Automation Engineer Job Trends in Stafford

Automation Engineer
Staffordshire > Stafford

As of 8 September 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Automation Engineer salary in Stafford.

6 months to
8 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Automation Engineer 5 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Stafford 2.65% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.84% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
Staffordshire median annual salary £80,000 £50,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +60.00% +25.00% -18.37%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Stafford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Stafford. 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 Stafford with a recognized job title 176 61 80
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.12% 91.04% 96.39%
Number of salaries quoted 112 41 61
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - +15.61%
75th Percentile £70,000 £53,688 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 - £61,250
Staffordshire median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% - -8.05%

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

For the 6 months to 8 September 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 Stafford region featuring Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (100.00%) Data Acquisition
1 5 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 5 (100.00%) DMZ
1 5 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 5 (100.00%) High Availability
1 5 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 5 (100.00%) IPv4
1 5 (100.00%) Modbus
1 5 (100.00%) OO
1 5 (100.00%) OSPF
1 5 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 5 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 5 (100.00%) Validation
1 5 (100.00%) VLAN
1 5 (100.00%) VPN

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

Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) DMZ
1 5 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 5 (100.00%) IPv4
1 5 (100.00%) Modbus
1 5 (100.00%) OSPF
1 5 (100.00%) VLAN
1 5 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 5 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (100.00%) Data Acquisition
1 5 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 5 (100.00%) High Availability
1 5 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 5 (100.00%) OO
1 5 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 5 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 5 (100.00%) Validation