Automation Engineer Job Trends in the Midlands

Automation Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Automation Engineer salary in the Midlands is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 December 2025.

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

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 196 223 210
Rank change year-on-year +27 -13 +93
Permanent jobs requiring an Automation Engineer 29 17 5
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.37% 0.25% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 0.26% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 21 11 5
10th Percentile £24,000 £47,000 £42,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £55,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -20.00% +50.75%
75th Percentile £64,750 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £66,250 - £88,150
England median annual salary £55,000 £75,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -26.67% +25.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 7,012 6,426 4,271
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.47% 94.29% 94.64%
Number of salaries quoted 4,237 3,045 3,552
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,600 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% +4.00% -3.91%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,001 £63,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Automation Engineer job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Automation Engineer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Automation Engineer job vacancies in the Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Automation Engineer job vacancies in the Midlands

Automation Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Automation Engineer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Automation Engineer in the Midlands

Automation Engineer
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Automation Engineer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 21 December 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
West Midlands +35 16 £57,500 -28.13% 12
East Midlands -1 13 £50,000 -16.67% 14
Automation Engineer
England

Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 21 December 2025, 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 Midlands region featuring Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 12 (41.38%) Mentoring
2 9 (31.03%) API Testing
2 9 (31.03%) QA
2 9 (31.03%) Test Automation
3 8 (27.59%) C#
3 8 (27.59%) Degree
3 8 (27.59%) QA Automation
4 7 (24.14%) Java
5 6 (20.69%) Microsoft
5 6 (20.69%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (20.69%) SaaS
5 6 (20.69%) Selenium
6 5 (17.24%) Coaching
7 4 (13.79%) B2B
7 4 (13.79%) B2B Sales
7 4 (13.79%) Business Development
7 4 (13.79%) Commercial Awareness
7 4 (13.79%) Computer Science
7 4 (13.79%) CSS
7 4 (13.79%) Customer Experience
7 4 (13.79%) Customer Service
7 4 (13.79%) Data Entry
7 4 (13.79%) Functional Safety
7 4 (13.79%) HNC
7 4 (13.79%) Mathematics
7 4 (13.79%) Process Improvement
7 4 (13.79%) Project Management
7 4 (13.79%) Telesales
8 3 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (10.34%) Problem-Solving

Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.45%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (20.69%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (6.90%) AutoCAD
2 2 (6.90%) MS Visio
2 2 (6.90%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 6 (20.69%) SaaS
2 2 (6.90%) Azure
3 1 (3.45%) AWS
3 1 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.45%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (20.69%) Selenium
2 2 (6.90%) Cucumber
2 2 (6.90%) JUnit
2 2 (6.90%) Postman
3 1 (3.45%) Appium
3 1 (3.45%) Git
3 1 (3.45%) Jenkins
3 1 (3.45%) JIRA
3 1 (3.45%) JMeter
3 1 (3.45%) Katalon Studio
3 1 (3.45%) REST Assured
3 1 (3.45%) TestNG
General
1 4 (13.79%) Advertising
2 3 (10.34%) Manufacturing
2 3 (10.34%) Pharmaceutical
2 3 (10.34%) Social Skills
3 2 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.45%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (13.79%) CSS
2 1 (3.45%) .NET
2 1 (3.45%) Java EE
2 1 (3.45%) REST
2 1 (3.45%) SOAP
2 1 (3.45%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 7 (24.14%) Product Ownership
2 5 (17.24%) Industrial Internet of Things
2 5 (17.24%) SCADA
3 4 (13.79%) Onboarding
3 4 (13.79%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (3.45%) Cloud Native
4 1 (3.45%) Driving Licence
4 1 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (3.45%) Life Science
4 1 (3.45%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.90%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (41.38%) Mentoring
2 9 (31.03%) API Testing
2 9 (31.03%) Test Automation
3 8 (27.59%) QA Automation
4 5 (17.24%) Coaching
5 4 (13.79%) B2B
5 4 (13.79%) B2B Sales
5 4 (13.79%) Business Development
5 4 (13.79%) Commercial Awareness
5 4 (13.79%) Computer Science
5 4 (13.79%) Customer Experience
5 4 (13.79%) Customer Service
5 4 (13.79%) Data Entry
5 4 (13.79%) Mathematics
5 4 (13.79%) Process Improvement
5 4 (13.79%) Project Management
5 4 (13.79%) Telesales
6 3 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (10.34%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (6.90%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 8 (27.59%) C#
2 7 (24.14%) Java
3 2 (6.90%) C
3 2 (6.90%) Perl
3 2 (6.90%) Python
3 2 (6.90%) SQL
4 1 (3.45%) Groovy
4 1 (3.45%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 8 (27.59%) Degree
2 4 (13.79%) HNC
3 2 (6.90%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (6.90%) HND
3 2 (6.90%) Master's Degree
4 1 (3.45%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.45%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (31.03%) QA
2 2 (6.90%) IEC 61131
Systems Management
1 4 (13.79%) Functional Safety
2 1 (3.45%) MOM
2 1 (3.45%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 6 (20.69%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.90%) Allen-Bradley
2 2 (6.90%) Siemens
2 2 (6.90%) Toshiba
3 1 (3.45%) AVEVA
3 1 (3.45%) Oracle
3 1 (3.45%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.45%) Wonderware