Automation Engineer
South East > Surrey
The median Automation Engineer daily rate in Surrey is £208, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 September 2025.
The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to
8 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
| Rank |
48 |
60 |
72 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+12 |
+12 |
- |
| Contract jobs requiring an Automation Engineer |
3 |
2 |
1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Surrey |
0.88% |
0.37% |
0.14% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
0.92% |
0.39% |
0.14% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
3 |
2 |
1 |
| 10th Percentile |
- |
£576 |
- |
| 25th Percentile |
£204 |
£578 |
£663 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£208 |
£638 |
£725 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-67.45% |
-12.07% |
- |
| 75th Percentile |
£211 |
£709 |
£788 |
| 90th Percentile |
- |
£719 |
- |
| South East median daily rate |
£500 |
£535 |
£725 |
| % change year-on-year |
-6.54% |
-26.21% |
+58.90% |
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Surrey. 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 Surrey with a recognized job title |
326 |
510 |
720 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title |
95.88% |
93.41% |
97.30% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
218 |
360 |
584 |
| 10th Percentile |
£204 |
£203 |
£195 |
| 25th Percentile |
£250 |
£300 |
£322 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£488 |
£475 |
£508 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+2.63% |
-6.45% |
-0.93% |
| 75th Percentile |
£550 |
£563 |
£638 |
| 90th Percentile |
£625 |
£675 |
£738 |
| South East median daily rate |
£500 |
£513 |
£500 |
| % change year-on-year |
-2.44% |
+2.50% |
- |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
39 |
35 |
22 |
| 10th Percentile |
£22.28 |
£15.96 |
£17.17 |
| 25th Percentile |
£26.58 |
£30.00 |
£34.75 |
| Median hourly rate |
£55.00 |
£55.00 |
£48.95 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
- |
+12.37% |
+8.77% |
| 75th Percentile |
£57.50 |
£75.00 |
£61.22 |
| 90th Percentile |
- |
£76.86 |
£66.91 |
| South East median hourly rate |
£25.15 |
£57.43 |
£50.00 |
| % change year-on-year |
-56.20% |
+14.85% |
+108.33% |
