Automation Engineer Job Trends in Somerset

Automation Engineer
South West > Somerset

The median Automation Engineer salary in Somerset is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 February 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 - 56
Rank change year-on-year - - +18
Permanent jobs requiring an Automation Engineer 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Somerset 0.15% - 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% - 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £37,500 - £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -22.73%
75th Percentile £42,500 - £43,750
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £50,000 £67,246 £32,500
% change year-on-year -25.65% +106.91% -40.91%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Somerset

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Somerset. 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 Somerset with a recognized job title 554 325 554
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 85.10% 91.29% 97.19%
Number of salaries quoted 335 121 454
10th Percentile £26,000 £29,750 £25,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £40,000 £30,385
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £52,500 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +25.00% -16.00%
75th Percentile £53,125 £62,500 £57,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £78,750 £66,250
South West median annual salary £50,000 £54,321 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.95% +8.64% -

Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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 Somerset.

Automation Engineer job vacancy trend in Somerset

Automation Engineer
Salary Trend in Somerset

Salary distribution trend for Automation Engineer job vacancies in Somerset.

Salary distribution trend for Automation Engineer job vacancies in Somerset

Automation Engineer
Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Automation Engineer within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 26 February 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
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bridgwater - 1 £40,000 -
Automation Engineer
South West

Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset

For the 6 months to 26 February 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 Somerset region featuring Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Ticket Management
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA