Automation Engineer Jobs in the West Midlands

Automation Engineer
England > West Midlands

The median Automation Engineer salary in the West Midlands is £37,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 241 253 238
Rank change year-on-year +12 -15 -26
Permanent jobs requiring an Automation Engineer 19 26 42
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.26% 0.38% 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.43% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 19 8 24
10th Percentile - £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £24,000 £47,813 £44,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £55,000 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year -31.82% +12.82% -2.50%
75th Percentile £42,500 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £67,875 -
England median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 6,806 6,079 6,847
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.04% 89.99% 94.68%
Number of salaries quoted 5,153 3,364 4,759
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,912 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £63,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.84% +0.95% +9.09%

Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Automation Engineer in the West Midlands

Automation Engineer
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Automation Engineer in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Automation Engineer in the West Midlands

Automation Engineer
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Automation Engineer in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Automation Engineer in the West Midlands

Automation Engineer
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Automation Engineer within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
Birmingham -3 11 £24,000 -56.36% 3
Staffordshire -14 4 £40,000 - 1
Warwickshire +44 3 £37,500 -42.31%
Worcestershire - 1 £45,000 - 8
Automation Engineer
England

Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 25 April 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 West Midlands region featuring Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (31.58%) Java
1 6 (31.58%) Mentoring
2 5 (26.32%) C#
3 4 (21.05%) JNCIP
3 4 (21.05%) JNCIE
3 4 (21.05%) Agile
3 4 (21.05%) Network Design
3 4 (21.05%) Juniper
3 4 (21.05%) Nokia
3 4 (21.05%) MPLS
3 4 (21.05%) BGP
3 4 (21.05%) Test Automation
3 4 (21.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (15.79%) YouTube
4 3 (15.79%) Public Sector
4 3 (15.79%) DevOps
4 3 (15.79%) Business Case
4 3 (15.79%) Coaching
4 3 (15.79%) Manufacturing
4 3 (15.79%) Degree
4 3 (15.79%) Robotics
5 2 (10.53%) Logistics
5 2 (10.53%) Programme Management
5 2 (10.53%) Process Improvement
5 2 (10.53%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (10.53%) Commercial Awareness
5 2 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (10.53%) Project Delivery
6 1 (5.26%) CI/CD
6 1 (5.26%) Product Ownership

Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (5.26%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (21.05%) BGP
1 4 (21.05%) MPLS
2 1 (5.26%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Cucumber
1 1 (5.26%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (21.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (15.79%) Manufacturing
2 3 (15.79%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.26%) Automotive
3 1 (5.26%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) Spring
1 1 (5.26%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Robotics
2 1 (5.26%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (31.58%) Mentoring
2 4 (21.05%) Agile
2 4 (21.05%) Network Design
2 4 (21.05%) Test Automation
3 3 (15.79%) Business Case
3 3 (15.79%) Coaching
3 3 (15.79%) DevOps
4 2 (10.53%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (10.53%) Commercial Awareness
4 2 (10.53%) Logistics
4 2 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (10.53%) Process Improvement
4 2 (10.53%) Programme Management
4 2 (10.53%) Project Delivery
5 1 (5.26%) Agile Testing
5 1 (5.26%) Functional Testing
5 1 (5.26%) Mechatronics
5 1 (5.26%) Scrum
5 1 (5.26%) Software Testing
5 1 (5.26%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 6 (31.58%) Java
2 5 (26.32%) C#
3 1 (5.26%) Python
3 1 (5.26%) VB
3 1 (5.26%) VB6
3 1 (5.26%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (21.05%) JNCIE
1 4 (21.05%) JNCIP
2 3 (15.79%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.26%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) Ansible
Vendors
1 4 (21.05%) Juniper
1 4 (21.05%) Nokia
2 3 (15.79%) YouTube