Build Automation Contract Job Trends in the South East

Build Automation
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Build Automation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 187 153 206
Rank change year-on-year -34 +53 +23
Contract jobs citing Build Automation 2 2 5
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.041% 0.065% 0.090%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.049% 0.071% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £537 -
Median % change year-on-year +2.42% - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £513 £525 £440
% change year-on-year -2.38% +19.45% -21.87%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

Build 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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,088 2,811 4,856
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 83.19% 91.36% 87.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,684 1,749 2,935
10th Percentile £263 £250 £213
25th Percentile £402 £400 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £613 £610
90th Percentile £694 £675 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 357 123 372
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.05 £13.25
25th Percentile £17.00 £23.84 £18.95
Median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.11% - -
75th Percentile £67.50 £62.50 £62.54
90th Percentile £85.50 £75.00 £76.53
England median hourly rate £28.91 £35.00 £34.21
% change year-on-year -17.40% +2.31% -3.42%

Build Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Build Automation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Build Automation job vacancy trend in the South East

Build Automation
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Build Automation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Build Automation

Build Automation
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Build Automation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Build Automation

Build Automation
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 Build Automation within the South East region over the 6 months to 2 March 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
Berkshire -17 1 £550 - 2
Thames Valley -30 1 £550 - 2
West Sussex - 1 - -
Build Automation
England

Build Automation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 (50.00%) GitHub
1 1 (50.00%) GitHub Actions
1 1 (50.00%) Sentry
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Bitbucket
1 1 (50.00%) CircleCI
1 1 (50.00%) Gradle
1 1 (50.00%) Maven
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Android Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Applications Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Applications Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) iOS Android Developer
1 1 (50.00%) iOS Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile Applications Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Node.js
1 1 (50.00%) React
1 1 (50.00%) React Native
1 1 (50.00%) RESTful
1 1 (50.00%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Android
1 2 (100.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Backends for Frontends
1 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Emotional Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Microservices
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile Application Development
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile Development
1 1 (50.00%) Observability
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Product Requirements
1 1 (50.00%) Product Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) TDD
1 1 (50.00%) User Experience
1 1 (50.00%) UX Design
1 1 (50.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) Kotlin
2 1 (50.00%) Objective-C
2 1 (50.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Dynatrace