Automation Specialist Contracts in London

Automation Specialist
England > London

As of 1 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Automation Specialist daily rate in London.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 349 390 488
Rank change year-on-year +41 +98 +99
Contract jobs requiring an Automation Specialist 4 1 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.032% 0.006% 0.018%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.034% 0.006% 0.019%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - £465
25th Percentile - £413 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £425 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -22.73% -2.22%
75th Percentile - £438 £588
90th Percentile - - £595
England median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +22.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £27.50 - -
Median hourly rate £30.00 - -
75th Percentile £32.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £30.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Automation Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Automation Specialist in London

Automation Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Automation Specialist in London.

Daily rate trend for Automation Specialist in London

Automation Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Automation Specialist 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 London region featuring Automation Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (50.00%) Python
1 2 (50.00%) ETL
1 2 (50.00%) Informatica
1 2 (50.00%) Selenium
1 2 (50.00%) AWS
1 2 (50.00%) pytest
1 2 (50.00%) UiPath
2 1 (25.00%) REST Assured
2 1 (25.00%) Playwright
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) React
2 1 (25.00%) DBS Check
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (25.00%) Task Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Cucumber
2 1 (25.00%) BDD
2 1 (25.00%) MongoDB
2 1 (25.00%) TypeScript
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Spring
2 1 (25.00%) Marketing

Automation Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Selenium
2 1 (25.00%) Cucumber
2 1 (25.00%) REST Assured
General
1 1 (25.00%) Banking
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Marketing
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) pytest
2 1 (25.00%) Playwright
2 1 (25.00%) React
2 1 (25.00%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) ETL
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) BDD
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Task Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (25.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Informatica
1 2 (50.00%) UiPath
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle