Automation Engineer Contract Job Trends in Nottinghamshire

Automation Engineer
East Midlands > Nottinghamshire

The median Automation Engineer daily rate in Nottinghamshire is £498, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 April 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Automation Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Nottinghamshire 0.66% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.71% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £409 - -
25th Percentile £422 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 - -
75th Percentile £576 - -
90th Percentile £590 - -
East Midlands median daily rate £497 £400 -
% change year-on-year +24.13% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Nottinghamshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Nottinghamshire. 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 Nottinghamshire with a recognized job title 280 122 159
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.11% 89.05% 95.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 76 92
10th Percentile £163 £196 £205
25th Percentile £208 £359 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £473 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.12% +5.00% -10.00%
75th Percentile £556 £523 £575
90th Percentile £650 £569 £663
East Midlands median daily rate £450 £441 £425
% change year-on-year +2.04% +3.76% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 6 21
10th Percentile £12.94 - £12.42
25th Percentile £13.25 - £12.75
Median hourly rate £16.00 £11.44 £14.27
Median % change year-on-year +39.86% -19.83% -28.65%
75th Percentile £16.35 £12.55 £15.25
90th Percentile £16.75 £23.34 £18.00
East Midlands median hourly rate £18.00 £23.80 £17.70
% change year-on-year -24.35% +34.44% -11.50%

Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottinghamshire

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 Nottinghamshire.

Automation Engineer job vacancy trend in Nottinghamshire

Automation Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Nottinghamshire

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

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

Automation Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Nottinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Automation Engineer within the Nottinghamshire region over the 6 months to 16 April 2026. 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
Nottingham - 2 £498 - 3
Automation Engineer
East Midlands

Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Nottinghamshire

For the 6 months to 16 April 2026, 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 Nottinghamshire region featuring Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) ISPF
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) JCL
1 2 (100.00%) Job Entry Subsystem
1 2 (100.00%) REXX
1 2 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Splunk
1 2 (100.00%) zOS
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) API Integration
2 1 (50.00%) BMC
2 1 (50.00%) Control-M
2 1 (50.00%) CyberArk
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (50.00%) MVS
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) REST
2 1 (50.00%) SAS
2 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Web Development
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server

Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Nottinghamshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) ISPF
2 1 (50.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) zOS
2 1 (50.00%) MVS
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) API Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) JCL
1 2 (100.00%) REXX
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Job Entry Subsystem
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Control-M
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Splunk
2 1 (50.00%) BMC
2 1 (50.00%) CyberArk
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow