Automation Engineer Jobs in Birmingham

Automation Engineer
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Automation Engineer salary in Birmingham is £24,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 139 127 166
Rank change year-on-year -12 +39 -23
Permanent jobs requiring an Automation Engineer 14 4 31
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.47% 0.22% 1.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 0.24% 1.03%
Number of salaries quoted 14 4 20
10th Percentile - £41,625 £39,700
25th Percentile - £47,813 £49,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £24,000 £53,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -55.35% -10.42% +26.32%
75th Percentile £80,000 £60,313 £74,688
90th Percentile - £65,375 £81,250
West Midlands median annual salary £40,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -23.81% -4.55% +15.79%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 2,844 1,680 2,999
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 92.92% 96.37%
Number of salaries quoted 2,293 1,329 2,264
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £40,750 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.76%
75th Percentile £69,914 £70,600 £71,250
90th Percentile £84,964 £81,250 £83,750
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Automation Engineer in Birmingham

Automation Engineer
Salary Trend in Birmingham

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

Salary trend for Automation Engineer in Birmingham

Automation Engineer
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Automation Engineer in Birmingham over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Automation Engineer in Birmingham

Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, 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 Birmingham region featuring Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (57.14%) Mentoring
2 6 (42.86%) Network Design
2 6 (42.86%) JNCIP
2 6 (42.86%) JNCIE
2 6 (42.86%) C#
2 6 (42.86%) Juniper
2 6 (42.86%) Nokia
2 6 (42.86%) MPLS
2 6 (42.86%) BGP
3 5 (35.71%) Java
4 3 (21.43%) Agile
4 3 (21.43%) Test Automation
4 3 (21.43%) Coaching
4 3 (21.43%) YouTube
4 3 (21.43%) Public Sector
4 3 (21.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (21.43%) DevOps
5 1 (7.14%) Ansible
5 1 (7.14%) Python

Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Communications & Networking
1 6 (42.86%) BGP
1 6 (42.86%) MPLS
General
1 3 (21.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 3 (21.43%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Mentoring
2 6 (42.86%) Network Design
3 3 (21.43%) Agile
3 3 (21.43%) Coaching
3 3 (21.43%) DevOps
3 3 (21.43%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 6 (42.86%) C#
2 5 (35.71%) Java
3 1 (7.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) JNCIE
1 6 (42.86%) JNCIP
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Ansible
Vendors
1 6 (42.86%) Juniper
1 6 (42.86%) Nokia
2 3 (21.43%) YouTube