Senior Automation Engineer Contract Job Trends in Central London

Senior Automation Engineer
London > Central London

The median Senior Automation Engineer daily rate in Central London is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 130 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Automation Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.050% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.054% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £423 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £428 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £608 £631 £525
% change year-on-year -3.76% +20.24% -12.50%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 1,869 2,160 2,581
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.31% 92.62% 94.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,300 1,361 1,868
10th Percentile £327 £358 £340
25th Percentile £425 £463 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £570
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +0.88% -0.87%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £763 £775 £800
London median daily rate £533 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -3.18% -2.22% -3.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 25 20
10th Percentile £19.42 £19.66 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.47 £31.25 £20.67
Median hourly rate £26.50 £35.00 £24.99
Median % change year-on-year -24.29% +40.08% -23.12%
75th Percentile £35.75 £61.25 £47.25
90th Percentile £50.00 £112.00 £65.88
London median hourly rate £29.65 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -15.30% - -

Senior Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Senior Automation Engineer job vacancy trend in Central London

Senior Automation Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Automation Engineer job vacancies in Central London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Automation Engineer job vacancies in Central London

Senior Automation Engineer
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 Senior Automation Engineer within the Central London region over the 6 months to 19 December 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 - 1 £425 - 1
Senior Automation Engineer
London

Senior Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 19 December 2025, Senior 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 Central London region featuring Senior Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Arista
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet VPN
1 1 (100.00%) F5
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) IGMP
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) LogicMonitor
1 1 (100.00%) Low Latency
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Multicast
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SolarWinds

Senior Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet VPN
1 1 (100.00%) IGMP
1 1 (100.00%) Multicast
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) VXLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Low Latency
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Arista
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) F5
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) LogicMonitor
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) SolarWinds