Automation Engineer Contracts

Automation Engineer
UK

The median Automation Engineer daily rate in the UK is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

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

 6 months to
12 Jun 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 477 569 674
Rank change year-on-year +92 +105 -103
Contract jobs requiring an Automation Engineer 107 128 174
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.24% 0.23% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.24% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 85 130
10th Percentile £348 £341 £400
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £510
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +2.94% +13.33%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £588
90th Percentile £623 £700 £639
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £475 £469
% change year-on-year +4.21% +1.33% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52.50 - £57.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £70.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +16.67% +28.34%
75th Percentile £57.50 - £62.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 40,557 52,491 83,111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 94.51% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,070 36,644 58,616
10th Percentile £280 £313 £318
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
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% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,936 1,486 1,938
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.42 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.81 £65.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%

Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Automation Engineer in the UK

Automation Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Automation Engineer in the UK

Automation Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Automation Engineer over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Automation Engineer in the UK

Automation Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Automation Engineer.

Hourly rate trend for Automation Engineer in the UK

Automation Engineer
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Automation Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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 +83 94 £500 -8.05% 135
London +78 57 £500 -9.09% 14
Work from Home +101 43 £500 -6.98% 53
UK excluding London +24 39 £495 +4.21% 135
North of England +29 20 £475 -17.39% 33
Yorkshire +23 12 £549 -4.61% 20
South East +19 8 £543 +31.52% 7
Midlands +17 6 £488 -30.36% 33
North West +16 6 £500 -13.04% 12
East Midlands +10 4 £488 +17.47% 21
South West +2 4 £481 -8.33% 29
Scotland +39 2 £638 +39.34% 12
West Midlands +15 2 £488 -31.58% 12
North East - 2 £368 - 4
Wales +17 1 £490 +3.16% 8

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Automation Engineer 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 Engineer in the job title.

1 48 (44.86%) CI/CD
2 43 (40.19%) Python
3 42 (39.25%) Ansible
4 39 (36.45%) DevOps
4 39 (36.45%) Agile
4 39 (36.45%) Social Skills
5 33 (30.84%) Git
5 33 (30.84%) Test Automation
6 26 (24.30%) Problem-Solving
7 25 (23.36%) PowerShell
7 25 (23.36%) Azure
7 25 (23.36%) AWS
8 24 (22.43%) Jenkins
8 24 (22.43%) Finance
8 24 (22.43%) QA
9 22 (20.56%) Analytical Skills
10 21 (19.63%) Java
11 20 (18.69%) Kubernetes
11 20 (18.69%) Continuous Integration
12 19 (17.76%) Puppet
12 19 (17.76%) Docker
12 19 (17.76%) Terraform
13 18 (16.82%) Linux
13 18 (16.82%) Selenium
14 17 (15.89%) Bash
14 17 (15.89%) Containerisation
15 16 (14.95%) Continuous Deployment
16 15 (14.02%) Firewall
16 15 (14.02%) Splunk
16 15 (14.02%) Infrastructure as Code

Automation Engineer 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 9 (8.41%) Confluence
2 3 (2.80%) SAS
3 2 (1.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.87%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.93%) OpenStack
Applications
1 3 (2.80%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 25 (23.36%) AWS
1 25 (23.36%) Azure
2 14 (13.08%) GitHub
3 12 (11.21%) GCP
4 8 (7.48%) Kong
5 5 (4.67%) Apigee
5 5 (4.67%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (4.67%) GitHub Actions
6 3 (2.80%) Amazon EC2
6 3 (2.80%) BrowserStack
6 3 (2.80%) Sauce Labs
7 2 (1.87%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (1.87%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.87%) SaaS
8 1 (0.93%) Anthos
8 1 (0.93%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (0.93%) Azure Stack
8 1 (0.93%) Datadog
8 1 (0.93%) Serverless
8 1 (0.93%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 15 (14.02%) Firewall
2 8 (7.48%) Cisco Nexus
3 7 (6.54%) DNS
4 6 (5.61%) HTTP
4 6 (5.61%) Internet
4 6 (5.61%) TCP/IP
4 6 (5.61%) VPN
5 3 (2.80%) BGP
5 3 (2.80%) Cisco IOS
5 3 (2.80%) IOS XR
6 2 (1.87%) BIG-IP
6 2 (1.87%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 2 (1.87%) Reverse Proxy
6 2 (1.87%) Software-Defined Networking
6 2 (1.87%) SSL
7 1 (0.93%) Network Security
7 1 (0.93%) NGFW
7 1 (0.93%) SNA
7 1 (0.93%) VSAN
7 1 (0.93%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.54%) Elasticsearch
2 5 (4.67%) Relational Database
2 5 (4.67%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.87%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.87%) Power BI
4 1 (0.93%) MariaDB
4 1 (0.93%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.93%) MySQL
4 1 (0.93%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 33 (30.84%) Git
2 24 (22.43%) Jenkins
3 18 (16.82%) Selenium
4 13 (12.15%) JIRA
5 12 (11.21%) Appium
6 11 (10.28%) Cucumber
7 9 (8.41%) GitLab
7 9 (8.41%) Postman
7 9 (8.41%) Sonatype Nexus
8 6 (5.61%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 6 (5.61%) CircleCI
8 6 (5.61%) eggPlant
8 6 (5.61%) JUnit
8 6 (5.61%) REST Assured
8 6 (5.61%) SoapUI
8 6 (5.61%) SOAtest
8 6 (5.61%) TestNG
8 6 (5.61%) Travis CI
8 6 (5.61%) WebDriver
9 4 (3.74%) Bitbucket
General
1 39 (36.45%) Social Skills
2 24 (22.43%) Finance
3 22 (20.56%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (12.15%) Banking
5 9 (8.41%) Retail
6 7 (6.54%) Financial Institution
7 3 (2.80%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (2.80%) Public Sector
7 3 (2.80%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.87%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (1.87%) Retail Banking
9 1 (0.93%) Electronics
9 1 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.93%) Law
9 1 (0.93%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.93%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (10.28%) .NET
2 10 (9.35%) JSON
3 9 (8.41%) .NET Framework
4 8 (7.48%) YAML
5 7 (6.54%) XML
6 6 (5.61%) Elastic Stack
6 6 (5.61%) FastAPI
6 6 (5.61%) REST
7 4 (3.74%) Django
7 4 (3.74%) ISPF
8 3 (2.80%) LDAP
8 3 (2.80%) Node.js
8 3 (2.80%) pytest
8 3 (2.80%) RESTful
8 3 (2.80%) YANG
9 2 (1.87%) ARM Templates
9 2 (1.87%) Middleware
9 2 (1.87%) Playwright
9 2 (1.87%) WebdriverIO
10 1 (0.93%) OLE
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.41%) Mainframe
2 6 (5.61%) Data Structures
2 6 (5.61%) Greenfield Project
2 6 (5.61%) Hedge funds
3 5 (4.67%) Linux Command Line
4 3 (2.80%) CMDB
4 3 (2.80%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (2.80%) Public Cloud
5 2 (1.87%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.87%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.87%) Tandem
6 1 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.93%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (0.93%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (0.93%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (0.93%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.93%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.93%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.93%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.93%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 18 (16.82%) Linux
2 12 (11.21%) Windows
3 9 (8.41%) Unix
4 7 (6.54%) Windows Server
5 5 (4.67%) zOS
6 4 (3.74%) Android
6 4 (3.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (2.80%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.93%) CentOS
8 1 (0.93%) MVS
8 1 (0.93%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (44.86%) CI/CD
2 39 (36.45%) Agile
2 39 (36.45%) DevOps
3 33 (30.84%) Test Automation
4 26 (24.30%) Problem-Solving
5 20 (18.69%) Continuous Integration
6 17 (15.89%) Containerisation
7 16 (14.95%) Continuous Deployment
8 15 (14.02%) Infrastructure as Code
9 14 (13.08%) Task Automation
10 13 (12.15%) Infrastructure Automation
10 13 (12.15%) Test Scripting
11 12 (11.21%) BDD
11 12 (11.21%) Software Testing
12 11 (10.28%) API Development
12 11 (10.28%) Scrum
13 10 (9.35%) Continuous Improvement
13 10 (9.35%) ITIL
13 10 (9.35%) QA Automation
14 9 (8.41%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 43 (40.19%) Python
2 25 (23.36%) PowerShell
3 21 (19.63%) Java
4 17 (15.89%) Bash
5 11 (10.28%) C#
5 11 (10.28%) SQL
6 8 (7.48%) Shell Script
7 6 (5.61%) REXX
8 5 (4.67%) JavaScript
9 4 (3.74%) JCL
9 4 (3.74%) T-SQL
10 3 (2.80%) Bicep
10 3 (2.80%) Go
11 2 (1.87%) ActionScript
11 2 (1.87%) Perl
11 2 (1.87%) Scala
12 1 (0.93%) Korn
12 1 (0.93%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.93%) Ruby
12 1 (0.93%) Swift
Qualifications
1 14 (13.08%) Degree
2 11 (10.28%) SC Cleared
2 11 (10.28%) Security Cleared
3 7 (6.54%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (5.61%) AWS Certification
5 4 (3.74%) Azure Certification
5 4 (3.74%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (3.74%) ISTQB
6 3 (2.80%) CCNA
6 3 (2.80%) CCNP
7 2 (1.87%) CCIE
8 1 (0.93%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (0.93%) CCSP
8 1 (0.93%) CISSP
8 1 (0.93%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.93%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (22.43%) QA
2 2 (1.87%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 19 (17.76%) Docker
2 6 (5.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.80%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.80%) Job Entry Subsystem
3 3 (2.80%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (1.87%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.93%) KVM
5 1 (0.93%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.93%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.93%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 42 (39.25%) Ansible
2 20 (18.69%) Kubernetes
3 19 (17.76%) Puppet
3 19 (17.76%) Terraform
4 7 (6.54%) Grafana
4 7 (6.54%) Progress Chef
5 6 (5.61%) Docker Swarm
5 6 (5.61%) Kibana
5 6 (5.61%) logstash
5 6 (5.61%) Prometheus
6 3 (2.80%) Control-M
6 3 (2.80%) vRealize Orchestrator
7 2 (1.87%) SCOrch
8 1 (0.93%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.93%) BMC PATROL
8 1 (0.93%) NetMRI
8 1 (0.93%) Packer
8 1 (0.93%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.93%) vRealize
Vendors
1 15 (14.02%) Splunk
2 12 (11.21%) Cisco
3 8 (7.48%) F5
3 8 (7.48%) Microsoft
4 7 (6.54%) Palo Alto
4 7 (6.54%) VMware
5 6 (5.61%) Fortinet
5 6 (5.61%) Juniper
6 5 (4.67%) CA
6 5 (4.67%) CyberArk
7 4 (3.74%) BMC
8 3 (2.80%) Oracle
8 3 (2.80%) Perfecto Mobile
8 3 (2.80%) Red Hat
8 3 (2.80%) ServiceNow
8 3 (2.80%) TOWER Software
8 3 (2.80%) UiPath
9 2 (1.87%) Google
9 2 (1.87%) IBM
10 1 (0.93%) Sybase
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