Automation Developer
UK

The median Automation Developer salary in the UK is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 837 925 1171
Rank change year-on-year +88 +246 -320
Permanent jobs requiring an Automation Developer 70 70 64
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.071% 0.069% 0.041%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.075% 0.075% 0.042%
Number of salaries quoted 64 15 46
10th Percentile £24,000 £39,765 £43,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,706 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,882 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year -8.90% -2.43% +7.14%
75th Percentile £57,500 £58,341 £98,750
90th Percentile - £64,000 £123,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £54,882 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.22% +9.76% +5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 93,191 92,882 151,282
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.46% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 66,790 58,425 84,716
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,517
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Automation Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Automation Developer in the UK

Automation Developer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Automation Developer in the UK

Automation Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Automation Developer over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Automation Developer in the UK

Automation Developer
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Automation Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 7 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
England +84 62 £52,500 -4.34% 10
UK excluding London -29 46 £55,000 +0.22% 8
North of England +26 30 £55,000 +0.22% 2
Work from Home +40 29 £50,000 -8.90% 4
Yorkshire +57 23 £55,000 +0.22%
London +135 18 £52,500 -12.50% 2
South East +25 9 £24,000 -46.27% 1
North West +20 7 £60,000 +9.33% 2
Wales +15 4 £46,350 +23.60%
South West -31 4 £60,000 +9.33%
East of England +17 2 £50,000 -4.76% 1
West Midlands +15 1 £55,000 - 2
Midlands 0 1 £55,000 - 4

Automation Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, Automation Developer 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 featuring Automation Developer in the job title.

1 41 (58.57%) Power Platform
2 32 (45.71%) Power Automate
3 25 (35.71%) Microsoft
4 23 (32.86%) PowerApps
5 22 (31.43%) Azure
6 19 (27.14%) Intelligent Automation
7 17 (24.29%) Law
8 15 (21.43%) Agile
8 15 (21.43%) JavaScript
8 15 (21.43%) Business Intelligence
8 15 (21.43%) Security Cleared
8 15 (21.43%) Mentoring
8 15 (21.43%) Power BI
9 14 (20.00%) Scrum
10 13 (18.57%) Blue Prism
11 12 (17.14%) Java
12 11 (15.71%) PowerShell
12 11 (15.71%) Test Automation
12 11 (15.71%) DevOps
12 11 (15.71%) SC Cleared
12 11 (15.71%) Azure DevOps
12 11 (15.71%) Dynamics 365
12 11 (15.71%) UiPath
13 10 (14.29%) Finance
13 10 (14.29%) REST
13 10 (14.29%) HTML
14 9 (12.86%) .NET
14 9 (12.86%) ITIL
14 9 (12.86%) Python
14 9 (12.86%) AWS

Automation Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (11.43%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 7 (10.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 41 (58.57%) Power Platform
2 32 (45.71%) Power Automate
3 23 (32.86%) PowerApps
4 22 (31.43%) Azure
5 11 (15.71%) Azure DevOps
5 11 (15.71%) Dynamics 365
6 9 (12.86%) AWS
6 9 (12.86%) Azure Cognitive Services
6 9 (12.86%) PaaS
7 2 (2.86%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (1.43%) GitHub
8 1 (1.43%) OneDrive
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (21.43%) Power BI
2 7 (10.00%) Data Lake
2 7 (10.00%) Power Query
3 4 (5.71%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (7.14%) Git
1 5 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 17 (24.29%) Law
2 10 (14.29%) Finance
3 9 (12.86%) Marketing
4 7 (10.00%) Social Skills
5 6 (8.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (8.57%) Public Sector
6 5 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (2.86%) Police
8 1 (1.43%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (14.29%) HTML
1 10 (14.29%) REST
2 9 (12.86%) .NET
2 9 (12.86%) .NET Framework
2 9 (12.86%) JSON
3 6 (8.57%) CSS
4 5 (7.14%) HTML5 Canvas
4 5 (7.14%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (12.86%) Data Structures
2 2 (2.86%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (27.14%) Intelligent Automation
2 15 (21.43%) Agile
2 15 (21.43%) Business Intelligence
2 15 (21.43%) Mentoring
3 14 (20.00%) Scrum
4 11 (15.71%) DevOps
4 11 (15.71%) Test Automation
5 9 (12.86%) API Integration
5 9 (12.86%) Impact Assessments
5 9 (12.86%) IT Strategy
5 9 (12.86%) ITIL
6 7 (10.00%) CRM
6 7 (10.00%) Data Modelling
7 5 (7.14%) User Experience
7 5 (7.14%) UX Design
8 4 (5.71%) Actionable Insight
8 4 (5.71%) Data Integration
8 4 (5.71%) Data Visualisation
8 4 (5.71%) Project Management
8 4 (5.71%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 15 (21.43%) JavaScript
2 12 (17.14%) Java
3 11 (15.71%) PowerShell
4 9 (12.86%) Python
5 7 (10.00%) SQL
6 6 (8.57%) C#
7 2 (2.86%) VBA
8 1 (1.43%) PHP
Qualifications
1 15 (21.43%) Security Cleared
2 11 (15.71%) SC Cleared
3 6 (8.57%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.43%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.43%) QA
Vendors
1 25 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 13 (18.57%) Blue Prism
3 11 (15.71%) UiPath
4 9 (12.86%) Automation Anywhere
5 2 (2.86%) YouTube