Automation Engineer Jobs in Guildford

Automation Engineer
Surrey > Guildford

The median Automation Engineer salary in Guildford is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 July 2025.

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

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 50 -
Rank change year-on-year +24 - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Automation Engineer 1 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Guildford 0.75% 0.25% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.81% 0.27% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £56,250 £55,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - -
75th Percentile £58,750 £65,000 -
90th Percentile - - -
Surrey median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +9.52% +10.53% -13.64%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Guildford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Guildford. 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 Guildford with a recognized job title 123 369 262
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.79% 93.65% 97.40%
Number of salaries quoted 96 303 202
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,750 £46,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -17.39% +4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £71,000 £77,500
Surrey median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -13.04% +4.55%

Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Guildford

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

Job vacancy trend for Automation Engineer in Guildford

Automation Engineer
Salary Trend in Guildford

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

Salary trend for Automation Engineer in Guildford

Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Guildford

For the 6 months to 5 July 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 Guildford region featuring Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) PHP
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) SoapUI
1 1 (100.00%) Go
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (100.00%) pytest
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Tracking
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Fintech
1 1 (100.00%) Postman

Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Guildford 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) SoapUI
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) pytest
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Tracking
1 1 (100.00%) Fintech
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Go
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) PHP
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA