Automation Engineer Jobs in the North West

Automation Engineer
England > North West

The median Automation Engineer salary in the North West is £24,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 279 290 324
Rank change year-on-year +11 +34 -110
Permanent jobs requiring an Automation Engineer 12 13 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.12% 0.16% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.18% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 11 7 10
10th Percentile - £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile - £40,000 £41,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £24,000 £45,000 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year -46.67% -20.00% -19.64%
75th Percentile £33,000 £52,500 £63,125
90th Percentile £52,500 £63,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 North West with a recognized job title 9,193 7,147 9,027
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.83% 89.24% 96.00%
Number of salaries quoted 7,071 4,129 5,469
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,000 £28,996
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,600 £82,500
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.84% +0.95% +9.09%

Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Automation Engineer in the North West

Automation Engineer
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Automation Engineer in the North West.

Salary trend for Automation Engineer in the North West

Automation Engineer
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Automation Engineer in the North West over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Automation Engineer in the North West

Automation Engineer
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Automation Engineer within the North West region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
Manchester +26 8 £24,000 -46.67% 6
Lancashire -4 3 £32,000 -
Cheshire - 1 £62,500 - 2
Automation Engineer
England

Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, 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 North West region featuring Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 10 (83.33%) C#
2 6 (50.00%) Java
2 6 (50.00%) Mentoring
3 5 (41.67%) Test Automation
3 5 (41.67%) Agile
4 4 (33.33%) Manufacturing
4 4 (33.33%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (33.33%) VB
4 4 (33.33%) MySQL
4 4 (33.33%) OOP
4 4 (33.33%) OO
4 4 (33.33%) Degree
4 4 (33.33%) Mathematics
4 4 (33.33%) Computer Science
4 4 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (33.33%) Coaching
4 4 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (33.33%) YouTube
4 4 (33.33%) Public Sector
4 4 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (33.33%) DevOps
5 2 (16.67%) JavaScript
6 1 (8.33%) .NET
6 1 (8.33%) SQL Server
6 1 (8.33%) TDD
6 1 (8.33%) Software Engineering
6 1 (8.33%) Cucumber
6 1 (8.33%) BDD
6 1 (8.33%) MongoDB
6 1 (8.33%) NoSQL

Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (8.33%) AWS
1 1 (8.33%) BrowserStack
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (33.33%) MySQL
1 4 (33.33%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (8.33%) DynamoDB
2 1 (8.33%) MongoDB
2 1 (8.33%) NoSQL
2 1 (8.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Cucumber
1 1 (8.33%) Jenkins
1 1 (8.33%) Selenium
1 1 (8.33%) TestCafe
General
1 4 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 4 (33.33%) Manufacturing
1 4 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (8.33%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) .NET
1 1 (8.33%) Blazor
1 1 (8.33%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 5 (41.67%) Agile
2 5 (41.67%) Test Automation
3 4 (33.33%) Coaching
3 4 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 4 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (33.33%) DevOps
3 4 (33.33%) Mathematics
3 4 (33.33%) OO
3 4 (33.33%) OOP
4 1 (8.33%) Code Optimisation
4 1 (8.33%) Containerisation
4 1 (8.33%) Continuous Delivery
4 1 (8.33%) Full Stack Development
4 1 (8.33%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (8.33%) QA Automation
4 1 (8.33%) SDLC
4 1 (8.33%) Software Engineering
4 1 (8.33%) TDD
4 1 (8.33%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (83.33%) C#
2 6 (50.00%) Java
3 4 (33.33%) VB
4 2 (16.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) QA
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Ansible
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) YouTube