Automation Architect Job Trends in Cardiff

Automation Architect
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Automation Architect salary in Cardiff is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 June 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Automation Architect 7 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cardiff 1.15% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.22% - -
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £63,500 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median annual salary £65,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Cardiff

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cardiff. 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 Cardiff with a recognized job title 575 166 790
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.26% 98.81% 94.72%
Number of salaries quoted 396 115 668
10th Percentile £28,375 £26,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £37,170 £37,101
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +10.00% -5.64%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £75,000 £75,000
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +16.67% -5.26%

Automation Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Automation Architect job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Automation Architect
Salary Trend in Cardiff

Salary distribution trend for Automation Architect job vacancies in Cardiff.

Salary distribution trend for Automation Architect job vacancies in Cardiff

Automation Architect Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff

For the 6 months to 16 June 2026, Automation Architect 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 Cardiff region featuring Automation Architect in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) QA
1 7 (100.00%) QA Automation
2 1 (14.29%) Accessibility
2 1 (14.29%) AWS
2 1 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) BrowserStack
2 1 (14.29%) Business Case
2 1 (14.29%) CI/CD
2 1 (14.29%) Cypress.io
2 1 (14.29%) JMeter
2 1 (14.29%) Node.js
2 1 (14.29%) Non-Functional Testing
2 1 (14.29%) Performance Testing
2 1 (14.29%) Playwright
2 1 (14.29%) Postman
2 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
2 1 (14.29%) REST Assured
2 1 (14.29%) Security Testing
2 1 (14.29%) Selenium
2 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (14.29%) Test Automation
2 1 (14.29%) TypeScript

Automation Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) BrowserStack
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Cypress.io
1 1 (14.29%) JMeter
1 1 (14.29%) Postman
1 1 (14.29%) REST Assured
1 1 (14.29%) Selenium
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) Node.js
1 1 (14.29%) Playwright
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) QA Automation
2 1 (14.29%) Business Case
2 1 (14.29%) CI/CD
2 1 (14.29%) Non-Functional Testing
2 1 (14.29%) Performance Testing
2 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
2 1 (14.29%) Security Testing
2 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (14.29%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (100.00%) QA
2 1 (14.29%) Accessibility