Automation Developer Contract Job Trends in Coventry

Automation Developer
West Midlands > Coventry

The median Automation Developer daily rate in Coventry is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2026.

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

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Automation Developer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Coventry 0.69% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.74% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £475 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £450 £325
% change year-on-year - +38.46% -16.13%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Coventry

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Coventry. 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 Coventry with a recognized job title 270 99 106
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 91.67% 96.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 170 71 82
10th Percentile £293 £200 £278
25th Percentile £395 £216 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £400 £525
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -23.81% +6.33%
75th Percentile £525 £519 £625
90th Percentile £675 £634 £686
West Midlands median daily rate £480 £475 £480
% change year-on-year +1.05% -1.04% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 0
10th Percentile £14.00 - -
25th Percentile £14.25 - -
Median hourly rate £26.00 - -
75th Percentile £27.00 - -
90th Percentile £28.18 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £33.99 £19.00 £20.98
% change year-on-year +78.89% -9.42% +4.88%

Automation Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Coventry

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

Automation Developer job vacancy trend in Coventry

Automation Developer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Coventry

For the 6 months to 30 May 2026, Automation Developer 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 Coventry region featuring Automation Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Intelligent Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Copilot
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) UiPath
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Change Control
2 1 (50.00%) Copilot Studio
2 1 (50.00%) Data Mining
2 1 (50.00%) High Availability
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Validation

Automation Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Coventry 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 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (50.00%) Copilot Studio
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Data Mining
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Intelligent Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Change Control
2 1 (50.00%) High Availability
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) UiPath