Senior Automation Engineer Job Trends in Southampton

Senior Automation Engineer
Hampshire > Southampton

The median Senior Automation Engineer salary in Southampton is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 August 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Automation Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Southampton 0.12% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - -
75th Percentile £67,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median annual salary £65,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Southampton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Southampton. 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 Southampton with a recognized job title 828 392 839
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.50% 98.25% 98.24%
Number of salaries quoted 645 283 675
10th Percentile £32,750 £30,000 £31,100
25th Percentile £45,000 £39,625 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £78,750 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £99,500 £75,000 £70,000
Hampshire median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -1.96% -3.32%

Senior Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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 Southampton.

Senior Automation Engineer job vacancy trend in Southampton

Senior Automation Engineer
Salary Trend in Southampton

Salary distribution trend for Senior Automation Engineer job vacancies in Southampton.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Automation Engineer job vacancies in Southampton

Senior Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton

For the 6 months to 18 August 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 Southampton region featuring Senior Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript

Senior Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA