The first table below looks at the demand for the Automation Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Automation Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the East Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automation Engineer
Rank 158 160 -
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -
Permanent jobs requiring an Automation Engineer 7 3 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.228% 0.090% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.240% 0.095% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 0
Average salary £32,500 £45,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-27.77% -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-22.22% +12.50%
All Job Titles
East Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2915 3168 3477
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 95.01% 94.88% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 2502 2825 2995
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Automation Engineer
England

Automation Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Automation Engineer across the East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

East Midlands Automation Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Automation Engineer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Automation Engineer across the East Midlands region.

East Midlands Automation Engineer Salary Trend

Automation Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Automation Engineer within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Nottinghamshire - 6 £32,500 -
Northamptonshire - 1 - -
Automation Engineer
England

Automation Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands region that cited Automation Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Automation Engineer in their job title.

1 9 (81.82%) Test Automation
2 8 (72.73%) QA
2 8 (72.73%) SQL Server
3 7 (63.64%) C#
3 7 (63.64%) .NET
3 7 (63.64%) Automated Testing
4 6 (54.55%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (54.55%) OOP
4 6 (54.55%) IIS
5 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
5 5 (45.45%) HP
5 5 (45.45%) QuickTest Pro
6 4 (36.36%) LoadRunner
6 4 (36.36%) Visual Studio
6 4 (36.36%) ASP.NET
6 4 (36.36%) XML
6 4 (36.36%) OO
6 4 (36.36%) MS Excel
6 4 (36.36%) Test Scripting
7 3 (27.27%) WPF
7 3 (27.27%) LINQ
7 3 (27.27%) WatiN
7 3 (27.27%) Digital Media
7 3 (27.27%) Time Management
7 3 (27.27%) .NET Framework
7 3 (27.27%) HTML
7 3 (27.27%) XAML
7 3 (27.27%) Telecoms
7 3 (27.27%) Finance
8 2 (18.18%) ChangeMan

Automation Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands region that cited Automation Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Automation Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (63.64%) .NET
2 4 (36.36%) ASP.NET
2 4 (36.36%) XML
3 3 (27.27%) WPF
3 3 (27.27%) LINQ
3 3 (27.27%) .NET Framework
3 3 (27.27%) HTML
4 2 (18.18%) WCF
4 2 (18.18%) ISPF
5 1 (9.091%) COM
Application Platforms
1 6 (54.55%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (36.36%) MS Excel
2 1 (9.091%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.091%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (72.73%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (45.45%) QuickTest Pro
2 4 (36.36%) LoadRunner
2 4 (36.36%) Visual Studio
3 3 (27.27%) WatiN
4 2 (18.18%) ChangeMan
5 1 (9.091%) Selenium
General
1 3 (27.27%) Telecoms
1 3 (27.27%) Finance
2 1 (9.091%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 6 (54.55%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (27.27%) Digital Media
3 2 (18.18%) Mainframe
3 2 (18.18%) Mobile App
3 2 (18.18%) IBM Mainframe
4 1 (9.091%) Credit Risk
4 1 (9.091%) Computer Science
4 1 (9.091%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) UNIX
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
1 2 (18.18%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Test Automation
2 7 (63.64%) Automated Testing
3 6 (54.55%) OOP
4 4 (36.36%) OO
4 4 (36.36%) Test Scripting
5 3 (27.27%) Time Management
6 2 (18.18%) SOA
6 2 (18.18%) ITIL
6 2 (18.18%) Resource Management
6 2 (18.18%) Change Management
6 2 (18.18%) Software Testing
6 2 (18.18%) Incident Management
6 2 (18.18%) Release Management
6 2 (18.18%) Problem Management
6 2 (18.18%) Multithreading
7 1 (9.091%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 7 (63.64%) C#
2 3 (27.27%) XAML
3 2 (18.18%) JCL
3 2 (18.18%) REXX
4 1 (9.091%) Python
4 1 (9.091%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (72.73%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) Tivoli
1 2 (18.18%) Control-M
2 1 (9.091%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
1 5 (45.45%) HP
2 2 (18.18%) BMC
2 2 (18.18%) CA
2 2 (18.18%) IBM
Nottinghamshire
Automation Test Analyst / Developer/ Tester - C#.Net/ SQL Server/ QTP/ QC Nottingham based... Responsibilities of the role include: *Develop tools for QA and testing frameworks to run automated...
Spring Technology
Salary: £30000.00 - £35000.00 per annum + Bonus plus benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013