Automation Engineer Contracts in the Midlands

Automation Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Automation Engineer daily rate in the Midlands is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 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
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 134 175 194
Rank change year-on-year +41 +19 -38
Contract jobs requiring an Automation Engineer 3 1 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.11% 0.028% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.030% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 9
10th Percentile - - £389
25th Percentile - £408 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £415 £550
Median % change year-on-year +8.43% -24.55% +34.15%
75th Percentile £494 £423 £575
90th Percentile £520 - £645
England median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +17.98%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 2,519 3,341 4,986
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.90% 94.30% 96.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,708 2,345 3,662
10th Percentile £206 £220 £205
25th Percentile £327 £363 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% +5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £588 £580 £550
90th Percentile £675 £675 £645
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 217 137 178
10th Percentile £12.04 £12.00 £10.50
25th Percentile £14.50 £15.25 £13.59
Median hourly rate £19.13 £20.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.38% +17.65% +9.85%
75th Percentile £30.37 £27.13 £22.00
90th Percentile £52.34 £58.50 £34.50
England median hourly rate £34.21 £43.63 £22.29
% change year-on-year -21.59% +95.74% -0.58%

Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Automation Engineer in the Midlands

Automation Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Automation Engineer in the Midlands

Automation Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Automation Engineer in the Midlands

Automation Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 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
West Midlands - 3 £450 - 20
Automation Engineer
England

Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 16 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 Midlands region featuring Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) ISTQB
1 2 (66.67%) QA
1 2 (66.67%) Test Scripting
1 2 (66.67%) Android
1 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
1 2 (66.67%) Apple iOS
1 2 (66.67%) Mobile App
1 2 (66.67%) User Experience
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) UI Automator
1 2 (66.67%) Appium
1 2 (66.67%) Swift
1 2 (66.67%) Defect Tracking
1 2 (66.67%) Kotlin
1 2 (66.67%) Acceptance Criteria
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
1 2 (66.67%) XCUITest
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Monitoring
2 1 (33.33%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) SIEM

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

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Appium
1 2 (66.67%) UI Automator
1 2 (66.67%) XCUITest
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (66.67%) Mobile App
2 1 (33.33%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Android
1 2 (66.67%) Apple iOS
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Acceptance Criteria
1 2 (66.67%) Defect Tracking
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
1 2 (66.67%) Test Scripting
1 2 (66.67%) User Experience
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Monitoring
2 1 (33.33%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Kotlin
1 2 (66.67%) Swift
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) QA