Build Automation Contracts in Central London

Build Automation
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring Build Automation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Build Automation over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 127 169
Rank change year-on-year +3 +42 +19
Contract jobs citing Build Automation 5 6 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.25% 0.25% 0.078%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.27% 0.085%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile £310 £468 -
25th Percentile £400 £475 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +17.65% +13.33%
75th Percentile - £525 £438
90th Percentile - £533 -
London median daily rate £530 £588 £650
% change year-on-year -9.79% -9.62% +13.04%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

Build 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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,856 2,215 3,533
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 92.94% 90.56% 91.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,197 1,573 2,397
10th Percentile £363 £350 £325
25th Percentile £456 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% -8.33% +5.26%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £725
90th Percentile £774 £800 £825
London median daily rate £550 £550 £590
% change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 25 28
10th Percentile £22.00 £20.04 £15.43
25th Percentile £22.75 £22.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -14.63%
75th Percentile £43.97 £33.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £50.75 £46.89 £88.30
London median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
% change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%

Build Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing Build Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Build Automation in Central London

Build Automation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Build Automation in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Build Automation in Central London

Build Automation
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Build Automation in Central London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Build Automation in Central London

Build Automation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Build Automation in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for Build Automation in Central London

Build Automation
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Build Automation within the Central London region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
City of London +4 2 - -
Camden - 2 £550 -
Build Automation
London

Build Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) CockroachDB
1 2 (40.00%) Relational Database
General
1 1 (20.00%) Banking
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Developer
1 2 (40.00%) Django Developer
1 2 (40.00%) Integration Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Python Developer
1 2 (40.00%) Python/Django Developer
1 2 (40.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Build Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Cloud Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Cloud Security Architect
2 1 (20.00%) DevSecOps Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Security Solutions Architect
2 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Build Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) AngularJS
1 2 (40.00%) Django
1 2 (40.00%) React
1 2 (40.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Cloud Native
1 2 (40.00%) Low-Code
1 2 (40.00%) Operational Technology
1 2 (40.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Migration
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) API Design
2 2 (40.00%) Configuration Management
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (40.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (40.00%) DevOps
2 2 (40.00%) ERP
2 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (40.00%) Microservices
2 2 (40.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 2 (40.00%) Pair Programming
2 2 (40.00%) Security Management
2 2 (40.00%) SOLID
2 2 (40.00%) TDD
2 2 (40.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (40.00%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) DevSecOps
3 1 (20.00%) Software Distribution
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Python
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) CISA
1 2 (40.00%) CISM
1 2 (40.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 2 (40.00%) NIST
1 2 (40.00%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (20.00%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (60.00%) SCCM
2 2 (40.00%) Nagios
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle
1 2 (40.00%) Qualys
1 2 (40.00%) ServiceNow
1 2 (40.00%) Snow
2 1 (20.00%) Citrix
2 1 (20.00%) VMware