Automation Engineer Contract Job Trends in Corsham

Automation Engineer
Wiltshire > Corsham

The median Automation Engineer daily rate in Corsham is £578, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2025.

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

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Automation Engineer 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Corsham 2.34% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.53% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £522 - -
25th Percentile £536 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £578 - -
75th Percentile £626 - -
90th Percentile £643 - -
Wiltshire median daily rate £578 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Corsham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Corsham. 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 Corsham with a recognized job title 158 255 282
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.40% 85.57% 92.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 192 202
10th Percentile £450 £463 £413
25th Percentile £525 £513 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £590 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.54% +7.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £665 £675 £650
90th Percentile £725 £756 £718
Wiltshire median daily rate £563 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +4.55% -2.18% +0.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 15
10th Percentile £18.76 - £40.85
25th Percentile £18.87 - £47.13
Median hourly rate £20.44 £60.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -65.94% +20.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £25.15 - £60.00
90th Percentile - - £64.50
Wiltshire median hourly rate £24.00 £12.79 £50.00
% change year-on-year +87.65% -74.42% -7.41%

Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Corsham

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

Automation Engineer job vacancy trend in Corsham

Automation Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Corsham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Automation Engineer job vacancies in Corsham.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Automation Engineer job vacancies in Corsham

Automation Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Corsham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Automation Engineer job vacancies in Corsham.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Automation Engineer job vacancies in Corsham

Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Corsham

For the 6 months to 15 October 2025, 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 Corsham region featuring Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 4 (100.00%) Ansible
2 3 (75.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Terraform
2 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Bitbucket
2 3 (75.00%) Confluence
2 3 (75.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (75.00%) Git
2 3 (75.00%) JIRA
2 3 (75.00%) Atlassian
2 3 (75.00%) Python
3 2 (50.00%) Windows
3 2 (50.00%) Linux
3 2 (50.00%) Configuration Management
3 2 (50.00%) VMware
3 2 (50.00%) TDD
3 2 (50.00%) Veeam
3 2 (50.00%) SolarWinds
3 2 (50.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) Degree
3 2 (50.00%) Deployment Automation
4 1 (25.00%) Critical Thinking
4 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Automation
4 1 (25.00%) GitOps
4 1 (25.00%) DevOps

Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Corsham 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (75.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Jenkins
2 3 (75.00%) Bitbucket
2 3 (75.00%) Git
2 3 (75.00%) JIRA
3 1 (25.00%) GitLab
General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (75.00%) Public Sector
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (25.00%) REST
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Linux
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Configuration Management
1 2 (50.00%) Deployment Automation
1 2 (50.00%) TDD
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (25.00%) Critical Thinking
2 1 (25.00%) DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) GitOps
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Service Management
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) System Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (75.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (25.00%) Master's Degree
3 1 (25.00%) MCSA
3 1 (25.00%) MCSE
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (25.00%) OCA
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle Certification
3 1 (25.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) Ansible
2 3 (75.00%) Terraform
3 1 (25.00%) Packer
3 1 (25.00%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Atlassian
2 2 (50.00%) SolarWinds
2 2 (50.00%) Veeam
2 2 (50.00%) VMware
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle