Intelligent Automation Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Intelligent Automation (Intelligent Process Automation)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring Intelligent Automation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 - 66
Rank change year-on-year - - +16
Contract jobs citing Intelligent Automation 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 0.12% - 0.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% - 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £763 - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 - £425
Median % change year-on-year - - -22.73%
75th Percentile £788 - £438
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £363 - £425
% change year-on-year - - -22.73%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Birmingham

Intelligent Automation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 700 578 620
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 86.63% 89.47% 84.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 438 392 385
10th Percentile £263 £200 £263
25th Percentile £400 £399 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -2.56%
75th Percentile £588 £648 £575
90th Percentile £650 £725 £675
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £518 £488
% change year-on-year -3.38% +6.15% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 15 43
10th Percentile £13.25 £14.70 £13.43
25th Percentile £16.08 £21.25 £18.50
Median hourly rate £18.87 £30.00 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.10% +5.26% +105.41%
75th Percentile £23.56 £52.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £30.00 £56.45 £68.50
West Midlands median hourly rate £20.98 £21.59 £24.63
% change year-on-year -2.83% -12.32% +38.97%

Intelligent Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Intelligent Automation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Intelligent Automation job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Intelligent Automation
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Intelligent Automation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Intelligent Automation

Intelligent Automation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Development
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience