Automation Engineer Job Trends in Oxford

Automation Engineer
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The median Automation Engineer salary in Oxford is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 June 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Automation Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxford 0.39% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.40% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £46,250 - -
25th Percentile £48,125 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - -
75th Percentile £60,625 - -
90th Percentile £61,750 - -
Oxfordshire median annual salary £60,000 - £60,000
% change year-on-year - - +4.35%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Oxford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Oxford. 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 Oxford with a recognized job title 501 173 682
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.91% 87.82% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 344 111 494
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £53,125 £50,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +14.29% -7.49%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,875 £65,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £77,500
Oxfordshire median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +15.79% -12.04%

Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

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 Oxford.

Automation Engineer job vacancy trend in Oxford

Automation Engineer
Salary Trend in Oxford

Salary distribution trend for Automation Engineer job vacancies in Oxford.

Salary distribution trend for Automation Engineer job vacancies in Oxford

Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxford

For the 6 months to 16 June 2026, 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 Oxford region featuring Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Playwright
1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Cypress.io
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Tracking
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (50.00%) Git
2 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Test Management
2 1 (50.00%) Test Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Zephyr

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

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (50.00%) Git
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
1 1 (50.00%) Zephyr
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Playwright
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Tracking
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Test Management
2 1 (50.00%) Test Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA