QA Automation Engineer Jobs

Automation QA Engineer
UK

The median Automation QA Engineer salary in the UK is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 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
20 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 851 822 963
Rank change year-on-year -29 +141 -225
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Automation Engineer 33 153 283
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.033% 0.15% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.035% 0.17% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 31 132 231
10th Percentile £36,250 £34,125 £45,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £48,438 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,813 £63,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £79,750 £78,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £54,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +5.00%

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 94,627 91,047 156,403
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.71% 91.54% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,562 57,571 85,106
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 £70,750 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

QA Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for QA Automation Engineer in the UK

QA Automation Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for QA Automation Engineer in the UK

QA Automation Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA Automation Engineer over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for QA Automation Engineer in the UK

QA Automation Engineer
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA Automation Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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 -33 28 £55,000 - 2
UK excluding London -37 22 £52,500 -2.78% 4
Work from Home +24 16 £57,500 - 3
London +25 10 £55,000 -4.35% 2
South East -3 5 £52,500 -8.70% 1
South West -26 5 £57,500 +76.92%
Scotland - 5 £52,500 - 1
East of England +1 3 £37,500 -
North of England +31 2 £62,500 +28.21%
West Midlands +9 2 £40,000 -26.61%
Midlands -11 2 £40,000 -26.61%
Yorkshire +81 1 - -
North West -5 1 £62,500 +38.89%

QA Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, QA Automation Engineer 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 QA Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 33 (100.00%) QA
1 33 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 24 (72.73%) QA Automation
3 23 (69.70%) Agile
4 18 (54.55%) Java
5 15 (45.45%) Cucumber
5 15 (45.45%) Selenium
6 12 (36.36%) API Testing
7 11 (33.33%) BDD
7 11 (33.33%) Azure
8 10 (30.30%) Python
8 10 (30.30%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (27.27%) Postman
9 9 (27.27%) Social Skills
9 9 (27.27%) Test Strategy
9 9 (27.27%) Software Testing
9 9 (27.27%) CI/CD
10 8 (24.24%) TDD
10 8 (24.24%) AWS
11 7 (21.21%) Test Scripting
11 7 (21.21%) Spring
11 7 (21.21%) Jenkins
11 7 (21.21%) SDLC
12 6 (18.18%) Spring Boot
12 6 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
13 5 (15.15%) Cypress.io
13 5 (15.15%) Software Engineering
13 5 (15.15%) Integration Testing
13 5 (15.15%) JMeter
13 5 (15.15%) Scrum

QA Automation Engineer 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 11 (33.33%) Azure
2 8 (24.24%) AWS
3 3 (9.09%) SaaS
4 2 (6.06%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (3.03%) BrowserStack
5 1 (3.03%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.06%) Relational Database
1 2 (6.06%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.03%) DynamoDB
2 1 (3.03%) MongoDB
2 1 (3.03%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 15 (45.45%) Cucumber
1 15 (45.45%) Selenium
2 9 (27.27%) Postman
3 7 (21.21%) Jenkins
4 5 (15.15%) Cypress.io
4 5 (15.15%) JMeter
4 5 (15.15%) JUnit
5 4 (12.12%) Appium
5 4 (12.12%) Mockito
6 2 (6.06%) Git
6 2 (6.06%) GitLab
6 2 (6.06%) UI Automator
7 1 (3.03%) Bitbucket
7 1 (3.03%) JIRA
7 1 (3.03%) SoapUI
7 1 (3.03%) SonarQube
7 1 (3.03%) SpecFlow
7 1 (3.03%) TestCafe
7 1 (3.03%) TestComplete
7 1 (3.03%) WebDriver
General
1 9 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 5 (15.15%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (12.12%) Automotive
3 4 (12.12%) Electronics
3 4 (12.12%) Games
3 4 (12.12%) Health Technology
4 2 (6.06%) Banking
4 2 (6.06%) Finance
4 2 (6.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (6.06%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (21.21%) Spring
2 6 (18.18%) Spring Boot
3 4 (12.12%) Playwright
3 4 (12.12%) Web Services
3 4 (12.12%) WireMock
4 2 (6.06%) React
5 1 (3.03%) .NET
5 1 (3.03%) OpenCV
5 1 (3.03%) pytest
5 1 (3.03%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.09%) Product Ownership
2 2 (6.06%) Client/Server
2 2 (6.06%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (3.03%) Algorithms
3 1 (3.03%) Bitcoin
3 1 (3.03%) Derivative
3 1 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.03%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (3.03%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.09%) Linux
1 3 (9.09%) Windows
2 2 (6.06%) Android
2 2 (6.06%) Apple iOS
2 2 (6.06%) Mac OS
2 2 (6.06%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 24 (72.73%) QA Automation
3 23 (69.70%) Agile
4 12 (36.36%) API Testing
5 11 (33.33%) BDD
6 10 (30.30%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (27.27%) CI/CD
7 9 (27.27%) Software Testing
7 9 (27.27%) Test Strategy
8 8 (24.24%) TDD
9 7 (21.21%) SDLC
9 7 (21.21%) Test Scripting
10 6 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
11 5 (15.15%) Design Patterns
11 5 (15.15%) Integration Testing
11 5 (15.15%) Scrum
11 5 (15.15%) SDET
11 5 (15.15%) Software Engineering
12 4 (12.12%) Mentoring
12 4 (12.12%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 18 (54.55%) Java
2 10 (30.30%) Python
3 5 (15.15%) SQL
4 3 (9.09%) C#
5 1 (3.03%) C++
5 1 (3.03%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (9.09%) Degree
2 2 (6.06%) ISTQB
3 1 (3.03%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.03%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (100.00%) QA
2 4 (12.12%) ISO 9001
2 4 (12.12%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 5 (15.15%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (12.12%) Kubernetes
1 4 (12.12%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (6.06%) Oracle
2 1 (3.03%) Splunk