Automation Tester Jobs in the UK excluding London

Automation Tester
UK > UK excluding London

The median Automation Tester salary in the UK excluding London is £47,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 700 688 588
Rank change year-on-year -12 -100 -78
Permanent jobs requiring an Automation Tester 61 82 273
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.084% 0.14% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.089% 0.16% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 28 73 176
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £35,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £57,500 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +25.00% -1.08%
75th Percentile £64,063 £67,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £62,625
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +15.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 68,862 52,395 69,656
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.90% 89.16% 95.72%
Number of salaries quoted 48,635 29,827 42,609
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,250 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year -6.10% +6.13% +5.63%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Automation Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Automation Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Automation Tester in the UK excluding London

Automation Tester
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Automation Tester in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Automation Tester in the UK excluding London

Automation Tester
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Automation Tester in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Automation Tester in the UK excluding London

Automation Tester
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Automation Tester within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 May 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
South East +8 43 £62,500 +2.04% 3
North of England +38 14 £46,250 -2.63% 3
North West +1 8 £47,500 -17.39% 1
Yorkshire +81 5 £45,000 +8.43% 2
East of England +9 2 £49,500 -5.71% 2
West Midlands -2 2 £45,000 -23.40% 1
Midlands -19 2 £45,000 -23.40% 1
North East -7 1 - -
Automation Tester
UK

Automation Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 23 May 2024, Automation Tester 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 UK excluding London region featuring Automation Tester in the job title.

1 61 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 52 (85.25%) Selenium
3 45 (73.77%) Agile
4 34 (55.74%) Security Cleared
5 33 (54.10%) QA
6 28 (45.90%) Test Scripting
7 25 (40.98%) Requirements Analysis
7 25 (40.98%) Technical Analysis
7 25 (40.98%) Mentoring
7 25 (40.98%) Coaching
7 25 (40.98%) Test Assurance
8 23 (37.70%) Collaborative Working
8 23 (37.70%) DV Cleared
8 23 (37.70%) Aerospace
9 22 (36.07%) Java
9 22 (36.07%) Cucumber
10 21 (34.43%) Actionable Insight
11 19 (31.15%) CI/CD
12 17 (27.87%) Scrum
13 16 (26.23%) Software Testing
13 16 (26.23%) API Testing
14 15 (24.59%) REST Assured
14 15 (24.59%) WebDriver
15 14 (22.95%) BDD
15 14 (22.95%) TestNG
15 14 (22.95%) JavaScript
16 13 (21.31%) JUnit
17 12 (19.67%) REST
17 12 (19.67%) Scenario Testing
18 11 (18.03%) WireMock

Automation Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 10 (16.39%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.64%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (11.48%) SaaS
2 4 (6.56%) AWS
2 4 (6.56%) Azure
2 4 (6.56%) GitHub
3 2 (3.28%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.28%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 52 (85.25%) Selenium
2 22 (36.07%) Cucumber
3 15 (24.59%) REST Assured
3 15 (24.59%) WebDriver
4 14 (22.95%) TestNG
5 13 (21.31%) JUnit
6 7 (11.48%) Appium
7 6 (9.84%) JIRA
7 6 (9.84%) Postman
7 6 (9.84%) SoapUI
8 5 (8.20%) JMeter
8 5 (8.20%) SpecFlow
9 4 (6.56%) Bitbucket Server
9 4 (6.56%) Jenkins
9 4 (6.56%) Protractor
9 4 (6.56%) Serenity BDD
10 3 (4.92%) Bitbucket
10 3 (4.92%) Git
11 2 (3.28%) eggPlant
11 2 (3.28%) SOAtest
General
1 23 (37.70%) Aerospace
2 9 (14.75%) Social Skills
3 7 (11.48%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (8.20%) Public Sector
5 2 (3.28%) Banking
5 2 (3.28%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.64%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (19.67%) REST
2 11 (18.03%) WireMock
3 10 (16.39%) Apache Commons
3 10 (16.39%) Guava
3 10 (16.39%) Java Concurrency
4 6 (9.84%) Gherkin
5 5 (8.20%) .NET
6 4 (6.56%) SOAP
6 4 (6.56%) Web Services
7 3 (4.92%) RESTful
8 2 (3.28%) ASP.NET
8 2 (3.28%) ASP.NET MVC
9 1 (1.64%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.56%) Client/Server
1 4 (6.56%) Product Ownership
2 2 (3.28%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.28%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 45 (73.77%) Agile
3 28 (45.90%) Test Scripting
4 25 (40.98%) Coaching
4 25 (40.98%) Mentoring
4 25 (40.98%) Requirements Analysis
4 25 (40.98%) Technical Analysis
4 25 (40.98%) Test Assurance
5 23 (37.70%) Collaborative Working
6 21 (34.43%) Actionable Insight
7 19 (31.15%) CI/CD
8 17 (27.87%) Scrum
9 16 (26.23%) API Testing
9 16 (26.23%) Software Testing
10 14 (22.95%) BDD
11 12 (19.67%) Scenario Testing
12 11 (18.03%) Code Quality
12 11 (18.03%) Continuous Integration
13 10 (16.39%) Containerisation
13 10 (16.39%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 22 (36.07%) Java
2 14 (22.95%) JavaScript
3 8 (13.11%) C#
4 7 (11.48%) SQL
5 1 (1.64%) PL/SQL
5 1 (1.64%) VB
5 1 (1.64%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 34 (55.74%) Security Cleared
2 23 (37.70%) DV Cleared
3 11 (18.03%) SC Cleared
4 5 (8.20%) ISTQB
5 2 (3.28%) ISEB
6 1 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.64%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (54.10%) QA
2 1 (1.64%) Accessibility
System Software
1 10 (16.39%) Docker
2 2 (3.28%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (16.39%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.64%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 2 (3.28%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.64%) HP
2 1 (1.64%) Oracle