Automation Engineer Jobs in Cardiff

Automation Engineer
South Wales > Cardiff

As of 1 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Automation Engineer salary in Cardiff.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 62 65
Rank change year-on-year +32 +3 +24
Permanent jobs requiring an Automation Engineer 1 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 0.55% 0.15% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.57% 0.16% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £48,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile - £56,250 £60,000
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median annual salary - £53,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -2.27% +12.24%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 175 617 518
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.69% 93.77% 90.88%
Number of salaries quoted 124 537 396
10th Percentile £25,436 £27,157 £30,690
25th Percentile £35,438 £36,750 £39,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,086
Median % change year-on-year - -0.17% -4.60%
75th Percentile £65,344 £66,250 £67,070
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £76,875
South Wales median annual salary £52,000 £46,138 £45,456
% change year-on-year +12.71% +1.50% -9.09%

Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Job vacancy trend for Automation Engineer in Cardiff

Automation Engineer
Salary Trend in Cardiff

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

Salary trend for Automation Engineer in Cardiff

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 Cardiff region featuring Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) JUnit
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Maven
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Groovy
1 1 (100.00%) TestNG
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Appium
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Katalon Studio
1 1 (100.00%) REST Assured
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality

Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Appium
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) JUnit
1 1 (100.00%) Katalon Studio
1 1 (100.00%) Maven
1 1 (100.00%) REST Assured
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) TestNG
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Groovy
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA