The first table below looks at the demand for the Automation Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland 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 19 June 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 Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automation Engineer
Rank 150 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Automation Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.061% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.064% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Average salary £38,750 - -
UK excluding London average salary £34,500 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-23.33% +12.50%
All Job Titles
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
3114 3217 3353
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 95.20% 94.23% 94.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1951 2316 2528
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Automation Engineer
UK

Automation Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Edinburgh - 1 £37,500 -
Glasgow - 1 £40,000 -
Automation Engineer
UK

Automation Engineer
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 7 (87.50%) Java
2 6 (75.00%) Automated Testing
2 6 (75.00%) soapUI
2 6 (75.00%) Test Strategy
2 6 (75.00%) Finance
2 6 (75.00%) Perl
2 6 (75.00%) SOAP
2 6 (75.00%) VBScript
2 6 (75.00%) SOA
3 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (25.00%) .NET
3 2 (25.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (12.50%) .NET Framework
4 1 (12.50%) Degree
4 1 (12.50%) Silverlight
4 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
4 1 (12.50%) Visual Studio
4 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET
4 1 (12.50%) SQL
4 1 (12.50%) C#
4 1 (12.50%) C++
4 1 (12.50%) Delphi
4 1 (12.50%) VB.NET
4 1 (12.50%) OOP
4 1 (12.50%) OO
4 1 (12.50%) MS Access

Automation Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 6 (75.00%) soapUI
1 6 (75.00%) SOAP
2 2 (25.00%) .NET
3 1 (12.50%) .NET Framework
3 1 (12.50%) Silverlight
3 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
1 1 (12.50%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (75.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Automated Testing
1 6 (75.00%) Test Strategy
1 6 (75.00%) SOA
2 2 (25.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (12.50%) OOP
3 1 (12.50%) OO
Programming Languages
1 7 (87.50%) Java
2 6 (75.00%) Perl
2 6 (75.00%) VBScript
3 1 (12.50%) SQL
3 1 (12.50%) C#
3 1 (12.50%) C++
3 1 (12.50%) Delphi
3 1 (12.50%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
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