Automation Developer Jobs

Automation Developer
UK

The median Automation Developer salary in the UK is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 842 899 1227
Rank change year-on-year +57 +328 -334
Permanent jobs requiring an Automation Developer 80 46 54
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.074% 0.049% 0.031%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.078% 0.054% 0.033%
Number of salaries quoted 74 4 31
10th Percentile - £38,324 £42,500
25th Percentile £24,000 £41,434 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £44,666 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.94% -10.67% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £50,877 £62,500
90th Percentile - £59,351 £63,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,675 £44,666 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.26% -10.67% +14.29%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 102,753 84,908 164,946
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.75% 91.21% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 72,538 55,143 85,388
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,524 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,296
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.37% +5.89%

Automation Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Automation Developer in the UK

Automation Developer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Automation Developer in the UK

Automation Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Automation Developer over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Automation Developer in the UK

Automation Developer
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Automation Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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
England +52 70 £47,500 +6.35% 15
UK excluding London -50 56 £45,675 +2.26% 12
North of England +23 33 £55,000 - 2
Work from Home +40 27 £50,000 +11.94% 14
Yorkshire +52 23 £55,000 -
London +83 19 £52,500 -12.50% 2
North West - 10 £42,500 - 2
South East -3 9 £24,000 -46.27% 2
South West -23 7 £60,000 - 6
Wales +18 6 £56,925 +51.80%
West Midlands -7 4 £24,000 - 1
Midlands -28 4 £24,000 - 1
East of England - 1 £50,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 9 June 2024, Automation Developer 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 Developer in the job title.

1 38 (47.50%) Power Platform
2 30 (37.50%) Power Automate
3 27 (33.75%) Mentoring
4 25 (31.25%) Microsoft
5 22 (27.50%) Java
6 21 (26.25%) PowerApps
7 18 (22.50%) Intelligent Automation
7 18 (22.50%) Azure
8 17 (21.25%) Law
9 15 (18.75%) Security Cleared
10 14 (17.50%) Business Intelligence
10 14 (17.50%) Power BI
11 13 (16.25%) Scrum
11 13 (16.25%) Agile
11 13 (16.25%) JavaScript
12 12 (15.00%) Blue Prism
12 12 (15.00%) UiPath
13 11 (13.75%) SC Cleared
13 11 (13.75%) Finance
14 10 (12.50%) Test Automation
15 9 (11.25%) PowerShell
15 9 (11.25%) Marketing
15 9 (11.25%) DevOps
15 9 (11.25%) .NET
15 9 (11.25%) Dynamics 365
15 9 (11.25%) Azure DevOps
16 8 (10.00%) Data Structures
16 8 (10.00%) IT Strategy
16 8 (10.00%) Automation Anywhere
16 8 (10.00%) Azure Cognitive Services

Automation Developer 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 7 (8.75%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 7 (8.75%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 38 (47.50%) Power Platform
2 30 (37.50%) Power Automate
3 21 (26.25%) PowerApps
4 18 (22.50%) Azure
5 9 (11.25%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (11.25%) Dynamics 365
6 8 (10.00%) AWS
6 8 (10.00%) Azure Cognitive Services
6 8 (10.00%) PaaS
7 2 (2.50%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (17.50%) Power BI
2 7 (8.75%) Data Lake
2 7 (8.75%) Power Query
3 4 (5.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (5.00%) Git
1 4 (5.00%) JIRA
General
1 17 (21.25%) Law
2 11 (13.75%) Finance
3 9 (11.25%) Marketing
4 6 (7.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (7.50%) Public Sector
4 6 (7.50%) Social Skills
5 5 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (5.00%) Banking
7 2 (2.50%) Police
8 1 (1.25%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (11.25%) .NET
2 8 (10.00%) .NET Framework
2 8 (10.00%) HTML
2 8 (10.00%) JSON
2 8 (10.00%) REST
3 5 (6.25%) HTML5 Canvas
4 4 (5.00%) CSS
4 4 (5.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.00%) Data Structures
2 2 (2.50%) Life Science
3 1 (1.25%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (33.75%) Mentoring
2 18 (22.50%) Intelligent Automation
3 14 (17.50%) Business Intelligence
4 13 (16.25%) Agile
4 13 (16.25%) Scrum
5 10 (12.50%) Test Automation
6 9 (11.25%) DevOps
7 8 (10.00%) API Integration
7 8 (10.00%) Impact Assessments
7 8 (10.00%) IT Strategy
7 8 (10.00%) ITIL
8 7 (8.75%) CRM
8 7 (8.75%) Data Modelling
9 4 (5.00%) Data Integration
9 4 (5.00%) Data Visualisation
9 4 (5.00%) Project Management
9 4 (5.00%) Robotic Process Automation
9 4 (5.00%) User Experience
9 4 (5.00%) UX Design
9 4 (5.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 22 (27.50%) Java
2 13 (16.25%) JavaScript
3 9 (11.25%) PowerShell
4 8 (10.00%) Python
5 7 (8.75%) SQL
6 5 (6.25%) C#
7 2 (2.50%) VBA
Qualifications
1 15 (18.75%) Security Cleared
2 11 (13.75%) SC Cleared
3 5 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 25 (31.25%) Microsoft
2 12 (15.00%) Blue Prism
2 12 (15.00%) UiPath
3 8 (10.00%) Automation Anywhere
4 2 (2.50%) YouTube