Automation Engineer Job Trends in Bournemouth

Automation Engineer
Dorset > Bournemouth

As of 5 December 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Automation Engineer salary in Bournemouth.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Automation Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Bournemouth 0.78% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.81% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
Dorset median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 -
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bournemouth

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bournemouth. 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 Bournemouth with a recognized job title 124 182 124
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.88% 94.79% 96.88%
Number of salaries quoted 87 131 119
10th Percentile £27,500 £35,000 £32,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% -4.55% +15.79%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
Dorset median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% -9.09% +10.00%

Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bournemouth

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

Automation Engineer job vacancy trend in Bournemouth

Automation Engineer
Salary Trend in Bournemouth

Salary distribution trend for Automation Engineer job vacancies in Bournemouth.

Salary distribution trend for Automation Engineer job vacancies in Bournemouth

Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bournemouth

For the 6 months to 5 December 2025, Automation Engineer 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 Bournemouth region featuring Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) CockroachDB
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Tracking
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) JUnit
1 1 (100.00%) Kafka
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) pytest
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) RabbitMQ
1 1 (100.00%) REST Assured
1 1 (100.00%) SoapUI
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation

Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bournemouth 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 1 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) CockroachDB
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) JUnit
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) REST Assured
1 1 (100.00%) SoapUI
1 1 (100.00%) TestNG
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (100.00%) Kafka
1 1 (100.00%) pytest
1 1 (100.00%) RabbitMQ
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Tracking
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk