The median contractor rate for an Automation Engineer was £387 per day in advertised job vacancies in the South East during the 6 months to 1 March 2021.
The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title
4,412
9,813
15,102
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title
92.48%
93.66%
94.41%
Number of daily rates quoted
2,719
6,035
9,240
Median daily rate
£440
£430
£438
Median daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.33%
-1.71%
+2.94%
10th Percentile
£208
£200
£250
90th Percentile
£619
£595
£595
England median daily rate
£475
£465
£475
% change year-on-year
+2.15%
-2.11%
+5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted
342
523
615
Median hourly rate
£24.00
£18.50
£20.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year
+29.73%
-7.50%
+11.11%
10th Percentile
£10.25
£12.00
£11.00
90th Percentile
£57.17
£51.59
£51.00
Median hourly rate
£22.00
£18.36
£18.00
% change year-on-year
+19.86%
+1.97%
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Automation Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in the South East
Job postings that featured Automation Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.
Automation Engineer Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Automation Engineer in the South East.
Automation Engineer Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Automation Engineer in the South East.
Automation Engineer Contract Job Locations in the South East
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 South East region over the 6 months to 1 March 2021. 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
Automation Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the South East
For the 6 months to 1 March 2021, Automation Engineer contract jobs required the following IT skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South East region featuring Automation Engineer in the job title.
Automation Engineer Skill Set Co-occurring IT Skills in the South East by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
