Test Automation Jobs in Central London

Automated Testing
London > Central London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for Test Automation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Test Automation over the 6 months to 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 86 73 38
Rank change year-on-year -13 -35 -7
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation 113 192 575
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 2.98% 3.87% 6.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.25% 4.09% 7.04%
Number of salaries quoted 79 169 463
10th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £63,750 £61,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £85,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.82% +21.43% -3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £88,750
90th Percentile £111,000 £111,250 £101,250
London median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

Test Automation is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,475 4,698 8,171
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 91.59% 94.68% 95.34%
Number of salaries quoted 2,599 3,853 6,440
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £43,863
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £114,500 £108,750
London median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in Central London

Test Automation
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for Test Automation in Central London

Test Automation
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Automation in Central London over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Automation in Central London

Test Automation
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Automation within the Central London region over the 6 months to 8 June 2024. 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
City of London -2 111 £77,500 -8.82% 17
City of Westminster -16 10 £75,000 -30.23%
West End of London -9 1 £38,000 -64.65%
Lambeth - 1 £85,000 -
Test Automation
London

Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 5 (4.42%) Confluence
2 4 (3.54%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.77%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.77%) Moodle
4 1 (0.88%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.88%) IIS
4 1 (0.88%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (2.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.77%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 38 (33.63%) AWS
2 28 (24.78%) Azure
3 20 (17.70%) Azure DevOps
4 11 (9.73%) GCP
4 11 (9.73%) PaaS
5 10 (8.85%) Power Platform
5 10 (8.85%) SaaS
6 6 (5.31%) Azure AKS
6 6 (5.31%) Entra ID
6 6 (5.31%) IaaS
6 6 (5.31%) Serverless
6 6 (5.31%) Snowflake
7 5 (4.42%) AWS Lambda
7 5 (4.42%) Azure Cognitive Services
8 4 (3.54%) Amazon EKS
8 4 (3.54%) Amazon S3
9 3 (2.65%) Azure Logic Apps
9 3 (2.65%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (1.77%) Amazon ECS
10 2 (1.77%) AWS CodeCommit
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.31%) DNS
2 1 (0.88%) Firewall
2 1 (0.88%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (0.88%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (9.73%) MongoDB
2 9 (7.96%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (6.19%) NoSQL
4 6 (5.31%) Relational Database
4 6 (5.31%) SQL Server
5 5 (4.42%) Big Data
6 4 (3.54%) Metadata
6 4 (3.54%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (3.54%) Power BI
6 4 (3.54%) Semantic Layer
7 3 (2.65%) Data Vault
7 3 (2.65%) MySQL
8 2 (1.77%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (1.77%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.88%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.88%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.88%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.88%) Delta Lake
9 1 (0.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 18 (15.93%) JUnit
2 15 (13.27%) Git
2 15 (13.27%) Selenium
3 11 (9.73%) JMeter
4 10 (8.85%) JIRA
5 8 (7.08%) Jenkins
6 7 (6.19%) SpecFlow
7 6 (5.31%) Cypress.io
8 4 (3.54%) Cucumber
8 4 (3.54%) WebDriver
9 3 (2.65%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (2.65%) GitLab
9 3 (2.65%) NUnit
9 3 (2.65%) Postman
9 3 (2.65%) SoapUI
10 2 (1.77%) SonarQube
10 2 (1.77%) TeamCity
10 2 (1.77%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.88%) CircleCI
11 1 (0.88%) TestRail
General
1 35 (30.97%) Social Skills
2 32 (28.32%) Finance
3 16 (14.16%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (7.96%) Marketing
5 7 (6.19%) Law
6 5 (4.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (3.54%) Banking
7 4 (3.54%) Financial Institution
8 3 (2.65%) Billing
8 3 (2.65%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (2.65%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.77%) Back Office
10 1 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.88%) Front Office
10 1 (0.88%) Games
10 1 (0.88%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.88%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.88%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 30 (26.55%) Lead
2 24 (21.24%) Developer
3 18 (15.93%) Senior
4 10 (8.85%) Software Engineer
5 9 (7.96%) Data Engineer
6 6 (5.31%) JavaScript Developer
6 6 (5.31%) Senior Developer
6 6 (5.31%) Senior JavaScript Developer
7 5 (4.42%) Analyst
7 5 (4.42%) IT Director
7 5 (4.42%) Operations Director
7 5 (4.42%) Services Director
7 5 (4.42%) Tester
8 4 (3.54%) Principal Engineer
8 4 (3.54%) Python Engineer
8 4 (3.54%) QA Engineer
8 4 (3.54%) Scala Developer
9 3 (2.65%) Principal Software Engineer
9 3 (2.65%) Senior Software Engineer
9 3 (2.65%) Test Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (20.35%) .NET
2 16 (14.16%) JSON
3 14 (12.39%) React
3 14 (12.39%) REST
4 12 (10.62%) HTML
4 12 (10.62%) Node.js
5 8 (7.08%) .NET Framework
6 7 (6.19%) Web Services
7 6 (5.31%) XML
8 5 (4.42%) CSS
8 5 (4.42%) RESTful
8 5 (4.42%) Spring
8 5 (4.42%) Spring Boot
9 4 (3.54%) ASP.NET
9 4 (3.54%) Kafka
10 3 (2.65%) Apache Thrift
10 3 (2.65%) Pandas
11 2 (1.77%) Itk
11 2 (1.77%) SPFx
11 2 (1.77%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.42%) CMDB
1 5 (4.42%) Data Structures
2 3 (2.65%) Legacy Applications
3 2 (1.77%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (1.77%) Hedge funds
3 2 (1.77%) Learning Management System
3 2 (1.77%) Linux Command Line
3 2 (1.77%) Management Information System
3 2 (1.77%) Reference Data
4 1 (0.88%) Algorithms
4 1 (0.88%) Bitcoin
4 1 (0.88%) Cloud Native
4 1 (0.88%) Credit Risk
4 1 (0.88%) Derivative
4 1 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.88%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (0.88%) Mobile App
4 1 (0.88%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.88%) Security Posture
4 1 (0.88%) Semantic Web
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.54%) Linux
2 3 (2.65%) Windows
3 2 (1.77%) Android
3 2 (1.77%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.88%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (61.06%) Agile
2 34 (30.09%) DevOps
3 23 (20.35%) CI/CD
3 23 (20.35%) Test Strategy
4 21 (18.58%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (18.58%) SDET
5 18 (15.93%) OO
5 18 (15.93%) Unit Testing
6 17 (15.04%) Software Testing
6 17 (15.04%) Test Planning
7 16 (14.16%) ITIL
8 15 (13.27%) Mentoring
8 15 (13.27%) Scrum
8 15 (13.27%) Software Engineering
9 14 (12.39%) Computer Science
9 14 (12.39%) SDLC
10 13 (11.50%) Decision-Making
11 12 (10.62%) ETL
11 12 (10.62%) Microservices
12 11 (9.73%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 31 (27.43%) Java
2 27 (23.89%) Python
3 24 (21.24%) JavaScript
3 24 (21.24%) SQL
4 16 (14.16%) C#
5 8 (7.08%) PowerShell
6 7 (6.19%) TypeScript
7 5 (4.42%) C++
8 4 (3.54%) Scala
9 3 (2.65%) Kotlin
10 2 (1.77%) C
10 2 (1.77%) Go
10 2 (1.77%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.88%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.88%) PHP
11 1 (0.88%) SPARQL
11 1 (0.88%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (13.27%) Degree
2 13 (11.50%) Security Cleared
3 12 (10.62%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (6.19%) SC Cleared
5 5 (4.42%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (2.65%) AWS Certification
6 3 (2.65%) ISEB
6 3 (2.65%) ISTQB
7 2 (1.77%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 2 (1.77%) MCAD
7 2 (1.77%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.88%) AWS Certified Developer
8 1 (0.88%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.88%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.88%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (12.39%) QA
2 10 (8.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (6.19%) ISO 9001
4 3 (2.65%) ITGC
4 3 (2.65%) SOC 1
4 3 (2.65%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.88%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.88%) GDPR
System Software
1 8 (7.08%) Docker
2 1 (0.88%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 14 (12.39%) Terraform
2 12 (10.62%) Kubernetes
3 3 (2.65%) Packer
4 1 (0.88%) Ansible
4 1 (0.88%) cPanel
Vendors
1 7 (6.19%) Microsoft
2 6 (5.31%) Google
3 5 (4.42%) Automation Anywhere
3 5 (4.42%) Blue Prism
3 5 (4.42%) UiPath
4 2 (1.77%) Atlassian
4 2 (1.77%) Databricks
4 2 (1.77%) Oracle
4 2 (1.77%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.88%) BEA
5 1 (0.88%) Black Duck
5 1 (0.88%) Brio
5 1 (0.88%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (0.88%) DocuSign
5 1 (0.88%) Dynatrace
5 1 (0.88%) Infragistics
5 1 (0.88%) MuleSoft
5 1 (0.88%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.88%) Splunk
5 1 (0.88%) Spotify