Automation Test Lead Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Test Automation Leader
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median Test Automation Leader salary in West Yorkshire is £52,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 October 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Automation Test Lead 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 0.13% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £49,575 - -
25th Percentile £49,688 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,750 - -
75th Percentile £56,188 - -
90th Percentile £56,525 - -
Yorkshire median annual salary £52,750 - £57,500
% change year-on-year - - +9.52%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in West Yorkshire. 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 West Yorkshire with a recognized job title 1,451 1,889 2,172
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.30% 96.03% 97.66%
Number of salaries quoted 781 1,093 1,608
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £35,750 £41,250 £42,210
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.80%
75th Percentile £70,250 £70,000 £72,433
90th Percentile £83,500 £84,993 £86,250
Yorkshire median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% -

Automation Test Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Automation Test Lead job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Automation Test Lead
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for Automation Test Lead job vacancies in West Yorkshire.

Salary distribution trend for Automation Test Lead job vacancies in West Yorkshire

Automation Test Lead
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Automation Test Lead within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 18 October 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
Leeds - 2 £52,750 - 1
Automation Test Lead
Yorkshire

Automation Test Lead Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 18 October 2025, Automation Test Lead 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 West Yorkshire region featuring Automation Test Lead in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Control-M
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 2 (100.00%) ERP
1 2 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 2 (100.00%) HP Fortify
1 2 (100.00%) IBM
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) JMeter
1 2 (100.00%) Kafka
1 2 (100.00%) LoadRunner
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Middleware
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle ERP
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
1 2 (100.00%) SonarQube
1 2 (100.00%) Tableau
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation

Automation Test Lead Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle ERP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JMeter
1 2 (100.00%) LoadRunner
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
1 2 (100.00%) SonarQube
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Kafka
1 2 (100.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Hackathon
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 2 (100.00%) ERP
1 2 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Control-M
1 2 (100.00%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) IBM
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle