Automation Engineer Contract Job Trends in Burgess Hill

Automation Engineer
West Sussex > Burgess Hill

The median Automation Engineer daily rate in Burgess Hill is £283, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 July 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
31 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Automation Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Burgess Hill 4.17% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 4.35% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £268 - -
25th Percentile £273 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £283 - -
75th Percentile £290 - -
90th Percentile £293 - -
West Sussex median daily rate £283 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Burgess Hill

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Burgess Hill. 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 Burgess Hill with a recognized job title 46 30 14
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.83% 88.24% 87.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 11 9
10th Percentile £225 £274 £362
25th Percentile £258 £277 £387
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £280 £288 £425
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -32.24% +61.90%
75th Percentile £299 £319 £475
90th Percentile £320 £345 £488
West Sussex median daily rate £458 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +7.76% -5.56% -7.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 18 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £27.75 £15.50 -
Median hourly rate £30.50 £18.82 -
Median % change year-on-year +62.06% - -
75th Percentile £60.00 £20.69 -
90th Percentile - - -
West Sussex median hourly rate £30.50 £18.82 £28.00
% change year-on-year +62.06% -32.79% +14.47%

Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Burgess Hill

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Automation Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Burgess Hill.

Automation Engineer job vacancy trend in Burgess Hill

Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Burgess Hill

For the 6 months to 31 July 2026, Automation Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Burgess Hill region featuring Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) API Testing
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) BDD
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Cross-Browser Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Data-Driven Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 2 (100.00%) GCP
1 2 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 2 (100.00%) Git
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) JSON
1 2 (100.00%) LLM
1 2 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Node.js
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Playwright
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Prompt Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) pytest
1 2 (100.00%) Python

Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Burgess Hill 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) GCP
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Git
1 2 (100.00%) REST Assured
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) JSON
1 2 (100.00%) Node.js
1 2 (100.00%) Playwright
1 2 (100.00%) pytest
1 2 (100.00%) RESTful
1 2 (100.00%) XML
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) API Testing
1 2 (100.00%) BDD
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Cross-Browser Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Data-Driven Testing
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
Automation Engineer jobs