Automation Specialist Jobs in Essex

Automation Specialist
East of England > Essex

The median Automation Specialist salary in Essex is £40,816 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 August 2025.

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

6 months to
10 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Automation Specialist 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 0.13% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £39,377 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,816 - -
75th Percentile £42,254 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median annual salary £40,816 £60,000 -
% change year-on-year -31.97% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Essex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Essex. 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 Essex with a recognized job title 686 581 498
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.45% 92.81% 80.32%
Number of salaries quoted 394 423 315
10th Percentile £26,500 £27,500 £23,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,250 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £47,610
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.02% +3.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,450 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,900 £80,000 £84,500
East of England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% -7.41% +8.00%

Automation Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for Automation Specialist in Essex

Automation Specialist
Salary Trend in Essex

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

Salary trend for Automation Specialist in Essex

Automation Specialist
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Automation Specialist within the Essex region over the 6 months to 10 August 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
Southend-on-Sea - 1 £40,816 - 4
Automation Specialist
East of England

Automation Specialist Skill Set
Top 11 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex

For the 6 months to 10 August 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 Essex region featuring Automation Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Local Government
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector

Automation Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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 Data Factory
General
1 1 (100.00%) Local Government
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft