Automation Analyst Contracts

Automation Analyst
UK

The median Automation Analyst daily rate in the UK is £375 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 581 708 814
Rank change year-on-year +127 +106 -153
Contract jobs requiring an Automation Analyst 5 14 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.011% 0.023% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% 0.025% 0.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 9 12
10th Percentile £309 £411 -
25th Percentile £350 £431 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £465 £413
Median % change year-on-year -19.35% +12.73% -10.81%
75th Percentile £513 £474 £532
90th Percentile £565 £538 £623
UK excluding London median daily rate £363 £465 £375
% change year-on-year -22.04% +24.00% -18.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £20.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 40,482 56,783 84,604
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.58% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,407 39,621 59,331
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,642 1,607 2,111
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.28 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.45 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.68 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.71% +95.65% +1.41%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.60 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.63%

Automation Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Automation Analyst in the UK

Automation Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Automation Analyst in the UK

Automation Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Automation Analyst in the UK

Automation Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Automation Analyst in the UK

Automation Analyst
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Automation Analyst within the UK 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
England +113 4 £425 -8.70% 2
UK excluding London +65 4 £363 -22.04% 1
East of England - 2 £475 -
Work from Home +122 1 £500 +18.34% 1
London +104 1 £500 -
Scotland +25 1 £375 -10.18%
Yorkshire - 1 £288 -
North of England - 1 £288 -

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Automation Analyst 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 Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Finance
1 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Local Government
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (40.00%) CRM
2 2 (40.00%) Power BI
2 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (40.00%) Business Case
2 2 (40.00%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (20.00%) Power Automate
3 1 (20.00%) WFM
3 1 (20.00%) JIRA
3 1 (20.00%) Resource Management
3 1 (20.00%) Planning and Forecasting
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (20.00%) PMO
3 1 (20.00%) Data Science
3 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Kalman Filter
3 1 (20.00%) Line Management
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) People Management
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Metrics

Automation Analyst 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:

Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (20.00%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Local Government
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (20.00%) Marketing
3 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Retail Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Business Case
2 2 (40.00%) CRM
2 2 (40.00%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (20.00%) Contact Management
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (20.00%) Data Science
3 1 (20.00%) Kalman Filter
3 1 (20.00%) Line Management
3 1 (20.00%) People Management
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (20.00%) Planning and Forecasting
3 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Resource Management
3 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Service Management
3 1 (20.00%) WFM
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) PMO
1 1 (20.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft