Automation Consultant Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Automation Consultant
UK > UK excluding London

The median Automation Consultant salary in the UK excluding London is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 503 553 571
Rank change year-on-year +50 +18 +174
Permanent jobs requiring an Automation Consultant 6 13 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.014% 0.036% 0.006%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.016% 0.039% 0.006%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £50,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 - -
75th Percentile £74,375 - -
90th Percentile £77,750 - -
UK median annual salary £62,500 £86,250 -
% change year-on-year -27.54% - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 38,388 33,377 32,893
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.52% 92.91% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 23,454 16,215 24,936
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,609 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.96% +5.22% -5.25%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

Automation Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Automation Consultant' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Automation Consultant job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Automation Consultant
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Automation Consultant job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Automation Consultant job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Automation Consultant
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Automation Consultant in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Automation Consultant in the UK excluding London

Automation Consultant
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Automation Consultant within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +38 4 £62,500 - 9
Midlands +21 2 - - 2
West Midlands +20 2 - - 1
Automation Consultant
UK

Automation Consultant Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Automation Consultant 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 UK excluding London region featuring Automation Consultant in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) Linux
1 4 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 3 (50.00%) Agile
2 3 (50.00%) Ansible
2 3 (50.00%) AWS
2 3 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (50.00%) Git
2 3 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 3 (50.00%) Nutanix
2 3 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (50.00%) Scrum
2 3 (50.00%) Sprint Planning
2 3 (50.00%) Terraform
2 3 (50.00%) ZABBIX
3 2 (33.33%) HP
3 2 (33.33%) Workflow

Automation Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 3 (50.00%) AWS
1 3 (50.00%) Nutanix
Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Git
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 3 (50.00%) Agile
2 3 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 3 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (50.00%) Scrum
2 3 (50.00%) Sprint Planning
3 2 (33.33%) Workflow
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) Ansible
1 3 (50.00%) Terraform
1 3 (50.00%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) HP