Automation Analyst Contract Job Trends in England

Automation Analyst
UK > England

The median Automation Analyst daily rate in England is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 September 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
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 495 528 591
Rank change year-on-year +33 +63 +186
Contract jobs requiring an Automation Analyst 6 5 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.022% 0.015% 0.021%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% 0.016% 0.023%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 8
10th Percentile £408 £344 £455
25th Percentile £441 £350 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £356 £575
Median % change year-on-year +40.45% -38.09% +36.09%
75th Percentile £572 £600 £663
90th Percentile £638 £675 -
UK median daily rate £500 £356 £575
% change year-on-year +40.45% -38.09% +35.69%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 25,358 30,404 39,813
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.33% 93.00% 94.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,368 19,004 27,789
10th Percentile £280 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,358 1,484 1,356
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.59 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.33 £21.25 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £44.75
Median % change year-on-year -45.54% +3.20% +71.00%
75th Percentile £54.00 £67.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.50 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.88
% change year-on-year -41.51% -2.01% +68.77%

Automation Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Automation Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Automation Analyst in England

Automation Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Automation Analyst job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Automation Analyst job vacancies in England

Automation Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Automation Analyst in England over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Automation Analyst in England

Automation Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Automation Analyst job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Automation Analyst job vacancies in England

Automation Analyst
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Automation Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 17 September 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +29 4 £538 -25.86% 6
North of England -13 1 £430 +23.46%
North West -16 1 £430 +23.46%
Automation Analyst
UK

Automation Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 17 September 2025, Automation Analyst 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 England region featuring Automation Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (33.33%) Data Analysis
1 2 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Banking
1 2 (33.33%) Visualisation
1 2 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
1 2 (33.33%) Data Governance
1 2 (33.33%) Process Improvement
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
1 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Task Automation
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
2 1 (16.67%) Digital Enablement
2 1 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (16.67%) Power Query
2 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
2 1 (16.67%) Intelligent Automation
2 1 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
2 1 (16.67%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
2 1 (16.67%) Power Automate
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (16.67%) Business Case

Automation Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (16.67%) Power Automate
1 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) GPRS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Data Mining
1 1 (16.67%) Power BI
1 1 (16.67%) Power Query
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
1 1 (16.67%) Tableau
General
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Banking
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (16.67%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (16.67%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
1 2 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Data Analysis
1 2 (33.33%) Data Governance
1 2 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
1 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (33.33%) Process Improvement
1 2 (33.33%) Task Automation
1 2 (33.33%) Visualisation
2 1 (16.67%) Agile
2 1 (16.67%) Business Analysis
2 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
2 1 (16.67%) Data Validation
2 1 (16.67%) Mathematics
2 1 (16.67%) Process Management
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (16.67%) Statistics
2 1 (16.67%) Validation
2 1 (16.67%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) VB
2 1 (16.67%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (16.67%) Data Quality
1 1 (16.67%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft