Intelligent Automation Contracts in England

Intelligent Automation (Intelligent Process Automation)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Intelligent Automation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Intelligent Automation over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 475 533 647
Rank change year-on-year +58 +114 +111
Contract jobs citing Intelligent Automation 10 9 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.041% 0.024% 0.012%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.045% 0.028% 0.013%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 5
10th Percentile £605 - £359
25th Percentile £613 £205 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £210 £550
Median % change year-on-year +209.52% -61.82% -14.06%
75th Percentile £763 £215 £786
90th Percentile £815 £394 £802
UK median daily rate £650 £210 £550
% change year-on-year +209.52% -61.82% -14.06%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Intelligent 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Intelligent Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Intelligent Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Intelligent Automation in England

Intelligent Automation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Intelligent Automation in England

Intelligent Automation
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Intelligent Automation in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Intelligent Automation in England

Intelligent Automation
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 Intelligent Automation within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Midlands +26 5 - - 8
West Midlands +18 5 - - 7
London +33 2 £625 +197.62% 35
North of England - 2 - - 5
North West - 2 - - 4
South East - 1 £800 - 16
Intelligent Automation
UK

Intelligent Automation
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 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Chatbot
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (30.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Adobe Analytics
1 4 (40.00%) Google Analytics
2 1 (10.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) Azure AI
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (10.00%) Power Automate
2 1 (10.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (10.00%) PowerApps
General
1 8 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (50.00%) Finance
2 5 (50.00%) Public Sector
3 4 (40.00%) Brand Awareness
3 4 (40.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Architect
1 4 (40.00%) Campaign Manager
2 3 (30.00%) SAP Architect
2 3 (30.00%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (20.00%) SAP Solutions Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
4 1 (10.00%) Automation Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Contracts Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Intelligent Automation Architect
4 1 (10.00%) SAP Enterprise Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) SAP PI
2 1 (10.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Social Media
2 2 (20.00%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (10.00%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (10.00%) Low-Code
3 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Software Engineering
1 7 (70.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (50.00%) Analytics
3 4 (40.00%) B2B
3 4 (40.00%) Campaign Management
3 4 (40.00%) Content Development
3 4 (40.00%) Data Analytics
3 4 (40.00%) Demand Generation
3 4 (40.00%) Lead Generation
3 4 (40.00%) Marketing Automation
3 4 (40.00%) Multichannel Marketing
3 4 (40.00%) Performance Measurement
3 4 (40.00%) Performance Metrics
3 4 (40.00%) Storytelling
3 4 (40.00%) Strategic Planning
4 3 (30.00%) Agile
4 3 (30.00%) Machine Learning
4 3 (30.00%) Roadmaps
4 3 (30.00%) Technical Leadership
4 3 (30.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) TOGAF Certification
2 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (10.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Adobe
1 4 (40.00%) Google
2 3 (30.00%) SAP
3 2 (20.00%) MuleSoft
4 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (10.00%) OpenAI
4 1 (10.00%) OutSystems