wakefield

Automation Test Analyst
Salary Trend in Wakefield

Salary distribution trend for Automation Test Analyst job vacancies in Wakefield.

Salary distribution trend for Automation Test Analyst job vacancies in Wakefield

Automation Test Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wakefield

For the 6 months to 11 September 2026, Automation Test Analyst 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 across the Wakefield region featuring Automation Test Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon Athena
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon EMR
1 1 (100.00%) Anti-Money Laundering
1 1 (100.00%) Appium
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data Reconciliation
1 1 (100.00%) Data Validation
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Informatica
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (100.00%) PySpark
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Ranorex
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Data Services
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Secrets Management
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Serverless
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SQL

Automation Test Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wakefield 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 1 (100.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon EMR
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon Athena
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Data Services
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Appium
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) Ranorex
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) PySpark
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Anti-Money Laundering
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data Reconciliation
1 1 (100.00%) Data Validation
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Secrets Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Informatica
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) SAP