Automation Developer Contracts in the Midlands

Automation Developer
England > Midlands

The median Automation Developer daily rate in the Midlands is £433, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 110 134 154
Rank change year-on-year +24 +20 +41
Contract jobs requiring an Automation Developer 7 1 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.35% 0.037% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.040% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £408 £313 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £433 £325 £388
Median % change year-on-year +33.08% -16.13% -26.19%
75th Percentile £494 £338 £445
90th Percentile £500 - £514
England median daily rate £488 £550 £475
% change year-on-year -11.36% +15.79% -9.52%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 1,804 2,482 3,101
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.15% 92.23% 94.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,188 1,687 2,180
10th Percentile £200 £213 £223
25th Percentile £350 £325 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.41% -2.63% +2.70%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £588
90th Percentile £638 £688 £688
England median daily rate £523 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.38% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 216 116
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.83 £12.50
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.27 £15.00
Median hourly rate £18.87 £19.13 £20.41
Median % change year-on-year -1.33% -6.30% +16.63%
75th Percentile £25.83 £35.00 £30.50
90th Percentile £40.77 £52.45 £61.25
England median hourly rate £30.00 £36.92 £44.77
% change year-on-year -18.73% -17.54% +94.63%

Automation Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Automation Developer in the Midlands

Automation Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Automation Developer in the Midlands

Automation Developer
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 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
West Midlands +11 7 £433 +33.08% 2
Automation Developer
England

Automation Developer Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 19 May 2025, 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 Midlands region featuring Automation Developer in the job title.

1 5 (71.43%) Finance
1 5 (71.43%) Blue Prism
1 5 (71.43%) Robotic Process Automation
1 5 (71.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (42.86%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Translating Business Requirements
4 1 (14.29%) Power BI
4 1 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (14.29%) Task Automation
4 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
4 1 (14.29%) PowerApps
4 1 (14.29%) Power Automate
4 1 (14.29%) CI/CD
4 1 (14.29%) API Integration
4 1 (14.29%) Shell Script
4 1 (14.29%) Linux
4 1 (14.29%) Python
4 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
4 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (14.29%) GitHub
4 1 (14.29%) Jenkins
4 1 (14.29%) Ansible
4 1 (14.29%) Agile
4 1 (14.29%) Data Management

Automation Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (14.29%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (14.29%) GitHub
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (14.29%) Power Automate
1 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
1 1 (14.29%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (14.29%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Jenkins
General
1 5 (71.43%) Finance
1 5 (71.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Robotic Process Automation
2 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (28.57%) Translating Business Requirements
4 1 (14.29%) Agile
4 1 (14.29%) API Integration
4 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (14.29%) CI/CD
4 1 (14.29%) Data Management
4 1 (14.29%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Python
1 1 (14.29%) Shell Script
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Ansible
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Blue Prism
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft