Automation Engineer Contracts in Hertfordshire

Automation Engineer
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median Automation Engineer daily rate in Hertfordshire is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 69 - 72
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Automation Engineer 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 0.24% - 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% - 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - £450
75th Percentile - - £475
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £475 £475 £525
% change year-on-year - -9.52% +12.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Hertfordshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire. 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 Hertfordshire with a recognized job title 736 764 730
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.98% 91.61% 92.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 311 421 449
10th Percentile £240 £213 £160
25th Percentile £315 £363 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £650 £588
90th Percentile £700 £788 £675
East of England median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 276 152 86
10th Percentile £37.91 £21.00 £16.37
25th Percentile £43.00 £49.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £50.00 £62.50 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +27.55% +22.50%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.69 £59.69
90th Percentile £80.00 £74.50 £60.00
East of England median hourly rate £43.00 £35.40 £15.50
% change year-on-year +21.47% +128.39% -5.62%

Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Automation Engineer in Hertfordshire

Automation Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Automation Engineer in Hertfordshire

Automation Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Automation Engineer in Hertfordshire

Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire

For the 6 months to 23 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 Hertfordshire region featuring Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Internet
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) System Testing
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Product Management
1 2 (100.00%) RESTful
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 2 (100.00%) Private Cloud
1 2 (100.00%) Security Hardening
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 2 (100.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 2 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing

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

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Relational Database
General
1 2 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Product Management
1 2 (100.00%) Security Hardening
1 2 (100.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) System Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA