Automation Specialist Job Trends in Berkshire

Automation Specialist
South East > Berkshire

The median Automation Specialist salary in Berkshire is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 March 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 116 -
Rank change year-on-year +1 - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Automation Specialist 3 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 0.14% 0.072% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.095% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 - -
75th Percentile £63,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £62,500 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,943 1,058 2,590
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.13% 76.39% 94.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,122 557 2,042
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £46,000 £36,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -6.25%
75th Percentile £70,000 £81,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £95,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Automation Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Automation Specialist' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Automation Specialist job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Automation Specialist
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for Automation Specialist job vacancies in Berkshire.

Salary distribution trend for Automation Specialist job vacancies in Berkshire

Automation Specialist
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Automation Specialist within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 7 March 2026. 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
Reading - 3 £62,500 - 2
Automation Specialist
South East

Automation Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 7 March 2026, Automation Specialist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Berkshire region featuring Automation Specialist in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) API Management
1 3 (100.00%) Apigee
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 3 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) F5
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) GitLab
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (100.00%) Jinja
1 3 (100.00%) JSON
1 3 (100.00%) Juniper
1 3 (100.00%) Kong
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Microservices
1 3 (100.00%) OpenShift
1 3 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 3 (100.00%) REST
1 3 (100.00%) Secrets Management
1 3 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Unix
1 3 (100.00%) Webhook
1 3 (100.00%) XML

Automation Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Apigee
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Kong
1 3 (100.00%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) GitLab
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) Jinja
1 3 (100.00%) JSON
1 3 (100.00%) REST
1 3 (100.00%) XML
1 3 (100.00%) YAML
1 3 (100.00%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) API Management
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 3 (100.00%) Microservices
1 3 (100.00%) Secrets Management
1 3 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Webhook
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (100.00%) Python
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) F5
1 3 (100.00%) Juniper
1 3 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 3 (100.00%) Red Hat