Automation Architect Contract Job Trends 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 27 October 2025.

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

6 months to
27 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 118 - 146
Rank change year-on-year - - +54
Contract jobs requiring an Automation Architect 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.060% - 0.035%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.063% - 0.038%
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 Contract 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.

Contract vacancies in the City of London with a recognized job title 1,576 1,943 2,666
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.81% 93.32% 94.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,091 1,190 1,864
10th Percentile £325 £363 £360
25th Percentile £423 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £580
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -0.86% +0.87%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £696
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 15 14
10th Percentile £16.90 £16.60 £17.00
25th Percentile £21.07 £25.06 £18.06
Median hourly rate £27.75 £57.50 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.74% +55.41% -8.64%
75th Percentile £44.63 £112.00 £48.25
90th Percentile £64.30 £137.50 £63.88
Central London median hourly rate £28.00 £35.00 £36.00
% change year-on-year -20.00% -2.78% -11.11%

Automation Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Automation Architect job vacancy trend 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 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 27 October 2025, Automation Architect 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 City of London region featuring Automation Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
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%) Blue Prism
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%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) PowerApps
1 1 (100.00%) Robotic Process Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) UiPath

Automation Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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:

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%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
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