Senior Automation Engineer Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Senior Automation Engineer
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Senior Automation Engineer salary in Milton Keynes is £56,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 March 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Automation Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Milton Keynes 0.13% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £55,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 - -
75th Percentile £56,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £56,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Milton Keynes

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Milton Keynes. 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 Milton Keynes with a recognized job title 729 293 897
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.31% 95.75% 95.53%
Number of salaries quoted 489 185 598
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,785 £29,850
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +17.65% -2.86%
75th Percentile £70,000 £76,009 £60,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,000 £75,000
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £48,250 £56,250 £47,500
% change year-on-year -14.22% +18.42% -9.52%

Senior Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Senior Automation Engineer job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Senior Automation Engineer
Salary Trend in Milton Keynes

Salary distribution trend for Senior Automation Engineer job vacancies in Milton Keynes.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Automation Engineer job vacancies in Milton Keynes

Senior Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes

For the 6 months to 3 March 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 Milton Keynes region featuring Senior Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (100.00%) PowerApps
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) SAP SD
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) VBA

Senior Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (100.00%) PowerApps
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) VBA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP