Automation Tester
UK

The median Automation Tester salary in the UK is £55,000 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 830 822 796
Rank change year-on-year -8 -26 -162
Permanent jobs requiring an Automation Tester 77 138 460
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.077% 0.14% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.081% 0.15% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 44 126 265
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,125 £36,654
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +15.00% -
75th Percentile £65,938 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £74,500 £71,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £57,500 £46,000
% change year-on-year -17.39% +25.00% -1.08%

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 Tester
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Automation Tester in the UK

Automation Tester
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Automation Tester in the UK

Automation Tester
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Automation Tester in the UK

Automation Tester
Top 12 Job Locations

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 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
England +21 77 £55,000 -4.35% 8
UK excluding London -24 61 £47,500 -17.39% 8
Work from Home +49 50 £55,000 -12.00% 6
South East -6 43 £62,500 +2.04% 2
London +67 20 £57,500 -8.00%
North of England +44 14 £46,250 -2.63% 2
North West +2 8 £47,500 -17.39% 1
Yorkshire +82 5 £45,000 +8.43% 1
West Midlands +3 2 £45,000 -21.74% 1
East of England +2 2 £49,500 -5.71% 1
Midlands -10 2 £45,000 -21.74% 2
North East -3 1 - -

Automation Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 19 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 featuring Automation Tester in the job title.

1 77 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 61 (79.22%) Selenium
3 55 (71.43%) Agile
4 40 (51.95%) Security Cleared
5 38 (49.35%) QA
6 34 (44.16%) Java
7 29 (37.66%) Test Scripting
8 28 (36.36%) Cucumber
9 26 (33.77%) Mentoring
9 26 (33.77%) Coaching
9 26 (33.77%) API Testing
9 26 (33.77%) CI/CD
10 25 (32.47%) Test Assurance
10 25 (32.47%) Technical Analysis
10 25 (32.47%) Requirements Analysis
11 24 (31.17%) REST Assured
12 23 (29.87%) Collaborative Working
12 23 (29.87%) Software Testing
12 23 (29.87%) Aerospace
12 23 (29.87%) Scrum
12 23 (29.87%) DV Cleared
13 21 (27.27%) BDD
13 21 (27.27%) TestNG
13 21 (27.27%) Actionable Insight
14 20 (25.97%) WebDriver
15 19 (24.68%) JUnit
15 19 (24.68%) SDET
16 18 (23.38%) Scenario Testing
16 18 (23.38%) JavaScript
16 18 (23.38%) REST

Automation Tester 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:

Application Platforms
1 15 (19.48%) Apache
2 1 (1.30%) Confluence
2 1 (1.30%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (10.39%) GitHub
2 7 (9.09%) SaaS
3 6 (7.79%) AWS
4 5 (6.49%) Azure
5 3 (3.90%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.30%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 1 (1.30%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (1.30%) Azure Functions
6 1 (1.30%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (1.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (1.30%) BrowserStack
6 1 (1.30%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.30%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.30%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.30%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.30%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.60%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.30%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (1.30%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.30%) Delta Lake
2 1 (1.30%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.30%) Power BI
2 1 (1.30%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 61 (79.22%) Selenium
2 28 (36.36%) Cucumber
3 24 (31.17%) REST Assured
4 21 (27.27%) TestNG
5 20 (25.97%) WebDriver
6 19 (24.68%) JUnit
7 11 (14.29%) SoapUI
8 10 (12.99%) Jenkins
9 8 (10.39%) Appium
10 7 (9.09%) JIRA
10 7 (9.09%) Postman
11 6 (7.79%) Git
11 6 (7.79%) JMeter
11 6 (7.79%) SpecFlow
12 4 (5.19%) Bitbucket Server
12 4 (5.19%) Protractor
12 4 (5.19%) Serenity BDD
13 3 (3.90%) Bitbucket
13 3 (3.90%) Cypress.io
14 2 (2.60%) eggPlant
General
1 23 (29.87%) Aerospace
2 10 (12.99%) Social Skills
3 9 (11.69%) Public Sector
4 8 (10.39%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.60%) Banking
5 2 (2.60%) Front Office
5 2 (2.60%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.30%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (23.38%) REST
2 16 (20.78%) WireMock
3 15 (19.48%) Apache Commons
3 15 (19.48%) Guava
3 15 (19.48%) Java Concurrency
4 6 (7.79%) .NET
4 6 (7.79%) Gherkin
5 5 (6.49%) Web Services
6 4 (5.19%) RESTful
6 4 (5.19%) SOAP
7 2 (2.60%) ASP.NET
7 2 (2.60%) ASP.NET MVC
7 2 (2.60%) Playwright
8 1 (1.30%) .NET Framework
8 1 (1.30%) ADO
8 1 (1.30%) CSS
8 1 (1.30%) HTML
8 1 (1.30%) PySpark
8 1 (1.30%) React
8 1 (1.30%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.19%) Client/Server
1 4 (5.19%) Product Ownership
2 2 (2.60%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (2.60%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.60%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 55 (71.43%) Agile
3 29 (37.66%) Test Scripting
4 26 (33.77%) API Testing
4 26 (33.77%) CI/CD
4 26 (33.77%) Coaching
4 26 (33.77%) Mentoring
5 25 (32.47%) Requirements Analysis
5 25 (32.47%) Technical Analysis
5 25 (32.47%) Test Assurance
6 23 (29.87%) Collaborative Working
6 23 (29.87%) Scrum
6 23 (29.87%) Software Testing
7 21 (27.27%) Actionable Insight
7 21 (27.27%) BDD
8 19 (24.68%) SDET
9 18 (23.38%) Scenario Testing
10 17 (22.08%) Code Quality
11 15 (19.48%) Containerisation
11 15 (19.48%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 34 (44.16%) Java
2 18 (23.38%) JavaScript
3 10 (12.99%) C#
4 9 (11.69%) SQL
5 3 (3.90%) Python
6 1 (1.30%) PL/SQL
6 1 (1.30%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.30%) VB
6 1 (1.30%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 40 (51.95%) Security Cleared
2 23 (29.87%) DV Cleared
3 17 (22.08%) SC Cleared
4 6 (7.79%) ISTQB
5 4 (5.19%) ISEB
6 1 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.30%) Degree
6 1 (1.30%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (49.35%) QA
2 2 (2.60%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.30%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 16 (20.78%) Docker
2 2 (2.60%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (19.48%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.30%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 2 (2.60%) Microsoft
1 2 (2.60%) Oracle
2 1 (1.30%) Databricks
2 1 (1.30%) HP