Senior Test Automation Engineer Job Trends in the West Midlands

Senior Automation Test Engineer
England > West Midlands

The median Senior Automation Test Engineer salary in the West Midlands is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 175 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Test Automation Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.030% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.033% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 - -
75th Percentile £63,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £60,000 £47,500 £53,750
% change year-on-year +26.32% -11.63% -22.19%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 3,015 5,747 3,727
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.30% 94.94% 92.32%
Number of salaries quoted 2,014 3,440 2,885
10th Percentile £27,750 £28,491 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,656 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £66,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £78,775 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Senior Test Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings that featured Senior Test Automation Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Test Automation Engineer in the West Midlands

Senior Test Automation Engineer
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Senior Test Automation Engineer job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Test Automation Engineer job vacancies in the West Midlands

Senior Test Automation Engineer
Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 10 September 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
Birmingham - 1 £57,500 - 1
Senior Test Automation Engineer
England

Senior Test Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 10 September 2025, Senior 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 across the West Midlands region featuring Senior Test Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) ATDD
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Exploratory Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD

Senior Test Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) ATDD
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Exploratory Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) QA