Automation Engineer Jobs in Wales

Automation Engineer
UK > Wales

The median Automation Engineer salary in Wales is £32,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 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
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 49 127 130
Rank change year-on-year +78 +3 -33
Permanent jobs requiring an Automation Engineer 75 1 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 3.65% 0.060% 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.95% 0.070% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 7 1 11
10th Percentile £30,000 - £32,500
25th Percentile £30,625 £50,000 £33,425
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £55,000 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year -40.91% +42.86% -3.75%
75th Percentile £45,000 £60,000 £53,000
90th Percentile £56,750 - £70,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £58,750 £57,500
% change year-on-year -14.89% +2.17% +4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Wales

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Wales. 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 Wales with a recognized job title 1,901 1,421 1,810
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.60% 85.91% 94.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,284 810 1,142
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,391 £30,050
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Automation Engineer in Wales

Automation Engineer
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for Automation Engineer in Wales

Automation Engineer
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Automation Engineer in Wales over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Automation Engineer in Wales

Automation Engineer
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Automation Engineer within the Wales region over the 6 months to 8 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
North Wales - 57 £30,000 - 3
South Wales +12 15 £53,750 -2.27% 3
West Wales - 3 £32,500 - 2
Automation Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 8 May 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 Wales region featuring Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 71 (94.67%) Degree
1 71 (94.67%) Problem-Solving
2 70 (93.33%) Manufacturing
3 68 (90.67%) Law
3 68 (90.67%) Six Sigma
3 68 (90.67%) Benchmarking
3 68 (90.67%) Lean Six Sigma
3 68 (90.67%) Lean Manufacturing
3 68 (90.67%) FMCG
3 68 (90.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 68 (90.67%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
3 68 (90.67%) Social Skills
3 68 (90.67%) Presentation Skills
3 68 (90.67%) Influencing Skills
3 68 (90.67%) Order Management
4 3 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (4.00%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (4.00%) DevOps
4 3 (4.00%) API Testing
4 3 (4.00%) Test Automation
4 3 (4.00%) Azure
4 3 (4.00%) SaaS
4 3 (4.00%) Selenium
4 3 (4.00%) Computer Science
4 3 (4.00%) QA
4 3 (4.00%) Telecoms
4 3 (4.00%) Finance
4 3 (4.00%) Agile
4 3 (4.00%) C#

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

Cloud Services
1 3 (4.00%) Azure
1 3 (4.00%) Azure DevOps
1 3 (4.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.00%) MySQL
1 3 (4.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (4.00%) Selenium
General
1 70 (93.33%) Manufacturing
2 68 (90.67%) Influencing Skills
2 68 (90.67%) Law
2 68 (90.67%) Presentation Skills
2 68 (90.67%) Social Skills
3 3 (4.00%) Finance
3 3 (4.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 68 (90.67%) FMCG
2 3 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (94.67%) Problem-Solving
2 68 (90.67%) Benchmarking
2 68 (90.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 68 (90.67%) Lean Manufacturing
2 68 (90.67%) Lean Six Sigma
2 68 (90.67%) Order Management
2 68 (90.67%) Six Sigma
3 3 (4.00%) Agile
3 3 (4.00%) API Testing
3 3 (4.00%) Computer Science
3 3 (4.00%) DevOps
3 3 (4.00%) Test Automation
4 2 (2.67%) Infrastructure as Code
4 2 (2.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (2.67%) Task Automation
5 1 (1.33%) CI/CD
5 1 (1.33%) Infrastructure Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.00%) C#
1 3 (4.00%) Java
2 2 (2.67%) Python
2 2 (2.67%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 71 (94.67%) Degree
2 68 (90.67%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
3 3 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (2.67%) Terraform
2 1 (1.33%) Ansible