Automation Analyst Jobs

Automation Analyst
UK

The median Automation Analyst salary in the UK is £66,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 June 2025.

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

6 months to
22 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 706 899 908
Rank change year-on-year +193 +9 +340
Permanent jobs requiring an Automation Analyst 3 9 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.005% 0.008% 0.018%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.006% 0.008% 0.019%
Number of salaries quoted 2 7 14
10th Percentile £58,875 £45,730 £28,375
25th Percentile £60,938 £48,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,250 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +26.19% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,938 £55,000 £59,875
90th Percentile £72,625 £56,250 £66,200
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £46,850 £42,500
% change year-on-year +28.07% +10.24% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 50,720 106,014 82,989
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.74% 94.81% 91.13%
Number of salaries quoted 26,910 74,937 54,295
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £38,734 £44,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +0.11% -6.54% +6.37%

Automation Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Automation Analyst in the UK

Automation Analyst
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Automation Analyst.

Salary trend for Automation Analyst in the UK

Automation Analyst
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Automation Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 22 June 2025. 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
England +173 3 £66,250 +26.19% 18
UK excluding London +196 2 £60,000 +28.07% 16
London +108 1 £72,500 +38.10% 12
Yorkshire - 1 - - 1
Midlands - 1 £60,000 -
West Midlands - 1 £60,000 -
North of England - 1 - - 4

Automation Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 22 June 2025, Automation Analyst 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 featuring Automation Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Power BI
2 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
2 2 (66.67%) Roadmaps
2 2 (66.67%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) IT Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) JIRA
3 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) Confluence
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) REST
3 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Business Transformation
3 1 (33.33%) Ansible
3 1 (33.33%) Robotic Process Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Dashboard Development
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (33.33%) PMP
3 1 (33.33%) PMI Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Configuration Management
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Finance

Automation Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Azure AI
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Cognitive Services
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (33.33%) Power Automate
2 1 (33.33%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Power BI
2 1 (33.33%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
2 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Artificial Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Architecture Roadmap
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Business Case
2 1 (33.33%) Business Process Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Business Transformation
2 1 (33.33%) Dashboard Development
2 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (33.33%) IT Governance
2 1 (33.33%) LLM
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Prompt Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Robotic Process Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (33.33%) PMI Certification
1 1 (33.33%) PMP
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) OpenAI
1 1 (33.33%) UiPath