Automation Engineer Jobs in Yorkshire

Automation Engineer
England > Yorkshire

The median Automation Engineer salary in Yorkshire is £58,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 214 272
Rank change year-on-year +107 +58 -7
Permanent jobs requiring an Automation Engineer 39 6 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 1.45% 0.10% 0.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.55% 0.11% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 2 5 8
10th Percentile £46,375 £56,000 £45,125
25th Percentile £50,313 £72,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £80,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -26.56% +52.38% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,313 - £87,419
90th Percentile £68,125 - -
England median annual salary £67,500 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +35.00% -13.04% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Yorkshire. 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 2,519 5,484 7,547
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.85% 95.27% 91.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,356 4,234 3,563
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £49,500 £54,882
Median % change year-on-year - -9.81% +9.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £82,900
England median annual salary £57,500 £54,000 £60,775
% change year-on-year +6.48% -11.15% +1.29%

Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Automation Engineer in Yorkshire

Automation Engineer
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

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

Salary trend for Automation Engineer in Yorkshire

Automation Engineer
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Automation Engineer in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Automation Engineer in Yorkshire

Automation Engineer
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Automation Engineer within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 2 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
West Yorkshire +72 19 - - 9
South Yorkshire - 8 £58,750 - 4
North Yorkshire - 7 - - 2
East Yorkshire - 5 - - 2
Automation Engineer
England

Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Automation Engineer 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 across the Yorkshire region featuring Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 36 (92.31%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (84.62%) Manufacturing
3 31 (79.49%) Continuous Improvement
4 29 (74.36%) FMCG
4 29 (74.36%) Quality Management
4 29 (74.36%) Budgeting
5 21 (53.85%) Degree
6 19 (48.72%) Change Management
6 19 (48.72%) Project Management
7 17 (43.59%) Budget Management
7 17 (43.59%) Budgeting and Forecasting
8 13 (33.33%) Finance
9 12 (30.77%) Management Information System
9 12 (30.77%) Siemens
9 12 (30.77%) HNC
9 12 (30.77%) Energy Management
9 12 (30.77%) Rockwell
9 12 (30.77%) Data Collection
9 12 (30.77%) Operational Technology
9 12 (30.77%) Manufacturing Execution System
10 5 (12.82%) Ansible
11 4 (10.26%) Terraform
11 4 (10.26%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (10.26%) Python
11 4 (10.26%) Computer Science
12 3 (7.69%) Software Engineering
12 3 (7.69%) Social Skills
12 3 (7.69%) DevOps
13 2 (5.13%) Mentoring
13 2 (5.13%) Jenkins

Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 2 (5.13%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (5.13%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.13%) AWS
1 2 (5.13%) Azure
1 2 (5.13%) GCP
1 2 (5.13%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.13%) Cisco Nexus
1 2 (5.13%) DNS
1 2 (5.13%) DWDM
1 2 (5.13%) Firewall
1 2 (5.13%) LAN
1 2 (5.13%) Network Security
1 2 (5.13%) TCP/IP
1 2 (5.13%) VPN
1 2 (5.13%) WAN
2 1 (2.56%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.56%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (5.13%) Jenkins
1 2 (5.13%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (2.56%) Git
2 1 (2.56%) JIRA
General
1 33 (84.62%) Manufacturing
2 13 (33.33%) Finance
3 3 (7.69%) Social Skills
4 2 (5.13%) Banking
4 2 (5.13%) Marketing
4 2 (5.13%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.56%) .NET
1 1 (2.56%) Kafka
1 1 (2.56%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 29 (74.36%) FMCG
2 12 (30.77%) Management Information System
2 12 (30.77%) Manufacturing Execution System
2 12 (30.77%) Operational Technology
3 2 (5.13%) Life Science
3 2 (5.13%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.56%) Robotics
4 1 (2.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (92.31%) Problem-Solving
2 31 (79.49%) Continuous Improvement
3 29 (74.36%) Budgeting
3 29 (74.36%) Quality Management
4 19 (48.72%) Change Management
4 19 (48.72%) Project Management
5 17 (43.59%) Budget Management
5 17 (43.59%) Budgeting and Forecasting
6 12 (30.77%) Data Collection
6 12 (30.77%) Energy Management
7 4 (10.26%) Computer Science
8 3 (7.69%) DevOps
8 3 (7.69%) Software Engineering
9 2 (5.13%) CI/CD
9 2 (5.13%) Full-Stack Development
9 2 (5.13%) Mentoring
9 2 (5.13%) Roadmaps
9 2 (5.13%) Runbook
9 2 (5.13%) Task Automation
9 2 (5.13%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.26%) Python
2 1 (2.56%) C#
2 1 (2.56%) C++
2 1 (2.56%) Groovy
2 1 (2.56%) Java
2 1 (2.56%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.56%) Scala
2 1 (2.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (53.85%) Degree
2 12 (30.77%) HNC
3 4 (10.26%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (5.13%) CCNA
4 2 (5.13%) CCNP
4 2 (5.13%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (5.13%) JNCIA
4 2 (5.13%) JNCIS
4 2 (5.13%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.13%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 2 (5.13%) GMP
System Software
1 1 (2.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (12.82%) Ansible
2 4 (10.26%) Terraform
3 1 (2.56%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 12 (30.77%) Rockwell
1 12 (30.77%) Siemens
2 2 (5.13%) Arista
2 2 (5.13%) Cisco
2 2 (5.13%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.13%) Salesforce