Automation Architect Contracts in the City of London

Automation Architect
Central London > City of London

The median Automation Architect daily rate in the City of London is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 August 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
25 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 - 161
Rank change year-on-year - - -
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring an Automation Architect 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.055% - 0.031%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.059% - 0.033%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £575
75th Percentile £538 - £588
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £525 - £575

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in the City of London with a recognized job title 1,699 1,959 3,018
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.71% 94.64% 94.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,122 1,279 2,070
10th Percentile £325 £363 £358
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £713
90th Percentile £775 £788 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 14 12
10th Percentile £17.35 £15.87 £14.42
25th Percentile £23.98 £20.88 £20.09
Median hourly rate £28.33 £27.00 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.91% -27.03% -11.90%
75th Percentile £53.50 £89.06 £56.56
90th Percentile £65.39 £137.50 £76.63
Central London median hourly rate £28.33 £27.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year +4.91% -23.94% -14.46%

Automation Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings that featured Automation Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Automation Architect in the City of London

Automation Architect
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Automation Architect job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Automation Architect job vacancies in the City of London

Automation Architect Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 25 August 2025, Automation Architect 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 City of London region featuring Automation Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Blue Prism
1 1 (100.00%) Robotic Process Automation
1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) UiPath
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) PowerApps
1 1 (100.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Cognitive Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure AI

Automation Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure AI
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Cognitive Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Robotic Process Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Blue Prism
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) UiPath