Automation Test Lead Jobs

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 leading to 11 June 2024.

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

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 886 896 1139
Rank change year-on-year +10 +243 -297
Permanent jobs requiring an Automation Test Lead 22 39 127
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.020% 0.042% 0.074%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.021% 0.046% 0.077%
Number of salaries quoted 19 23 69
10th Percentile £46,250 £61,500 £45,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £62,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £84,375 £89,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 103,724 84,717 165,173
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.76% 91.22% 95.91%
Number of salaries quoted 73,308 55,181 85,146
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,605 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,296
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.37% +5.89%

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 11 June 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 11 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
UK excluding London -54 18 £60,000 -7.69% 2
England +28 12 £82,500 +22.22% 2
Work from Home +24 9 £65,000 -3.70% 1
South West -30 6 £85,000 +25.93%
Wales - 6 £52,500 -
Midlands -27 3 £60,000 -7.69%
East Midlands - 3 £60,000 -
North of England +21 2 £60,000 -33.33% 1
North West -20 2 £60,000 -33.33% 1
South East -25 1 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 11 June 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 22 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 18 (81.82%) Selenium
3 16 (72.73%) JavaScript
4 13 (59.09%) Git
5 12 (54.55%) CI/CD
6 11 (50.00%) QA
7 10 (45.45%) Jenkins
8 9 (40.91%) Test Strategy
8 9 (40.91%) Azure
8 9 (40.91%) Software Testing
9 8 (36.36%) SQL
9 8 (36.36%) AWS
10 7 (31.82%) DevOps
10 7 (31.82%) C#
11 6 (27.27%) Python
11 6 (27.27%) JUnit
11 6 (27.27%) Agile
11 6 (27.27%) TestNG
11 6 (27.27%) Cypress.io
11 6 (27.27%) Social Skills
12 5 (22.73%) Performance Testing
12 5 (22.73%) Degree
12 5 (22.73%) Mentoring
13 4 (18.18%) GCP
13 4 (18.18%) Continuous Deployment
13 4 (18.18%) BrowserStack
13 4 (18.18%) Sauce Labs
13 4 (18.18%) Computer Science Degree
13 4 (18.18%) SpecFlow
13 4 (18.18%) REST

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 9 (40.91%) Azure
2 8 (36.36%) AWS
3 4 (18.18%) BrowserStack
3 4 (18.18%) GCP
3 4 (18.18%) Sauce Labs
4 2 (9.09%) SaaS
5 1 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (4.55%) Power Platform
Development Applications
1 18 (81.82%) Selenium
2 13 (59.09%) Git
3 10 (45.45%) Jenkins
4 6 (27.27%) Cypress.io
4 6 (27.27%) JUnit
4 6 (27.27%) TestNG
5 4 (18.18%) JIRA
5 4 (18.18%) JMeter
5 4 (18.18%) Postman
5 4 (18.18%) SpecFlow
6 3 (13.64%) Cucumber
7 1 (4.55%) Appium
7 1 (4.55%) REST Assured
7 1 (4.55%) Serenity BDD
General
1 6 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 3 (13.64%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (18.18%) REST
2 3 (13.64%) Playwright
2 3 (13.64%) Swagger
3 1 (4.55%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.09%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 12 (54.55%) CI/CD
3 9 (40.91%) Software Testing
3 9 (40.91%) Test Strategy
4 7 (31.82%) DevOps
5 6 (27.27%) Agile
6 5 (22.73%) Mentoring
6 5 (22.73%) Performance Testing
7 4 (18.18%) Backtesting
7 4 (18.18%) Computer Science
7 4 (18.18%) Continuous Deployment
7 4 (18.18%) Continuous Integration
7 4 (18.18%) Deployment Automation
7 4 (18.18%) End-to-End Testing
7 4 (18.18%) Manual Testing
7 4 (18.18%) Regression Testing
7 4 (18.18%) Risk Management
7 4 (18.18%) Software Engineering
8 3 (13.64%) Microservices
8 3 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (72.73%) JavaScript
2 8 (36.36%) SQL
3 7 (31.82%) C#
4 6 (27.27%) Python
5 4 (18.18%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (22.73%) Degree
2 4 (18.18%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.55%) ISEB
3 1 (4.55%) ISTQB
3 1 (4.55%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (50.00%) QA