Automation Engineer Contracts in England

Automation Engineer
UK > England

The median Automation Engineer daily rate in England is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 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
25 Apr 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 477 562 640
Rank change year-on-year +85 +78 -135
Contract jobs requiring an Automation Engineer 71 106 140
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.19% 0.21% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.22% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 76 107
10th Percentile £325 £369 £400
25th Percentile £413 £463 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £544 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.05% +3.57% +16.67%
75th Percentile £578 £650 £588
90th Percentile £633 £700 £693
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52.50 - -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £70.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% - -
75th Percentile £57.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £70.00 -
% change year-on-year -21.43% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,517 47,965 67,732
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.72% 94.58% 95.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,960 34,010 48,090
10th Percentile £275 £310 £313
25th Percentile £411 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £640 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,411 1,443 1,914
10th Percentile £12.92 £14.31 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.36%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.67 £48.49
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.45 £62.15
UK median hourly rate £35.68 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.71% +95.65% +1.41%

Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Automation Engineer in England

Automation Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Automation Engineer in England

Automation Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Automation Engineer in England over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Automation Engineer in England

Automation Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Automation Engineer in England

Automation Engineer
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
London +71 47 £500 -9.09% 14
North of England +40 13 £500 - 20
North West +19 7 £500 +5.26% 11
Yorkshire +31 6 £624 +18.76% 8
South East +11 5 £625 +47.06% 13
Midlands +28 3 £450 +8.43% 26
South West +21 3 £500 +8.11% 8
West Midlands - 3 £450 - 23
East of England +10 2 £475 - 15
Automation Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 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 England region featuring Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 31 (43.66%) Python
2 28 (39.44%) Agile
2 28 (39.44%) CI/CD
3 27 (38.03%) Social Skills
4 25 (35.21%) Test Automation
4 25 (35.21%) Ansible
5 22 (30.99%) Java
6 21 (29.58%) QA
6 21 (29.58%) Azure
7 18 (25.35%) Git
8 17 (23.94%) AWS
8 17 (23.94%) DevOps
9 16 (22.54%) PowerShell
10 15 (21.13%) Selenium
11 14 (19.72%) Continuous Integration
11 14 (19.72%) Linux
12 13 (18.31%) SQL
12 13 (18.31%) SC Cleared
12 13 (18.31%) VMware
12 13 (18.31%) Security Cleared
12 13 (18.31%) Continuous Deployment
13 12 (16.90%) Problem-Solving
13 12 (16.90%) Infrastructure Automation
13 12 (16.90%) BDD
13 12 (16.90%) Jenkins
13 12 (16.90%) Docker
13 12 (16.90%) Appium
13 12 (16.90%) Kubernetes
13 12 (16.90%) .NET
14 11 (15.49%) C#

Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 8 (11.27%) Confluence
2 2 (2.82%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.41%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 21 (29.58%) Azure
2 17 (23.94%) AWS
3 9 (12.68%) GCP
3 9 (12.68%) GitHub
4 6 (8.45%) Kong
5 5 (7.04%) Apigee
6 4 (5.63%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (5.63%) IaaS
7 3 (4.23%) BrowserStack
7 3 (4.23%) Sauce Labs
8 2 (2.82%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (2.82%) Power Platform
8 2 (2.82%) SaaS
9 1 (1.41%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (1.41%) Azure Stack
9 1 (1.41%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (1.41%) Power Automate
9 1 (1.41%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 8 (11.27%) Firewall
2 7 (9.86%) DNS
3 5 (7.04%) HTTP
3 5 (7.04%) VPN
4 4 (5.63%) Internet
4 4 (5.63%) TCP/IP
5 3 (4.23%) BGP
5 3 (4.23%) Cisco IOS
5 3 (4.23%) Cisco Nexus
5 3 (4.23%) IOS XR
6 2 (2.82%) SNA
6 2 (2.82%) Software-Defined Networking
6 2 (2.82%) VSAN
7 1 (1.41%) SSL
7 1 (1.41%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (9.86%) Relational Database
2 5 (7.04%) Elasticsearch
2 5 (7.04%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.82%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (2.82%) Power BI
4 1 (1.41%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.41%) MariaDB
4 1 (1.41%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.41%) MySQL
4 1 (1.41%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 18 (25.35%) Git
2 15 (21.13%) Selenium
3 12 (16.90%) Appium
3 12 (16.90%) Jenkins
4 11 (15.49%) Cucumber
5 10 (14.08%) JIRA
6 9 (12.68%) Postman
7 6 (8.45%) eggPlant
7 6 (8.45%) GitLab
7 6 (8.45%) JUnit
7 6 (8.45%) REST Assured
7 6 (8.45%) SoapUI
7 6 (8.45%) SOAtest
7 6 (8.45%) TestNG
7 6 (8.45%) WebDriver
8 4 (5.63%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 4 (5.63%) Bitbucket
8 4 (5.63%) CircleCI
8 4 (5.63%) Sonatype Nexus
8 4 (5.63%) Travis CI
General
1 27 (38.03%) Social Skills
2 9 (12.68%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (12.68%) Finance
3 5 (7.04%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (5.63%) Banking
4 4 (5.63%) Telecoms
5 3 (4.23%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.82%) Financial Institution
6 2 (2.82%) Retail Banking
7 1 (1.41%) Electronics
7 1 (1.41%) Legal
7 1 (1.41%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.41%) Marketing
7 1 (1.41%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.41%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (16.90%) .NET
2 9 (12.68%) .NET Framework
3 8 (11.27%) JSON
4 6 (8.45%) RESTful
4 6 (8.45%) YAML
5 5 (7.04%) LDAP
5 5 (7.04%) XML
6 4 (5.63%) Django
6 4 (5.63%) Elastic Stack
7 3 (4.23%) pytest
7 3 (4.23%) REST
7 3 (4.23%) YANG
8 2 (2.82%) Middleware
8 2 (2.82%) Node.js
8 2 (2.82%) WebdriverIO
9 1 (1.41%) .NET Core
9 1 (1.41%) ARM Templates
9 1 (1.41%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.04%) CMDB
2 4 (5.63%) Data Structures
2 4 (5.63%) Linux Command Line
3 3 (4.23%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (4.23%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (4.23%) Public Cloud
4 2 (2.82%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (2.82%) Mobile App
4 2 (2.82%) Private Cloud
4 2 (2.82%) Tandem
5 1 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.41%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (1.41%) Hedge funds
5 1 (1.41%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.41%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 14 (19.72%) Linux
2 7 (9.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (4.23%) Android
3 3 (4.23%) Unix
4 2 (2.82%) Apple iOS
4 2 (2.82%) Windows
5 1 (1.41%) CentOS
5 1 (1.41%) MVS
5 1 (1.41%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.41%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (39.44%) Agile
1 28 (39.44%) CI/CD
2 25 (35.21%) Test Automation
3 17 (23.94%) DevOps
4 14 (19.72%) Continuous Integration
5 13 (18.31%) Continuous Deployment
6 12 (16.90%) BDD
6 12 (16.90%) Infrastructure Automation
6 12 (16.90%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (15.49%) SDLC
7 11 (15.49%) Test Scripting
8 10 (14.08%) Software Testing
9 9 (12.68%) Containerisation
9 9 (12.68%) Infrastructure as Code
9 9 (12.68%) Task Automation
10 8 (11.27%) Software Engineering
11 7 (9.86%) ITIL
11 7 (9.86%) Product Management
11 7 (9.86%) Test Strategy
11 7 (9.86%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 31 (43.66%) Python
2 22 (30.99%) Java
3 16 (22.54%) PowerShell
4 13 (18.31%) SQL
5 11 (15.49%) Bash
5 11 (15.49%) C#
6 6 (8.45%) JavaScript
7 4 (5.63%) T-SQL
8 2 (2.82%) Bicep
8 2 (2.82%) Go
8 2 (2.82%) Kotlin
8 2 (2.82%) Swift
9 1 (1.41%) Groovy
9 1 (1.41%) Korn
9 1 (1.41%) Perl
9 1 (1.41%) Shell Script
9 1 (1.41%) VB
Qualifications
1 13 (18.31%) SC Cleared
1 13 (18.31%) Security Cleared
2 9 (12.68%) Degree
3 5 (7.04%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (4.23%) Azure Certification
4 3 (4.23%) CCNA
4 3 (4.23%) CCNP
4 3 (4.23%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (4.23%) ISTQB
5 2 (2.82%) AWS Certification
5 2 (2.82%) CCIE
6 1 (1.41%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 1 (1.41%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.41%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (29.58%) QA
2 2 (2.82%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 12 (16.90%) Docker
2 10 (14.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (7.04%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (2.82%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (2.82%) VMware NSX
5 1 (1.41%) Active Directory
5 1 (1.41%) KVM
Systems Management
1 25 (35.21%) Ansible
2 12 (16.90%) Kubernetes
3 11 (15.49%) Terraform
4 6 (8.45%) Puppet
5 5 (7.04%) Progress Chef
6 4 (5.63%) Docker Swarm
6 4 (5.63%) Grafana
6 4 (5.63%) Kibana
6 4 (5.63%) logstash
6 4 (5.63%) Prometheus
7 3 (4.23%) vRealize Orchestrator
8 2 (2.82%) SCOrch
8 2 (2.82%) vCenter Server
8 2 (2.82%) vRealize
9 1 (1.41%) NetMRI
9 1 (1.41%) Packer
Vendors
1 13 (18.31%) VMware
2 7 (9.86%) Cisco
3 6 (8.45%) Red Hat
4 5 (7.04%) Splunk
5 4 (5.63%) Microsoft
6 3 (4.23%) Oracle
6 3 (4.23%) Perfecto Mobile
6 3 (4.23%) TOWER Software
7 1 (1.41%) CA
7 1 (1.41%) Cadence
7 1 (1.41%) CheckPoint
7 1 (1.41%) CyberArk
7 1 (1.41%) Databricks
7 1 (1.41%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.41%) Google
7 1 (1.41%) Infoblox
7 1 (1.41%) Juniper
7 1 (1.41%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.41%) SAP
7 1 (1.41%) Sybase
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