Automation Engineer Jobs in Reading

Automation Engineer
Berkshire > Reading

The median Automation Engineer salary in Reading is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 117 - 127
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Automation Engineer 11 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 0.64% - 0.058%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.68% - 0.059%
Number of salaries quoted 11 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £47,500 - £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - £60,000
75th Percentile £78,750 - £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 - -
Berkshire median annual salary £60,000 - £60,000
% change year-on-year - - +33.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Reading

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 1,624 1,510 1,691
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.75% 93.61% 97.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1,040 807 1,011
10th Percentile £29,979 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £73,863
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £82,500
Berkshire median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £57,250
% change year-on-year -8.70% +0.44% +4.09%

Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Automation Engineer in Reading

Automation Engineer
Salary Trend in Reading

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

Salary trend for Automation Engineer in Reading

Automation Engineer
Salary Histogram in Reading

Salary distribution for jobs citing Automation Engineer in Reading over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Automation Engineer in Reading

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 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 Reading region featuring Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (45.45%) TCP/IP
1 5 (45.45%) Wonderware
1 5 (45.45%) SCADA
1 5 (45.45%) Modbus
1 5 (45.45%) Profibus
1 5 (45.45%) Allen-Bradley
1 5 (45.45%) Ladder Logic
2 4 (36.36%) Network Design
2 4 (36.36%) JNCIP
2 4 (36.36%) JNCIE
2 4 (36.36%) Juniper
2 4 (36.36%) Nokia
2 4 (36.36%) MPLS
2 4 (36.36%) BGP
3 2 (18.18%) C#
3 2 (18.18%) Java
3 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
3 2 (18.18%) QA
3 2 (18.18%) Cypress.io
3 2 (18.18%) SoapUI
3 2 (18.18%) REST
3 2 (18.18%) API Testing
3 2 (18.18%) QA Automation
3 2 (18.18%) Scenario Testing
3 2 (18.18%) Product Ownership
3 2 (18.18%) REST Assured
3 2 (18.18%) Postman
3 2 (18.18%) Clean Code
4 1 (9.09%) Ansible
4 1 (9.09%) Python

Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Communications & Networking
1 5 (45.45%) Modbus
1 5 (45.45%) Profibus
1 5 (45.45%) TCP/IP
2 4 (36.36%) BGP
2 4 (36.36%) MPLS
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Cypress.io
1 2 (18.18%) Postman
1 2 (18.18%) REST Assured
1 2 (18.18%) SoapUI
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) SCADA
2 2 (18.18%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Network Design
2 2 (18.18%) API Testing
2 2 (18.18%) Clean Code
2 2 (18.18%) QA Automation
2 2 (18.18%) Scenario Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (45.45%) Ladder Logic
2 2 (18.18%) C#
2 2 (18.18%) Java
2 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
3 1 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) JNCIE
1 4 (36.36%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Ansible
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Allen-Bradley
1 5 (45.45%) Wonderware
2 4 (36.36%) Juniper
2 4 (36.36%) Nokia