Automation Analyst
UK

The median Automation Analyst salary in the UK is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 May 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
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 905 936 1210
Rank change year-on-year +31 +274 -324
Permanent jobs requiring an Automation Analyst 9 16 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.009% 0.016% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% 0.018% 0.017%
Number of salaries quoted 8 15 23
10th Percentile £46,485 £25,000 £32,850
25th Percentile £48,750 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £54,375 £59,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £56,250 £65,350 £65,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,850 £50,000 £41,250
% change year-on-year -6.30% +21.21% -17.50%

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 97,260 88,990 160,374
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.78% 91.41% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 69,382 56,369 85,188
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,663
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 £50,173
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.63% +5.63%

Automation Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Automation Analyst in the UK

Automation Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Automation Analyst in the UK

Automation Analyst
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Automation Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 28 May 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 +65 8 £52,500 -4.55% 4
London +148 6 £52,500 -8.70% 4
Work from Home +65 6 £52,500 -5.41% 1
UK excluding London -31 3 £46,850 -6.30% 1
South West -32 2 £52,500 +5.00%
Wales - 1 £41,200 -

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 2024, Automation Analyst 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 Analyst in the job title.

1 8 (88.89%) Agile
2 7 (77.78%) Manual Testing
2 7 (77.78%) Test Automation
3 6 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
4 5 (55.56%) Performance Testing
4 5 (55.56%) Test Scripting
4 5 (55.56%) QA
4 5 (55.56%) Selenium
4 5 (55.56%) Software Testing
4 5 (55.56%) ISTQB
4 5 (55.56%) JIRA
4 5 (55.56%) Scrum
4 5 (55.56%) Regression Testing
4 5 (55.56%) SaaS
4 5 (55.56%) TestRail
4 5 (55.56%) Greenfield Project
4 5 (55.56%) Defect Management
4 5 (55.56%) Code Quality
5 4 (44.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
6 3 (33.33%) Degree
7 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
7 2 (22.22%) BT
7 2 (22.22%) Broadband
7 2 (22.22%) V-Model
7 2 (22.22%) Waterfall
7 2 (22.22%) User Stories
7 2 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (22.22%) DevOps
7 2 (22.22%) Test Planning

Automation Analyst 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:

Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 5 (55.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (55.56%) JIRA
1 5 (55.56%) Selenium
1 5 (55.56%) TestRail
General
1 4 (44.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Banking
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Games
2 1 (11.11%) Investment Banking
2 1 (11.11%) Law
2 1 (11.11%) Police
2 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
2 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (22.22%) Cyberattack
2 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Agile
2 7 (77.78%) Manual Testing
2 7 (77.78%) Test Automation
3 6 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
4 5 (55.56%) Code Quality
4 5 (55.56%) Defect Management
4 5 (55.56%) Performance Testing
4 5 (55.56%) Regression Testing
4 5 (55.56%) Scrum
4 5 (55.56%) Software Testing
4 5 (55.56%) Test Scripting
5 2 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (22.22%) DevOps
5 2 (22.22%) Process Improvement
5 2 (22.22%) SDLC
5 2 (22.22%) Systems Engineering
5 2 (22.22%) Test Planning
5 2 (22.22%) User Stories
5 2 (22.22%) V-Model
5 2 (22.22%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) Python
1 1 (11.11%) VBA
1 1 (11.11%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) ISTQB
2 3 (33.33%) Degree
2 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) DV Cleared
4 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
4 1 (11.11%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (55.56%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) BT
1 2 (22.22%) UiPath
2 1 (11.11%) Alteryx
2 1 (11.11%) Blue Prism
2 1 (11.11%) Pega