Automation Engineer Jobs in Leeds

Automation Engineer
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Automation Engineer salary in Leeds is £80,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 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
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 125 146 206
Rank change year-on-year +21 +60 -55
Permanent jobs requiring an Automation Engineer 7 26 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 0.31% 0.87% 0.052%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.92% 0.054%
Number of salaries quoted 6 3 2
10th Percentile £58,750 £43,250 £46,625
25th Percentile £73,125 £44,375 £50,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £47,500 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year +68.42% -22.45% +44.12%
75th Percentile - £48,750 £70,938
90th Percentile £82,500 - £74,875
West Yorkshire median annual salary £80,000 £65,159 £55,000
% change year-on-year +22.78% +18.47% +29.41%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Leeds

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Leeds. 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 Leeds with a recognized job title 2,179 2,832 3,711
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.86% 95.19% 97.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1,584 1,710 2,511
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £69,936 £73,750 £69,500
90th Percentile £84,660 £87,500 £85,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +7.84% +2.00%

Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for Automation Engineer in Leeds

Automation Engineer
Salary Trend in Leeds

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

Salary trend for Automation Engineer in Leeds

Automation Engineer
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing Automation Engineer in Leeds over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Automation Engineer in Leeds

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

For the 6 months to 12 May 2024, 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 across the Leeds region featuring Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (57.14%) Juniper
1 4 (57.14%) Nokia
1 4 (57.14%) MPLS
1 4 (57.14%) BGP
1 4 (57.14%) Network Design
1 4 (57.14%) JNCIP
1 4 (57.14%) JNCIE
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Test Automation
2 2 (28.57%) QA
3 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
3 1 (14.29%) YAML
3 1 (14.29%) Git
3 1 (14.29%) Software Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Project Management
3 1 (14.29%) C#
3 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
3 1 (14.29%) Python
3 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
3 1 (14.29%) Threat Detection
3 1 (14.29%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (14.29%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (14.29%) Task Automation
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (14.29%) Azure Storage
3 1 (14.29%) Azure Event Grid
3 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Bicep

Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (14.29%) Azure Event Grid
1 1 (14.29%) Azure Logic Apps
1 1 (14.29%) Azure Storage
1 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) BGP
1 4 (57.14%) MPLS
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Git
General
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) ARM Templates
1 1 (14.29%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Network Design
2 2 (28.57%) Test Automation
3 1 (14.29%) CI/CD
3 1 (14.29%) DevOps
3 1 (14.29%) Incident Response
3 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Project Management
3 1 (14.29%) Software Architecture
3 1 (14.29%) Software Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Task Automation
3 1 (14.29%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Bicep
1 1 (14.29%) C#
1 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
1 1 (14.29%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
1 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) JNCIE
1 4 (57.14%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) QA
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
1 1 (14.29%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (14.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Ansible
1 1 (14.29%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Juniper
1 4 (57.14%) Nokia