Test Automation Leader
UK

The median Test Automation Leader salary in the UK is £62,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 884 922 1098
Rank change year-on-year +38 +176 -290
Permanent jobs requiring an Automation Test Lead 23 38 131
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.023% 0.038% 0.081%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% 0.042% 0.085%
Number of salaries quoted 20 21 70
10th Percentile £46,250 - £45,875
25th Percentile £56,250 £62,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +3.85% +1.56%
75th Percentile £84,063 £90,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% - +23.81%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 94,634 91,081 154,945
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.52% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,599 57,631 84,466
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,974 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,183 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.98% +6.37% +5.26%

Automation Test Lead
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Automation Test Lead in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Automation Test Lead in the UK

Automation Test Lead
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Automation Test Lead in the UK

Automation Test Lead
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Automation Test Lead over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Automation Test Lead in the UK

Automation Test Lead
Top 10 Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 19 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
UK excluding London +1 17 £60,000 -7.69% 1
England +56 13 £76,250 +12.96% 2
Work from Home +57 11 £65,000 -3.70%
South West -7 6 £85,000 +25.93%
Wales - 6 £52,500 -
Midlands -3 3 £60,000 -7.69%
East Midlands - 3 £60,000 -
London +86 2 £70,000 -22.22% 1
North of England +45 2 £60,000 -33.33%
North West +2 2 £60,000 -33.33%

Automation Test Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 19 May 2024, Automation Test Lead 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 featuring Automation Test Lead in the job title.

1 23 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 18 (78.26%) Selenium
3 16 (69.57%) JavaScript
4 13 (56.52%) Git
5 11 (47.83%) QA
5 11 (47.83%) CI/CD
6 10 (43.48%) Jenkins
7 9 (39.13%) Test Strategy
8 8 (34.78%) Azure
8 8 (34.78%) AWS
8 8 (34.78%) Software Testing
8 8 (34.78%) SQL
9 7 (30.43%) C#
10 6 (26.09%) JUnit
10 6 (26.09%) Python
10 6 (26.09%) Agile
10 6 (26.09%) Cypress.io
10 6 (26.09%) TestNG
10 6 (26.09%) DevOps
10 6 (26.09%) Social Skills
11 5 (21.74%) Mentoring
11 5 (21.74%) Performance Testing
12 4 (17.39%) Continuous Integration
12 4 (17.39%) Manual Testing
12 4 (17.39%) Degree
12 4 (17.39%) JIRA
12 4 (17.39%) Computer Science
12 4 (17.39%) Software Engineering
12 4 (17.39%) Regression Testing
12 4 (17.39%) Risk Management

Automation Test Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 8 (34.78%) AWS
1 8 (34.78%) Azure
2 4 (17.39%) BrowserStack
2 4 (17.39%) GCP
2 4 (17.39%) Sauce Labs
3 2 (8.70%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 18 (78.26%) Selenium
2 13 (56.52%) Git
3 10 (43.48%) Jenkins
4 6 (26.09%) Cypress.io
4 6 (26.09%) JUnit
4 6 (26.09%) TestNG
5 4 (17.39%) JIRA
5 4 (17.39%) JMeter
5 4 (17.39%) Postman
5 4 (17.39%) SpecFlow
6 3 (13.04%) Cucumber
7 1 (4.35%) Appium
7 1 (4.35%) REST Assured
7 1 (4.35%) Serenity BDD
General
1 6 (26.09%) Social Skills
2 3 (13.04%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (17.39%) REST
2 3 (13.04%) Playwright
2 3 (13.04%) Swagger
3 1 (4.35%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.70%) Driving Licence
1 2 (8.70%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 11 (47.83%) CI/CD
3 9 (39.13%) Test Strategy
4 8 (34.78%) Software Testing
5 6 (26.09%) Agile
5 6 (26.09%) DevOps
6 5 (21.74%) Mentoring
6 5 (21.74%) Performance Testing
7 4 (17.39%) Backtesting
7 4 (17.39%) Computer Science
7 4 (17.39%) Continuous Deployment
7 4 (17.39%) Continuous Integration
7 4 (17.39%) Deployment Automation
7 4 (17.39%) End-to-End Testing
7 4 (17.39%) Manual Testing
7 4 (17.39%) Regression Testing
7 4 (17.39%) Risk Management
7 4 (17.39%) Software Engineering
8 3 (13.04%) Cross-Browser Testing
8 3 (13.04%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 16 (69.57%) JavaScript
2 8 (34.78%) SQL
3 7 (30.43%) C#
4 6 (26.09%) Python
5 4 (17.39%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (17.39%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (17.39%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (47.83%) QA