Automation Engineer Jobs in Staffordshire

Automation Engineer
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The median Automation Engineer salary in Staffordshire is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 August 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 79 62
Rank change year-on-year +2 -17 +24
DemandTrendPermanent jobs requiring an Automation Engineer 1 4 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 0.13% 0.42% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.43% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £47,500 - £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -18.37% +22.50%
75th Percentile £52,500 - £51,000
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median annual salary £62,500 £45,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +38.89% -40.00% +36.99%

All DemandTrendPermanent IT Job Vacancies
Staffordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Staffordshire. 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.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies in Staffordshire with a recognized job title 571 940 400
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 75.23% 97.61% 89.89%
Number of salaries quoted 260 605 340
10th Percentile £26,375 £24,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £30,580 £30,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,754 £40,000 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.12% -8.05% -3.33%
75th Percentile £53,750 £55,000 £53,831
90th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £64,775
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%

Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

Job postings that featured Automation Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Automation Engineer in Staffordshire

Automation Engineer
Salary Trend in Staffordshire

Salary distribution trend for Automation Engineer job vacancies in Staffordshire.

Salary distribution trend for Automation Engineer job vacancies in Staffordshire

Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Staffordshire

For the 6 months to 25 August 2025, Automation Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Staffordshire region featuring Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) HNC
1 1 (100.00%) B2B
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Advertising
1 1 (100.00%) Telesales
1 1 (100.00%) Business Development
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Data Entry
1 1 (100.00%) Industrial Internet of Things
1 1 (100.00%) B2B Sales
1 1 (100.00%) Renewable Energy
1 1 (100.00%) Commercial Awareness
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Safety

Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Staffordshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 1 (100.00%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Industrial Internet of Things
1 1 (100.00%) Renewable Energy
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) B2B
1 1 (100.00%) B2B Sales
1 1 (100.00%) Business Development
1 1 (100.00%) Commercial Awareness
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Data Entry
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Telesales
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) HNC
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft