Automation Specialist Jobs in the UK excluding London

Automation Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

The median Automation Specialist salary in the UK excluding London is £31,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 725 757 839
Rank change year-on-year +32 +82 -153
Permanent jobs requiring an Automation Specialist 31 2 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.044% 0.003% 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.046% 0.004% 0.004%
Number of salaries quoted 25 0 1
10th Percentile £22,000 - -
25th Percentile £28,000 - £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 - £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +14.29%
75th Percentile £60,000 - £42,500
90th Percentile £64,500 - -
UK median annual salary £31,500 £57,500 £77,500
% change year-on-year -45.22% -25.81% +21.57%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 66,682 54,970 67,847
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 89.26% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 47,230 31,194 42,991
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,777 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.04% - +9.09%

Automation Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Automation Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Automation Specialist in the UK excluding London

Automation Specialist
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Automation Specialist in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Automation Specialist in the UK excluding London

Automation Specialist
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Automation Specialist in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Automation Specialist in the UK excluding London

Automation Specialist
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Automation Specialist within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East of England +23 13 £60,000 -
North of England - 10 £29,750 -
North West - 10 £29,750 -
Midlands - 5 £22,000 - 1
West Midlands - 5 £22,000 - 1
South West - 3 £70,000 -
Automation Specialist
UK

Automation Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2024, Automation Specialist 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 UK excluding London region featuring Automation Specialist in the job title.

1 10 (32.26%) Python
2 7 (22.58%) Agile
2 7 (22.58%) Microsoft
2 7 (22.58%) Collaborative Working
3 6 (19.35%) Automation Anywhere
3 6 (19.35%) UiPath
3 6 (19.35%) Power Platform
3 6 (19.35%) Scenario Testing
3 6 (19.35%) Power Automate
3 6 (19.35%) Organisational Skills
3 6 (19.35%) Knowledge Transfer
3 6 (19.35%) Error Analysis
3 6 (19.35%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (19.35%) Critical Success Factor
3 6 (19.35%) Blue Prism
3 6 (19.35%) Pega
3 6 (19.35%) SAP GTS
3 6 (19.35%) Data Quality
3 6 (19.35%) Project Management
3 6 (19.35%) B2B
3 6 (19.35%) Computacenter
3 6 (19.35%) SAP
4 5 (16.13%) Degree
4 5 (16.13%) PowerShell
4 5 (16.13%) C#
4 5 (16.13%) SQL
4 5 (16.13%) AWS
4 5 (16.13%) Robotic Process Automation
4 5 (16.13%) Bash
4 5 (16.13%) Onboarding

Automation Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Business Applications
1 6 (19.35%) SAP GTS
Cloud Services
1 6 (19.35%) Power Automate
1 6 (19.35%) Power Platform
2 5 (16.13%) AWS
3 1 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.23%) PowerApps
General
1 6 (19.35%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (19.35%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.13%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.23%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (22.58%) Agile
1 7 (22.58%) Collaborative Working
2 6 (19.35%) B2B
2 6 (19.35%) Critical Success Factor
2 6 (19.35%) Error Analysis
2 6 (19.35%) Knowledge Transfer
2 6 (19.35%) Project Management
2 6 (19.35%) Scenario Testing
3 5 (16.13%) Robotic Process Automation
4 1 (3.23%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (3.23%) Machine Learning
4 1 (3.23%) Roadmaps
4 1 (3.23%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (3.23%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (3.23%) Task Automation
4 1 (3.23%) Technology Transformation
4 1 (3.23%) Test Automation
4 1 (3.23%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 10 (32.26%) Python
2 5 (16.13%) Bash
2 5 (16.13%) C#
2 5 (16.13%) PowerShell
2 5 (16.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (16.13%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (19.35%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 7 (22.58%) Microsoft
2 6 (19.35%) Automation Anywhere
2 6 (19.35%) Blue Prism
2 6 (19.35%) Computacenter
2 6 (19.35%) Pega
2 6 (19.35%) SAP
2 6 (19.35%) UiPath
3 3 (9.68%) DocuSign
4 1 (3.23%) Nexthink
4 1 (3.23%) Sage
4 1 (3.23%) Xero