Automation Specialist
UK
The median Automation Specialist salary in the UK is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 691 | 857 | 973 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +166 | +116 | +249 |
| Permanent jobs requiring an Automation Specialist | 20 | 38 | 6 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.036% | 0.038% | 0.006% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.040% | 0.040% | 0.007% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 3 | 32 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | £34,000 | £22,000 | £51,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £27,000 | £55,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,000 | £31,500 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +58.73% | -45.22% | -25.81% |
| 75th Percentile | £60,625 | £60,000 | £63,438 |
| 90th Percentile | £67,000 | £67,500 | £71,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £40,000 | £31,500 | - |
| % change year-on-year | +26.98% | - | - |
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 | 50,303 | 93,916 | 91,216 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.61% | 94.69% | 91.48% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,096 | 67,168 | 57,442 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £56,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.67% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,886 | £71,250 | £80,559 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,645 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.29% | -5.66% | +5.64% |
Automation Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Automation Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Automation Specialist
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Automation Specialist.
Automation Specialist
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Automation Specialist over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.
Automation Specialist
Top 9 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Automation Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 16 May 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 | +135 | 20 | £50,000 | +58.73% | 38 |
| UK excluding London | +171 | 17 | £40,000 | +26.98% | 24 |
| Work from Home | +138 | 15 | £40,000 | -38.46% | 36 |
| Midlands | +69 | 12 | - | - | 4 |
| West Midlands | +62 | 12 | - | - | 4 |
| South West | +110 | 4 | £50,000 | -28.57% | 2 |
| London | +107 | 3 | £67,500 | - | 17 |
| North of England | +42 | 1 | £30,000 | +0.84% | 12 |
| North West | -3 | 1 | £30,000 | +0.84% | 10 |
Automation Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, Automation Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.
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Automation Specialist 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: