Automation Engineer Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Automation Engineer
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Automation Engineer daily rate in Glasgow is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 71 - 70
Rank change year-on-year - - +7
Contract jobs requiring an Automation Engineer 5 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 0.70% - 0.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.74% - 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £650
Median % change year-on-year - - +44.44%
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £475 - £650
% change year-on-year - - +36.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £56.86 - -
Median hourly rate £58.73 - -
75th Percentile £60.59 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate £58.73 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Glasgow

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Glasgow. 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 Glasgow with a recognized job title 673 682 845
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.73% 89.86% 95.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 418 448 573
10th Percentile £254 £268 £325
25th Percentile £375 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £447 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.78% -10.70% +5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £619
90th Percentile £625 £651 £700
Scotland median daily rate £455 £450 £488
% change year-on-year +1.11% -7.69% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 17 17
10th Percentile £17.84 £11.78 £12.13
25th Percentile £22.39 £16.75 £15.42
Median hourly rate £26.21 £19.59 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +33.79% +11.94% +16.67%
75th Percentile £42.32 £24.18 £19.50
90th Percentile £60.97 £37.70 £36.70
Scotland median hourly rate £24.09 £23.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year +4.74% +17.95% +10.05%

Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Automation Engineer job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Automation Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Automation Engineer job vacancies in Glasgow.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Automation Engineer job vacancies in Glasgow

Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 20 December 2025, Automation Engineer 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 Glasgow region featuring Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Python
2 4 (80.00%) PowerShell
3 3 (60.00%) CI/CD
3 3 (60.00%) Data Protection
3 3 (60.00%) Windows
4 2 (40.00%) Ansible
4 2 (40.00%) Git
4 2 (40.00%) Grafana
4 2 (40.00%) Jenkins
4 2 (40.00%) Loki
4 2 (40.00%) NetBackup
4 2 (40.00%) Observability
4 2 (40.00%) Perl
4 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (40.00%) Prometheus
4 2 (40.00%) REST
4 2 (40.00%) Windows Server
5 1 (20.00%) Analytical Thinking
5 1 (20.00%) Citrix
5 1 (20.00%) Data Deduplication
5 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
5 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Automation
5 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (20.00%) Kubernetes
5 1 (20.00%) Linux
5 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
5 1 (20.00%) NAS
5 1 (20.00%) OpenShift
5 1 (20.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis

Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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 (20.00%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) NAS
1 1 (20.00%) SAN
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Git
1 2 (40.00%) Jenkins
General
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) Loki
1 2 (40.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (20.00%) Linux
3 1 (20.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (20.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (60.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (40.00%) Observability
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (20.00%) Data Deduplication
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Python
2 4 (80.00%) PowerShell
3 2 (40.00%) Perl
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Ansible
1 2 (40.00%) Grafana
1 2 (40.00%) NetBackup
1 2 (40.00%) Prometheus
2 1 (20.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (20.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Citrix
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) Veritas