Intelligent Automation Contracts in London

Intelligent Automation (Intelligent Process Automation)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 351 384 490
Rank change year-on-year +33 +106 +98
Contract jobs citing Intelligent Automation 2 7 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.016% 0.039% 0.011%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.017% 0.044% 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 3
10th Percentile £603 - £516
25th Percentile £606 £205 £596
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £210 £758
Median % change year-on-year +197.62% -72.28% +42.92%
75th Percentile £656 £215 £800
90th Percentile £668 £394 £808
England median daily rate £650 £210 £550
% change year-on-year +209.52% -61.82% -14.06%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,564 15,790 24,631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.16% 88.55% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,847 11,316 17,711
10th Percentile £350 £338 £375
25th Percentile £440 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £813 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 324 278
10th Percentile £16.17 £16.00 £18.59
25th Percentile £22.68 £20.00 £22.53
Median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
Median % change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%
75th Percentile £50.75 £47.56 £62.64
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.93 £76.78
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Intelligent Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Intelligent Automation in London

Intelligent Automation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Intelligent Automation in London

Intelligent Automation
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London 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
Central London - 1 £650 - 2
Intelligent Automation
England

Intelligent Automation
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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure AI
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Copilot
1 1 (50.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (50.00%) PowerApps
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Automation Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Intelligent Automation Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Conversational UI
2 1 (50.00%) CRM
2 1 (50.00%) Data Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) ERP
2 1 (50.00%) Generative AI
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) LLM
2 1 (50.00%) Predictive Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Workflow
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) OpenAI
1 1 (50.00%) OutSystems