Build Automation Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Build Automation
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Build Automation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 69 85
Rank change year-on-year +4 +16 +41
Contract jobs citing Build Automation 1 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.16% 0.27% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.32% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 3
10th Percentile - £401 -
25th Percentile - £403 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £413 £425
Median % change year-on-year - -2.94% -13.92%
75th Percentile - £428 £438
90th Percentile - £434 -
Scotland median daily rate £500 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +25.00% -5.88% -5.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Build Automation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 583 634 904
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 94.64% 85.68% 91.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 290 331 556
10th Percentile £262 £230 £202
25th Percentile £413 £375 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £538 £525 £541
90th Percentile £601 £600 £605
Scotland median daily rate £464 £450 £480
% change year-on-year +3.06% -6.25% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 24 8
10th Percentile £16.43 £14.04 £12.79
25th Percentile - £19.28 £16.61
Median hourly rate £17.87 £23.59 £38.75
Median % change year-on-year -24.25% -39.12% +105.03%
75th Percentile £45.00 £24.18 £55.65
90th Percentile £65.75 - £61.80
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £22.88 £19.75
% change year-on-year -12.57% +15.82% +5.33%

Build Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Build Automation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Build Automation job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Build Automation
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Build Automation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Build Automation

Build Automation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) WebDriver
General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) QA Officer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA