Automation Engineer Jobs in Birmingham

Automation Engineer
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Automation Engineer salary in Birmingham is £24,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 137 140 165
Rank change year-on-year +3 +25 -16
Permanent jobs requiring an Automation Engineer 11 6 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.41% 0.30% 0.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.32% 0.90%
Number of salaries quoted 11 6 16
10th Percentile - £44,375 £38,500
25th Percentile - £51,563 £42,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £24,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -56.36% -8.33% -27.27%
75th Percentile £78,750 £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £63,125 -
West Midlands median annual salary £37,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -31.82% +10.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 2,555 1,882 2,997
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.28% 93.45% 95.87%
Number of salaries quoted 2,083 1,435 2,321
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £69,914 £70,800 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,964 £82,500 £85,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.82%

Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Automation Engineer in Birmingham

Automation Engineer
Salary Trend in Birmingham

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

Salary trend for Automation Engineer in Birmingham

Automation Engineer
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Automation Engineer in Birmingham over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Automation Engineer in Birmingham

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

For the 6 months to 26 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 Birmingham region featuring Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (54.55%) Java
1 6 (54.55%) Mentoring
2 4 (36.36%) Test Automation
2 4 (36.36%) C#
2 4 (36.36%) Juniper
2 4 (36.36%) Nokia
2 4 (36.36%) MPLS
2 4 (36.36%) BGP
2 4 (36.36%) Agile
2 4 (36.36%) Network Design
2 4 (36.36%) JNCIP
2 4 (36.36%) JNCIE
2 4 (36.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (27.27%) YouTube
3 3 (27.27%) Public Sector
3 3 (27.27%) DevOps
3 3 (27.27%) Coaching
4 1 (9.09%) User Experience
4 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Software Delivery
4 1 (9.09%) Spring Boot
4 1 (9.09%) AWS
4 1 (9.09%) Cucumber
4 1 (9.09%) BDD
4 1 (9.09%) Test Strategy
4 1 (9.09%) Agile Testing
4 1 (9.09%) Functional Testing
4 1 (9.09%) Non-Functional Testing
4 1 (9.09%) Ansible
4 1 (9.09%) Software Testing

Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 (9.09%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (36.36%) BGP
1 4 (36.36%) MPLS
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Cucumber
General
1 4 (36.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (27.27%) Public Sector
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) Spring
1 1 (9.09%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Mentoring
2 4 (36.36%) Agile
2 4 (36.36%) Network Design
2 4 (36.36%) Test Automation
3 3 (27.27%) Coaching
3 3 (27.27%) DevOps
4 1 (9.09%) Agile Testing
4 1 (9.09%) BDD
4 1 (9.09%) CI/CD
4 1 (9.09%) Fintech
4 1 (9.09%) Functional Testing
4 1 (9.09%) Non-Functional Testing
4 1 (9.09%) Scrum
4 1 (9.09%) Software Delivery
4 1 (9.09%) Software Testing
4 1 (9.09%) Test Strategy
4 1 (9.09%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 6 (54.55%) Java
2 4 (36.36%) C#
3 1 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) JNCIE
1 4 (36.36%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Ansible
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Juniper
1 4 (36.36%) Nokia
2 3 (27.27%) YouTube