The first table below looks at the demand for the Automation Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Surrey 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 26 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 Surrey region.

Location
3 months to
26 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automation Engineer
Rank 215 213 211
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -2
Permanent jobs requiring an Automation Engineer 5 14 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Surrey 0.095% 0.233% 0.056%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.100% 0.243% 0.059%
Number of salaries quoted 4 14 3
Average salary £36,750 £47,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-22.63% +11.76%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-22.22% +12.50%
All Job Titles
Surrey
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5024 5773 5069
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Surrey 95.26% 95.96% 94.54%
Number of salaries quoted 4066 5050 4444
Average salary £42,500 £45,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.55% +12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £28,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Automation Engineer
South East

Automation Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 26 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
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Job
Vacancies
Guildford - 2 £41,000 -
Automation Engineer
South East

Automation Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 26 May 2013, IT jobs across the Surrey 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 (63.64%) QA
1 7 (63.64%) Test Automation
2 5 (45.45%) C++
2 5 (45.45%) SQL
2 5 (45.45%) Automated Testing
3 4 (36.36%) C#
3 4 (36.36%) Java
3 4 (36.36%) .NET
3 4 (36.36%) MySQL
3 4 (36.36%) Python
3 4 (36.36%) Degree
4 3 (27.27%) PHP
4 3 (27.27%) Visual Studio
4 3 (27.27%) Linux
4 3 (27.27%) OO
4 3 (27.27%) Finance
4 3 (27.27%) Agile Software Development
4 3 (27.27%) Software Testing
4 3 (27.27%) PowerShell
5 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
5 2 (18.18%) Ant
5 2 (18.18%) XML
5 2 (18.18%) RAD
5 2 (18.18%) Client/Server
5 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
5 2 (18.18%) ISEB
5 2 (18.18%) Validation
5 2 (18.18%) Games
5 2 (18.18%) Perforce
5 2 (18.18%) Mathematics

Automation Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 26 May 2013, IT jobs across the Surrey 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 4 (36.36%) .NET
2 2 (18.18%) XML
3 1 (9.091%) LAMP
3 1 (9.091%) Django
3 1 (9.091%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 1 (9.091%) nginx
1 1 (9.091%) Apache
1 1 (9.091%) Tomcat
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.091%) WAN
1 1 (9.091%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (36.36%) MySQL
2 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Visual Studio
2 2 (18.18%) Ant
2 2 (18.18%) Selenium
2 2 (18.18%) Team Foundation Server
2 2 (18.18%) MSBuild
3 1 (9.091%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 3 (27.27%) Finance
2 2 (18.18%) Games
3 1 (9.091%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Client/Server
1 2 (18.18%) Mathematics
1 2 (18.18%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 3 (27.27%) Linux
2 1 (9.091%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Test Automation
2 5 (45.45%) Automated Testing
3 3 (27.27%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (27.27%) Software Testing
3 3 (27.27%) OO
4 2 (18.18%) RAD
4 2 (18.18%) Validation
4 2 (18.18%) Build Automation
4 2 (18.18%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (9.091%) Waterfall
5 1 (9.091%) Test Strategy
5 1 (9.091%) TDD
5 1 (9.091%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (9.091%) Performance Testing
5 1 (9.091%) Load Testing
5 1 (9.091%) Test Scripting
5 1 (9.091%) Scrum
5 1 (9.091%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (45.45%) C++
1 5 (45.45%) SQL
2 4 (36.36%) Python
2 4 (36.36%) Java
2 4 (36.36%) C#
3 3 (27.27%) PowerShell
3 3 (27.27%) PHP
4 1 (9.091%) Perl
4 1 (9.091%) VB.NET
4 1 (9.091%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) Degree
2 2 (18.18%) ISEB
3 1 (9.091%) Security Cleared
3 1 (9.091%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (9.091%) ISTQB
3 1 (9.091%) CCNA
3 1 (9.091%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (63.64%) QA
System Software
1 1 (9.091%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (9.091%) Xen
Systems Management
1 1 (9.091%) Puppet
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Perforce
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.091%) HP
2 1 (9.091%) VMware
Guildford, South East
Make, MSBuild, Ant, Visual Studio)* Knowledge of programming in scripting languages and environments such as Python, Powershell etc.* Knowledge of Perforce (administration knowledge a distinct plus)* Knowledge of...
Salary: £30000 - £52000 per annum + Competitive Benefits.
Posted: 14 May 2013