Automation Architect Jobs

Automation Architect
UK

The median Automation Architect salary in the UK is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 December 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 727 726 1050
Rank change year-on-year -1 +324 -41
Permanent jobs requiring an Automation Architect 38 2 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.056% 0.004% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.060% 0.004% 0.016%
Number of salaries quoted 32 2 14
10th Percentile - £67,250 £76,650
25th Percentile £67,500 £74,375 £83,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £92,500 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.32% +2.78% +44.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £104,375 £92,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £107,750 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 - £83,000
% change year-on-year - - +66.00%

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 63,484 49,948 115,676
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.74% 95.48% 95.52%
Number of salaries quoted 31,021 36,358 73,294
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £33,000
25th Percentile £44,277 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £99,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - - +5.00%

Automation Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Automation Architect in the UK

Automation Architect
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Automation Architect in the UK

Automation Architect
Top 4 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Automation Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 15 December 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 -14 38 £70,000 -24.32% 3
UK excluding London - 38 £70,000 - 1
South East - 38 £70,000 -
Work from Home +24 3 £77,500 +3.33% 1

Automation Architect Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 15 December 2024, Automation Architect 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 Architect in the job title.

1 35 (92.11%) Windows
1 35 (92.11%) Linux
1 35 (92.11%) SC Cleared
1 35 (92.11%) Security Cleared
2 3 (7.89%) .NET
2 3 (7.89%) Test Automation
2 3 (7.89%) UiPath
2 3 (7.89%) Social Skills
2 3 (7.89%) Intelligent Automation
3 2 (5.26%) Windows Server 2019
3 2 (5.26%) Windows Server
3 2 (5.26%) Cisco Firepower
3 2 (5.26%) vSphere
3 2 (5.26%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (5.26%) Veeam
3 2 (5.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (5.26%) WSUS
3 2 (5.26%) Client/Server
3 2 (5.26%) VPN
3 2 (5.26%) Cisco
3 2 (5.26%) Active Directory
3 2 (5.26%) SAN
3 2 (5.26%) Firewall
3 2 (5.26%) Replication
3 2 (5.26%) VMware
4 1 (2.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (2.63%) SIEM

Automation Architect 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.26%) Cisco Firepower
1 2 (5.26%) Firewall
1 2 (5.26%) SAN
1 2 (5.26%) VPN
General
1 3 (7.89%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.89%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.26%) Client/Server
1 2 (5.26%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 35 (92.11%) Linux
1 35 (92.11%) Windows
2 2 (5.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (5.26%) Windows Server
2 2 (5.26%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (7.89%) Intelligent Automation
1 3 (7.89%) Test Automation
2 1 (2.63%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 35 (92.11%) SC Cleared
1 35 (92.11%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (5.26%) Active Directory
1 2 (5.26%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (5.26%) vSphere
2 1 (2.63%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (5.26%) WSUS
Vendors
1 3 (7.89%) UiPath
2 2 (5.26%) Cisco
2 2 (5.26%) Veeam
2 2 (5.26%) VMware