Automation Specialist Jobs in Bristol

Automation Specialist
South West > Bristol

The median Automation Specialist salary in Bristol is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 160 -
Rank change year-on-year +60 - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Automation Specialist 3 3 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 0.24% 0.097% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.100% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £70,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% - -
South West median annual salary £50,000 £70,000 -
% change year-on-year -28.57% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 1,183 3,015 2,453
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.94% 97.04% 92.67%
Number of salaries quoted 803 2,259 1,539
10th Percentile £34,500 £33,200 £31,250
25th Percentile £47,231 £42,500 £42,710
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,443 £57,500 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% -0.86% +9.20%
75th Percentile £71,250 £71,250 £73,853
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £87,500
South West median annual salary £52,600 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.20% -4.76% +5.00%

Automation Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Automation Specialist in Bristol

Automation Specialist
Salary Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Automation Specialist in Bristol.

Salary trend for Automation Specialist in Bristol

Automation Specialist Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 8 May 2025, Automation Specialist 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 Bristol region featuring Automation Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Test Scripting
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Integration
1 2 (66.67%) Manual Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
1 2 (66.67%) SaaS
1 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
1 2 (66.67%) Appium
1 2 (66.67%) Fintech
1 2 (66.67%) BrowserStack
1 2 (66.67%) Sauce Labs
1 2 (66.67%) Java
1 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
1 2 (66.67%) Python
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Innovative Thinking
1 2 (66.67%) Playwright
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
1 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
1 2 (66.67%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 1 (33.33%) Power Automate
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Law
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
2 1 (33.33%) Task Automation

Automation Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 2 (66.67%) BrowserStack
1 2 (66.67%) SaaS
1 2 (66.67%) Sauce Labs
2 1 (33.33%) Power Automate
2 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Appium
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Law
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Playwright
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Integration
1 2 (66.67%) End-to-End Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Fintech
1 2 (66.67%) Innovative Thinking
1 2 (66.67%) Manual Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
1 2 (66.67%) Test Scripting
1 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Java
1 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
1 2 (66.67%) Python
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft