Senior Automation Engineer Job Trends in Shropshire
Senior Automation Engineer
West Midlands > Shropshire
The median Senior Automation Engineer salary in Shropshire is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 November 2026.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 9 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 49 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Permanent Senior Automation Engineer jobs | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Shropshire | 0.17% | - | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.20% | - | - |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £46,250 | - | - |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £47,500 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £48,750 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| West Midlands median annual salary | £65,000 | £55,000 | - |
| % change year-on-year | +18.18% | - | - |
All Permanent IT Job Roles
Shropshire
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts in Shropshire matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 9 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent job adverts in Shropshire matching a recognised job title | 493 | 170 | 130 |
| % of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title | 84.42% | 96.59% | 96.30% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 309 | 146 | 65 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £30,000 | £22,800 |
| 25th Percentile | £35,000 | £40,000 | £30,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £43,500 | £47,500 | £40,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.42% | +18.75% | -18.37% |
| 75th Percentile | £55,000 | £59,688 | £53,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £70,000 | £73,125 | £62,750 |
| West Midlands median annual salary | £55,000 | £50,000 | £52,008 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.00% | -3.86% | +4.02% |
Senior Automation Engineer Job Locations in Shropshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in Senior Automation Engineer jobs within the Shropshire region over the 6 months to 9 November 2026. 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Telford | - | 1 | £47,500 | - | 1 |
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Senior Automation Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire
For the 6 months to 9 November 2026, Senior Automation Engineer job ads cited 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 Senior Automation Engineer job ads across the Shropshire region.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agile | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Azure | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Azure DevOps | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Burp Suite | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | CI/CD | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Computer Science | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Computer Science Degree | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Continuous Delivery | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Continuous Improvement | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Cucumber | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Cypress.io | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Degree | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | DevOps | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Enterprise Architecture | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Exploratory Testing | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Gatling | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | GitLab | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Grafana | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | HP Fortify | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | HP UFT | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Java | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Jenkins | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | JMeter | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Kali Linux | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Linux | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | LoadRunner | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Master's Degree | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Mentoring | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | OWASP | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Performance Metrics | 100.0% | 1 |
Senior Automation Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | QA Automation Engineer | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Senior QA Engineer | 100.0% | 1 |