Automation Engineer Job Trends in Stoke-on-Trent

Automation Engineer
Staffordshire > Stoke-on-Trent

The median Automation Engineer salary in Stoke-on-Trent is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 May 2026.

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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Automation Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Stoke-on-Trent 0.26% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £77,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - -
75th Percentile £82,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Staffordshire median annual salary £70,000 - £40,000

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Stoke-on-Trent

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Stoke-on-Trent. 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 Stoke-on-Trent with a recognized job title 377 99 313
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.67% 100.00% 91.79%
Number of salaries quoted 251 59 280
10th Percentile £26,000 £28,000 £22,750
25th Percentile £30,500 £32,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £35,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -12.50% -0.62%
75th Percentile £60,000 £44,375 £55,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £58,750 £61,500
Staffordshire median annual salary £45,000 £39,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +13.92% -1.25% -11.11%

Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

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 Stoke-on-Trent.

Automation Engineer job vacancy trend in Stoke-on-Trent

Automation Engineer
Salary Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

Salary distribution trend for Automation Engineer job vacancies in Stoke-on-Trent.

Salary distribution trend for Automation Engineer job vacancies in Stoke-on-Trent

Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stoke-on-Trent

For the 6 months to 6 May 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 Stoke-on-Trent region featuring Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Nutanix
1 1 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Debt
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation

Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stoke-on-Trent 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%) Nutanix
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (100.00%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Debt
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix