Automation Engineer Jobs in Central London

Automation Engineer
London > Central London

The median Automation Engineer salary in Central London is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 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
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 154 183 224
Rank change year-on-year +29 +41 +55
Permanent jobs requiring an Automation Engineer 7 4 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 0.28% 0.11% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.11% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 5 4 17
10th Percentile £76,000 £60,375 £44,000
25th Percentile £88,750 £60,938 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +44.00% +13.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £96,250 £66,563 £65,000
90th Percentile £98,500 £71,625 £72,000
London median annual salary £90,000 £75,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +20.00% +20.00% -6.72%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 2,299 3,587 5,001
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.63% 95.25% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 1,620 2,792 4,155
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,938 £54,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £74,744
Median % change year-on-year - -3.00% +3.10%
75th Percentile £96,063 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £112,500
London median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%

Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Automation Engineer in Central London

Automation Engineer
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for Automation Engineer in Central London

Automation Engineer
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Automation Engineer in Central London over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Automation Engineer in Central London

Automation Engineer
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Automation Engineer within the Central London region over the 6 months to 14 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +44 7 £90,000 +44.00% 5
City of Westminster - 2 - -
Automation Engineer
London

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

For the 6 months to 14 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 Central London region featuring Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Python
2 5 (71.43%) Windows
2 5 (71.43%) PowerShell
2 5 (71.43%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (57.14%) Finance
4 3 (42.86%) VMware
4 3 (42.86%) Middleware
4 3 (42.86%) Linux
4 3 (42.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (42.86%) Git
4 3 (42.86%) AWS
4 3 (42.86%) Bash
4 3 (42.86%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (42.86%) Ansible
4 3 (42.86%) Patch Management
4 3 (42.86%) REST
4 3 (42.86%) GraphQL
4 3 (42.86%) Windows Server
4 3 (42.86%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 2 (28.57%) Motion Control
5 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing Engineering
5 2 (28.57%) Data Pipeline
5 2 (28.57%) Platform Engineering
5 2 (28.57%) Product Ownership
5 2 (28.57%) Escalation Management
5 2 (28.57%) Actionable Insight
5 2 (28.57%) Amazon QuickSight
5 2 (28.57%) Experimental Design
5 2 (28.57%) Numerate Degree
5 2 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree

Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 3 (42.86%) AWS
2 2 (28.57%) Entra ID
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (28.57%) Serverless
3 1 (14.29%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) DHCP
1 2 (28.57%) DNS
1 2 (28.57%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Git
General
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Banking
2 2 (28.57%) Electronics
2 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing
3 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) GraphQL
1 3 (42.86%) Middleware
1 3 (42.86%) REST
2 2 (28.57%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (28.57%) Product Ownership
2 2 (28.57%) Public Cloud
2 2 (28.57%) Robotics
2 2 (28.57%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) Windows
2 3 (42.86%) Linux
2 3 (42.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 3 (42.86%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Patch Management
1 3 (42.86%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 2 (28.57%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (28.57%) API Integration
2 2 (28.57%) Business Case
2 2 (28.57%) Data Analytics
2 2 (28.57%) Data Pipeline
2 2 (28.57%) Escalation Management
2 2 (28.57%) Experimental Design
2 2 (28.57%) FMEA
2 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure Automation
2 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (28.57%) Kaizen
2 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing Engineering
2 2 (28.57%) Motion Control
2 2 (28.57%) Platform Engineering
2 2 (28.57%) Preventative Maintenance
2 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (28.57%) SQL Optimisation
2 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) Python
2 5 (71.43%) PowerShell
3 3 (42.86%) Bash
4 2 (28.57%) C
4 2 (28.57%) R
4 2 (28.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
1 2 (28.57%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
2 2 (28.57%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) Ansible
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) VMware
2 2 (28.57%) ServiceNow