Automation Developer Contracts in England

Automation Developer
UK > England

The median Automation Developer daily rate in England is £536 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 515 609 712
Rank change year-on-year +94 +103 -100
Contract jobs requiring an Automation Developer 34 37 67
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.092% 0.076% 0.096%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.100% 0.080% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 30 58
10th Percentile £205 £369 £371
25th Percentile £400 £416 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +12.89% -9.52% +4.79%
75th Percentile £575 £558 £628
90th Percentile £930 £653 £700
UK median daily rate £503 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +5.89% -9.52% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £22.13
25th Percentile - - £23.81
Median hourly rate - - £27.75
75th Percentile - - £32.81
90th Percentile - - £35.18
UK median hourly rate - - £27.75

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 34,080 46,338 66,904
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.71% 94.61% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,599 32,894 47,614
10th Percentile £281 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £645 £663 £644
90th Percentile £750 £760 £740
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,444 1,371 1,856
10th Percentile £12.87 £14.30 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.96 £15.50
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +95.65% +4.55%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.30 £48.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £64.88
UK median hourly rate £37.34 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -17.02% +88.21% +6.27%

Automation Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Automation Developer in England

Automation Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Automation Developer in England.

Daily rate trend for Automation Developer in England

Automation Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Automation Developer in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Automation Developer in England

Automation Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Automation Developer in England.

Hourly rate trend for Automation Developer in England

Automation Developer
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 Developer within the England region over the 6 months to 10 May 2024. 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 +97 24 £550 +10.00% 2
North of England +37 5 £375 -
Yorkshire - 4 £350 -
South East +20 3 £475 +8.57% 1
Midlands +23 1 £325 -16.13% 2
North West +22 1 £523 -
West Midlands +16 1 £325 -16.13%
Automation Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, Automation Developer 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 Developer in the job title.

1 23 (67.65%) Power Automate
2 20 (58.82%) Power Platform
3 15 (44.12%) Microsoft
4 14 (41.18%) SQL
5 13 (38.24%) PowerApps
6 11 (32.35%) Finance
7 10 (29.41%) Social Skills
8 9 (26.47%) Problem-Solving
9 8 (23.53%) Power BI
9 8 (23.53%) Business Intelligence
10 7 (20.59%) MATLAB
10 7 (20.59%) SQL Server
10 7 (20.59%) Data Analysis
10 7 (20.59%) Visualisation
10 7 (20.59%) Data Visualisation
10 7 (20.59%) Data Governance
10 7 (20.59%) Databricks
10 7 (20.59%) Microsoft Purview
10 7 (20.59%) Metadata
11 6 (17.65%) Software Engineering
11 6 (17.65%) Banking
11 6 (17.65%) JavaScript
12 5 (14.71%) C#
12 5 (14.71%) Python
12 5 (14.71%) SharePoint
12 5 (14.71%) Data Modelling
12 5 (14.71%) .NET
12 5 (14.71%) QA
12 5 (14.71%) UiPath
12 5 (14.71%) Blue Prism

Automation Developer 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (14.71%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 23 (67.65%) Power Automate
2 20 (58.82%) Power Platform
3 13 (38.24%) PowerApps
4 7 (20.59%) Microsoft Purview
5 4 (11.76%) Azure
5 4 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (2.94%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.94%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (23.53%) Power BI
2 7 (20.59%) Metadata
2 7 (20.59%) SQL Server
3 4 (11.76%) KNIME
4 1 (2.94%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (2.94%) XCUITest
General
1 11 (32.35%) Finance
2 10 (29.41%) Social Skills
3 6 (17.65%) Banking
4 2 (5.88%) Local Government
5 1 (2.94%) Italian Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (14.71%) .NET
2 4 (11.76%) ASP.NET
2 4 (11.76%) CSS
2 4 (11.76%) HTML
3 2 (5.88%) LDAP
4 1 (2.94%) JSON
4 1 (2.94%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.76%) Algorithms
1 4 (11.76%) NHS
2 2 (5.88%) CMDB
3 1 (2.94%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.94%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (2.94%) Private Cloud
3 1 (2.94%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.94%) Android
1 1 (2.94%) Apple iOS
1 1 (2.94%) Unix
1 1 (2.94%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (26.47%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (23.53%) Business Intelligence
3 7 (20.59%) Data Analysis
3 7 (20.59%) Data Governance
3 7 (20.59%) Data Visualisation
3 7 (20.59%) Visualisation
4 6 (17.65%) Software Engineering
5 5 (14.71%) Data Modelling
6 4 (11.76%) Infrastructure Automation
6 4 (11.76%) Intelligent Automation
6 4 (11.76%) Project Management
6 4 (11.76%) Software Architecture
6 4 (11.76%) Test Automation
7 3 (8.82%) Mentoring
8 2 (5.88%) CI/CD
8 2 (5.88%) Data Design
8 2 (5.88%) Data Transformation
8 2 (5.88%) Qualitative Research
8 2 (5.88%) SDLC
8 2 (5.88%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 14 (41.18%) SQL
2 7 (20.59%) MATLAB
3 6 (17.65%) JavaScript
4 5 (14.71%) C#
4 5 (14.71%) Python
5 4 (11.76%) Java
5 4 (11.76%) PHP
6 2 (5.88%) TypeScript
7 1 (2.94%) Kotlin
7 1 (2.94%) PowerShell
7 1 (2.94%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 4 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (2.94%) Degree
2 1 (2.94%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.94%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (14.71%) QA
System Software
1 2 (5.88%) Virtual Servers
1 2 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (5.88%) vRealize Orchestrator
2 1 (2.94%) Ansible
2 1 (2.94%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.94%) Progress Chef
2 1 (2.94%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (44.12%) Microsoft
2 7 (20.59%) Databricks
3 5 (14.71%) Blue Prism
3 5 (14.71%) UiPath
4 4 (11.76%) Alteryx
4 4 (11.76%) Automation Anywhere
5 3 (8.82%) VMware
6 1 (2.94%) Ariba
6 1 (2.94%) Cisco
6 1 (2.94%) SAP
6 1 (2.94%) Splunk