Senior Test Automation Engineer Job Trends in Wales

Senior Automation Test Engineer
UK > Wales

The median Senior Automation Test Engineer salary in Wales is £66,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 April 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Test Automation Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 0.061% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.066% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £63,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,000 - -
75th Percentile £69,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £70,500 £65,000 £56,250
% change year-on-year +8.46% +15.56% +2.27%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Wales. 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 Wales with a recognized job title 1,524 478 1,653
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.87% 89.01% 91.78%
Number of salaries quoted 995 303 1,266
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,000 £26,375
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,710 £32,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,936 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £70,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -11.67%

Senior Test Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Senior Test Automation Engineer job vacancy trend in Wales

Senior Test Automation Engineer
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for Senior Test Automation Engineer job vacancies in Wales.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Test Automation Engineer job vacancies in Wales

Senior Test Automation Engineer
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Test Automation Engineer within the Wales region over the 6 months to 29 April 2026. 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
South Wales - 1 £66,000 - 2
Senior Test Automation Engineer
UK

Senior Test Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales

For the 6 months to 29 April 2026, Senior Test Automation Engineer 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 Wales region featuring Senior Test Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy

Senior Test Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality