Automation Developer Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Automation Developer
UK > Scotland

The median Automation Developer daily rate in Scotland is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 111 134
Rank change year-on-year +4 +23 +29
Contract jobs requiring an Automation Developer 1 2 5
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.065% 0.12% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.072% 0.13% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - £432
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £460
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.22%
75th Percentile - - £480
90th Percentile - - £496
UK median daily rate £415 £500 £490
% change year-on-year -17.00% +2.04% -16.60%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 1,385 1,530 2,226
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.82% 91.45% 94.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 816 927 1,383
10th Percentile £207 £203 £239
25th Percentile £359 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £480
Median % change year-on-year - -6.25% +1.05%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £588
90th Percentile £625 £638 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 46 56
10th Percentile £17.30 £13.23 £12.19
25th Percentile £19.81 £16.79 £16.19
Median hourly rate £24.09 £22.55 £19.75
Median % change year-on-year +6.85% +14.15% +11.46%
75th Percentile £41.65 £24.18 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.15 £31.44 £68.13
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -26.03% -24.44% +50.00%

Automation Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Automation Developer job vacancy trend in Scotland

Automation Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Automation Developer job vacancies in Scotland.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Automation Developer job vacancies in Scotland

Automation Developer
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 16 December 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
Edinburgh - 1 £525 -
Automation Developer
UK

Automation Developer Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 16 December 2025, Automation Developer 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 Scotland region featuring Automation Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon Aurora
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon S3
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS CDK
1 1 (100.00%) AWS CloudFormation
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Lambda
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Grafana
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Natural Language Processing
1 1 (100.00%) OCR
1 1 (100.00%) OpenShift
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) PyTorch
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Serverless
1 1 (100.00%) SpaCy
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Textract
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript

Automation Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 (100.00%) Amazon S3
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS CloudFormation
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Lambda
1 1 (100.00%) OpenShift
1 1 (100.00%) Serverless
1 1 (100.00%) Textract
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon Aurora
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) AWS CDK
1 1 (100.00%) PyTorch
1 1 (100.00%) SpaCy
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Natural Language Processing
1 1 (100.00%) OCR
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Grafana
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes