Automation Engineer Contracts in Coventry

Automation Engineer
West Midlands > Coventry

The median Automation Engineer daily rate in Coventry is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 May 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
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 25 - 34
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Automation Engineer 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Coventry 1.59% - 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.65% - 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £475
75th Percentile - - £488
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £450 - £434

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Coventry

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Coventry. 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 Coventry with a recognized job title 121 261 247
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.03% 97.75% 98.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 179 160
10th Percentile £292 £223 £197
25th Percentile £413 £363 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £480 £475
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% +1.05% +11.76%
75th Percentile £625 £550 £532
90th Percentile £680 £675 £582
West Midlands median daily rate £492 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.70% +5.26% +15.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 8
10th Percentile - - £11.73
25th Percentile - £12.50 £13.94
Median hourly rate - £18.11 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year - +20.73% -
75th Percentile - £24.42 £18.13
90th Percentile - £26.57 £22.70
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.00 £20.00 £17.00
% change year-on-year +10.00% +17.65% +9.68%

Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Coventry

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

Job vacancy trend for Automation Engineer in Coventry

Automation Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Coventry

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

Daily rate trend for Automation Engineer in Coventry

Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Coventry

For the 6 months to 11 May 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 across the Coventry region featuring Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 2 (100.00%) Android
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 2 (100.00%) Mobile App
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) UI Automator
1 2 (100.00%) Appium
1 2 (100.00%) Swift
1 2 (100.00%) Defect Tracking
1 2 (100.00%) Kotlin
1 2 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (100.00%) XCUITest

Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Coventry 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:

Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Appium
1 2 (100.00%) UI Automator
1 2 (100.00%) XCUITest
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (100.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Android
1 2 (100.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 2 (100.00%) Defect Tracking
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Kotlin
1 2 (100.00%) Swift
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA