Automation Architect Contracts

Automation Architect
UK

The median Automation Architect daily rate in the UK is £375 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate 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 569 682 819
Rank change year-on-year +113 +137 -102
Contract jobs requiring an Automation Architect 10 2 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.023% 0.004% 0.025%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.025% 0.004% 0.026%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 15
10th Percentile - - £490
25th Percentile £363 £639 £543
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £643 £585
Median % change year-on-year -41.63% +9.83% +1.74%
75th Percentile £388 £646 £650
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £375 £643 £650
% change year-on-year -41.63% -1.15% +13.04%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,001 53,325 83,708
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.83% 94.58% 95.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,880 37,256 59,003
10th Percentile £280 £313 £315
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +9.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,851 1,473 1,957
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +14.34%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.75 £49.41
90th Percentile £73.75 £76.45 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Automation Architect in the UK

Automation Architect
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Automation Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +102 6 £375 -41.63% 1
UK excluding London +54 6 £375 -41.63%
Work from Home +113 5 £375 -41.63%
South West +13 4 - -
South East - 2 £375 -

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

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, Automation Architect contract 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 contract job ads featuring Automation Architect in the job title.

1 6 (60.00%) Python
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (60.00%) Azure
2 5 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 5 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 5 (50.00%) VMware
2 5 (50.00%) Agile
2 5 (50.00%) VMware NSX
2 5 (50.00%) Infrastructure Automation
3 4 (40.00%) NsoIT
3 4 (40.00%) DevSecOps
3 4 (40.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 4 (40.00%) ModSecurity
3 4 (40.00%) PowerCLI
3 4 (40.00%) IT Strategy
3 4 (40.00%) GitOps
3 4 (40.00%) CI/CD
3 4 (40.00%) Technology Strategy
3 4 (40.00%) Business Strategy
3 4 (40.00%) Architectural Patterns
3 4 (40.00%) Product Ownership
3 4 (40.00%) Security Posture
3 4 (40.00%) LLM
3 4 (40.00%) Master's Degree
3 4 (40.00%) TOGAF
3 4 (40.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 4 (40.00%) .NET Framework
3 4 (40.00%) Degree

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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (40.00%) Confluence
2 2 (20.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (60.00%) Azure
2 4 (40.00%) AWS
2 4 (40.00%) GCP
2 4 (40.00%) OpenShift
2 4 (40.00%) PaaS
3 3 (30.00%) Power Automate
3 3 (30.00%) Power Platform
4 2 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (20.00%) PowerApps
5 1 (10.00%) IaaS
5 1 (10.00%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 4 (40.00%) VPN
2 1 (10.00%) Software-Defined Networking
Development Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Bitbucket
1 4 (40.00%) JIRA
2 1 (10.00%) Cypress.io
2 1 (10.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (10.00%) Marketing
1 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (40.00%) .NET
1 4 (40.00%) .NET Framework
1 4 (40.00%) ModSecurity
2 1 (10.00%) GraphQL
2 1 (10.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) PKI
1 4 (40.00%) Product Ownership
1 4 (40.00%) Public Cloud
1 4 (40.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (10.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (10.00%) Low-Code
2 1 (10.00%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Agile
1 5 (50.00%) Infrastructure Automation
1 5 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (40.00%) ArchiMate
2 4 (40.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 4 (40.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 4 (40.00%) Business Strategy
2 4 (40.00%) CI/CD
2 4 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (40.00%) DevSecOps
2 4 (40.00%) GitOps
2 4 (40.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 4 (40.00%) IT Strategy
2 4 (40.00%) LLM
2 4 (40.00%) Machine Learning
2 4 (40.00%) NsoIT
2 4 (40.00%) Office Automation
2 4 (40.00%) Technology Strategy
2 4 (40.00%) TOGAF
2 4 (40.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 6 (60.00%) Python
2 5 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (40.00%) Degree
2 4 (40.00%) Master's Degree
2 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) Accessibility
System Software
1 5 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (50.00%) VMware NSX
2 4 (40.00%) Docker
3 1 (10.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (40.00%) Ansible
1 4 (40.00%) Kubernetes
1 4 (40.00%) OPNET
1 4 (40.00%) PowerCLI
1 4 (40.00%) Terraform
2 1 (10.00%) vRealize
2 1 (10.00%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (50.00%) VMware
3 4 (40.00%) Atlassian
3 4 (40.00%) Cisco
3 4 (40.00%) Google
4 2 (20.00%) MuleSoft
5 1 (10.00%) Databricks
5 1 (10.00%) Salesforce