Automation Engineer Contracts in Chester

Automation Engineer
Cheshire > Chester

As of 7 July 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Automation Engineer daily rate in Chester.

6 months to
7 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 - 23
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Automation Engineer 5 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Chester 6.49% - 2.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.04% - 2.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £575
75th Percentile - - £588
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median daily rate £710 - £575
% change year-on-year - - +4.55%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Chester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Chester. 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 Chester with a recognized job title 71 52 109
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.21% 92.86% 97.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 25 62
10th Percentile £325 £199 £288
25th Percentile £350 £225 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £500 £438
Median % change year-on-year +17.50% +14.29% +2.94%
75th Percentile £719 £688 £575
90th Percentile £813 £738 £611
Cheshire median daily rate £430 £475 £514
% change year-on-year -9.47% -7.59% +16.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 12 14
10th Percentile £23.92 - £23.15
25th Percentile £30.99 £35.00 £29.10
Median hourly rate £37.19 £42.50 £31.88
Median % change year-on-year -12.49% +33.32% +46.36%
75th Percentile £68.00 £44.69 £35.00
90th Percentile £86.00 £47.50 £38.50
Cheshire median hourly rate £32.70 £35.00 £30.54
% change year-on-year -6.57% +14.60% +24.65%

Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

Job postings that featured Automation Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Chester.

Job vacancy trend for Automation Engineer in Chester

Automation Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Chester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Automation Engineer in Chester.

Daily rate trend for Automation Engineer in Chester

Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chester

For the 6 months to 7 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 Chester region featuring Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) VMware
2 1 (20.00%) DNS
2 1 (20.00%) DMZ
2 1 (20.00%) Change Management
2 1 (20.00%) Computacenter
2 1 (20.00%) Load Balancing
2 1 (20.00%) Network Security
2 1 (20.00%) F5
2 1 (20.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 1 (20.00%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
2 1 (20.00%) VMware NSX
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills

Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chester 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) DMZ
1 1 (20.00%) DNS
1 1 (20.00%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
1 1 (20.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
1 1 (20.00%) Network Security
General
1 4 (80.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Change Management
1 1 (20.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) VMware NSX
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Computacenter
1 1 (20.00%) F5
1 1 (20.00%) VMware