Automation Engineer Contracts in the South West

Automation Engineer
England > South West

The median Automation Engineer daily rate in the South West is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 147 169 164
Rank change year-on-year +22 -5 -29
Contract jobs requiring an Automation Engineer 3 4 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.094% 0.11% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.12% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 8
10th Percentile - £333 £443
25th Percentile - £360 £474
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £503
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -7.96% +63.41%
75th Percentile - £538 £538
90th Percentile - - £541
England median daily rate £500 £544 £525
% change year-on-year -8.05% +3.57% +16.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 2,979 3,380 3,559
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.41% 92.50% 95.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,910 2,526 2,537
10th Percentile £210 £263 £225
25th Percentile £381 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £588
90th Percentile £700 £713 £659
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 391 276 205
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.09 £15.90
25th Percentile £27.50 £51.24 £17.50
Median hourly rate £53.00 £65.00 £47.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.46% +38.30% +10.59%
75th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £78.00 £85.00 £69.05
England median hourly rate £35.96 £44.53 £22.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% +97.91% +0.36%

Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings that featured Automation Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Automation Engineer in the South West

Automation Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Automation Engineer in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Automation Engineer in the South West

Automation Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Automation Engineer in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Automation Engineer in the South West

Automation Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
Somerset +5 2 - - 1
Bristol - 1 £500 - 4
Automation Engineer
England

Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Automation Engineer 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 South West region featuring Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Python
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco
1 2 (66.67%) CCIE
1 2 (66.67%) CCNP
1 2 (66.67%) CCNA
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Nexus
1 2 (66.67%) Ansible
1 2 (66.67%) Software-Defined Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Sonatype Nexus
1 2 (66.67%) Task Automation
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation

Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Nexus
1 2 (66.67%) Software-Defined Networking
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Sonatype Nexus
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Task Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CCIE
1 2 (66.67%) CCNA
1 2 (66.67%) CCNP
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Ansible
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco