Senior Automation Engineer Job Trends in Leeds

Senior Automation Engineer
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Senior Automation Engineer salary in Leeds is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 July 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Automation Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 0.037% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.039% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £55,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - -
75th Percentile £65,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Leeds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Leeds. 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 Leeds with a recognized job title 2,560 866 2,057
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.89% 94.54% 95.85%
Number of salaries quoted 1,999 595 1,562
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £74,443 £69,914
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £82,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year - +12.75% -7.27%

Senior Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Senior Automation Engineer job vacancy trend in Leeds

Senior Automation Engineer
Salary Trend in Leeds

Salary distribution trend for Senior Automation Engineer job vacancies in Leeds.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Automation Engineer job vacancies in Leeds

Senior Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds

For the 6 months to 18 July 2026, Senior Automation Engineer 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 Leeds region featuring Senior Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Anti-Money Laundering
1 1 (100.00%) Batch Processing
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) Exploratory Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Fintech
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) KYC
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (100.00%) OAuth
1 1 (100.00%) OAuth2
1 1 (100.00%) OpenID
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) SDET
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
1 1 (100.00%) Vitest

Senior Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) OAuth
1 1 (100.00%) OAuth2
1 1 (100.00%) OpenID
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
1 1 (100.00%) Vitest
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Anti-Money Laundering
1 1 (100.00%) Batch Processing
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) Exploratory Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Fintech
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) KYC
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) SDET
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker