Automation Engineer Job Trends 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 18 October 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 - 52
Rank change year-on-year - - +30
Permanent jobs requiring an Automation Engineer 4 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Staffordshire 0.65% - 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.72% - 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £47,500 - £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - £49,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +22.50%
75th Percentile £52,500 - £51,000
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median annual salary £52,500 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -34.38% +6.67% +57.89%

All Permanent 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.

Permanent vacancies in Staffordshire with a recognized job title 554 782 393
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.35% 96.66% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 240 478 337
10th Percentile £26,997 £27,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,580 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £43,250 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.51% +1.76% -5.56%
75th Percentile £53,688 £58,021 £52,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £64,400
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -

Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire.

Automation Engineer job vacancy trend 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 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire

For the 6 months to 18 October 2025, 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 Staffordshire region featuring Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) B2B
1 4 (100.00%) B2B Sales
1 4 (100.00%) Business Development
1 4 (100.00%) Commercial Awareness
1 4 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 4 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 4 (100.00%) Data Entry
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
1 4 (100.00%) Functional Safety
1 4 (100.00%) HNC
1 4 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (100.00%) Telesales

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

Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 4 (100.00%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Industrial Internet of Things
1 4 (100.00%) Renewable Energy
1 4 (100.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) B2B
1 4 (100.00%) B2B Sales
1 4 (100.00%) Business Development
1 4 (100.00%) Commercial Awareness
1 4 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 4 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 4 (100.00%) Data Entry
1 4 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 4 (100.00%) Telesales
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
1 4 (100.00%) HNC
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft