Automation Engineer
North West > Cheshire
The median Automation Engineer daily rate in Cheshire is £710, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 July 2025.
The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 21 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 60 | - | 52 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +10 |
| Contract jobs requiring an Automation Engineer | 10 | 0 | 3 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire | 1.72% | - | 0.63% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 1.92% | - | 0.70% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £551 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £609 | - | £563 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £710 | - | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £715 | - | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| North West median daily rate | £710 | £500 | £575 |
| % change year-on-year | +42.00% | -13.04% | +9.52% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cheshire
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire with a recognized job title | 522 | 492 | 427 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 90.00% | 94.98% | 89.89% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 385 | 338 | 274 |
| 10th Percentile | £308 | £297 | £275 |
| 25th Percentile | £358 | £375 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £430 | £463 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.03% | -7.50% | +11.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £537 | £575 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £646 | £626 | £632 |
| North West median daily rate | £450 | £485 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.22% | -3.00% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 27 | 33 | 30 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.82 | £13.49 | £14.23 |
| 25th Percentile | £25.83 | £14.00 | £20.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £32.00 | £26.00 | £29.26 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +23.08% | -11.14% | +23.20% |
| 75th Percentile | £44.38 | £43.75 | £35.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £64.10 | - | £41.00 |
| North West median hourly rate | £28.75 | £32.00 | £26.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.16% | +20.75% | +6.00% |
Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire
Job postings that featured Automation Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.
Automation Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Automation Engineer in Cheshire.
Automation Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Automation Engineer in Cheshire over the 6 months to 21 July 2025.
Automation Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Automation Engineer within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 21 July 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chester | - | 6 | - | - | 4 |
| Warrington | - | 2 | £525 | - | 2 |
| Automation Engineer North West |
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Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire
For the 6 months to 21 July 2025, Automation Engineer 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 across the Cheshire region featuring Automation Engineer in the job title.
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Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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: