Automation Specialist Jobs in the UK excluding London

Automation Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

The median Automation Specialist salary in the UK excluding London is £28,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 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
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 730 727 873
Rank change year-on-year -3 +146 -157
Permanent jobs requiring an Automation Specialist 38 1 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.048% 0.002% 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.051% 0.002% 0.003%
Number of salaries quoted 32 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £22,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £24,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% - -
75th Percentile £59,063 - -
90th Percentile £60,000 - -
UK median annual salary £31,500 £57,500 £77,500
% change year-on-year -45.22% -25.81% +21.57%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 74,776 49,490 72,464
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.01% 88.82% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 52,251 29,308 43,150
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +5.94% +6.32%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Automation Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Automation Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Automation Specialist in the UK excluding London

Automation Specialist
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Automation Specialist in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Automation Specialist in the UK excluding London

Automation Specialist
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Automation Specialist in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Automation Specialist in the UK excluding London

Automation Specialist
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 Specialist within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 June 2024. 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
East of England - 12 £60,000 -
North of England - 12 £29,750 - 2
West Midlands +6 11 £22,000 -10.20% 1
Midlands -27 11 £22,000 -10.20% 1
North West - 10 £29,750 - 1
South West - 3 £70,000 -
Yorkshire - 2 - - 1
Automation Specialist
UK

Automation Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 8 June 2024, 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 across the UK excluding London region featuring Automation Specialist in the job title.

1 11 (28.95%) Python
2 7 (18.42%) Microsoft
2 7 (18.42%) Onboarding
3 6 (15.79%) Blue Prism
3 6 (15.79%) Automation Anywhere
3 6 (15.79%) UiPath
3 6 (15.79%) Power Platform
3 6 (15.79%) Power Automate
3 6 (15.79%) Organisational Skills
3 6 (15.79%) Project Management
3 6 (15.79%) Bash
3 6 (15.79%) PowerShell
3 6 (15.79%) Pega
3 6 (15.79%) AWS
4 5 (13.16%) Degree
4 5 (13.16%) Agile
4 5 (13.16%) C#
4 5 (13.16%) SQL
4 5 (13.16%) Robotic Process Automation
4 5 (13.16%) Collaborative Working
5 4 (10.53%) Scenario Testing
5 4 (10.53%) Knowledge Transfer
5 4 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (10.53%) Critical Success Factor
5 4 (10.53%) Error Analysis
5 4 (10.53%) SAP GTS
5 4 (10.53%) SAP
5 4 (10.53%) B2B
5 4 (10.53%) Computacenter
5 4 (10.53%) Data Quality

Automation Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Business Applications
1 4 (10.53%) SAP GTS
Cloud Services
1 6 (15.79%) AWS
1 6 (15.79%) Power Automate
1 6 (15.79%) Power Platform
2 1 (2.63%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.63%) PowerApps
General
1 6 (15.79%) Organisational Skills
2 4 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (5.26%) Finance
3 2 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
Miscellaneous
1 7 (18.42%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.63%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (15.79%) Project Management
2 5 (13.16%) Agile
2 5 (13.16%) Collaborative Working
2 5 (13.16%) Robotic Process Automation
3 4 (10.53%) B2B
3 4 (10.53%) Critical Success Factor
3 4 (10.53%) Error Analysis
3 4 (10.53%) Knowledge Transfer
3 4 (10.53%) Scenario Testing
4 2 (5.26%) Change Control
4 2 (5.26%) Client Onboarding
4 2 (5.26%) Coaching
4 2 (5.26%) Customer Service
4 2 (5.26%) Defect Management
4 2 (5.26%) ITIL
4 2 (5.26%) PRINCE2
4 2 (5.26%) Prototyping
4 2 (5.26%) Time Management
4 2 (5.26%) Validation
5 1 (2.63%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (28.95%) Python
2 6 (15.79%) Bash
2 6 (15.79%) PowerShell
3 5 (13.16%) C#
3 5 (13.16%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (13.16%) Degree
2 2 (5.26%) ISTQB
2 2 (5.26%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.53%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 7 (18.42%) Microsoft
2 6 (15.79%) Automation Anywhere
2 6 (15.79%) Blue Prism
2 6 (15.79%) Pega
2 6 (15.79%) UiPath
3 4 (10.53%) Computacenter
3 4 (10.53%) SAP
4 3 (7.89%) DocuSign
5 2 (5.26%) ScienceLogic
5 2 (5.26%) ServiceNow
6 1 (2.63%) Nexthink
6 1 (2.63%) Sage
6 1 (2.63%) Xero