Auto-Scaling
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Auto-Scaling skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Auto-Scaling over the 6 months leading up to 21 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 21 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 524 | 566 | 592 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +42 | +26 | +153 |
| Contract jobs citing Auto-Scaling | 28 | 5 | 91 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.086% | 0.012% | 0.16% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.095% | 0.014% | 0.18% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 22 | 3 | 78 |
| 10th Percentile | £411 | £438 | £550 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £439 | £581 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £475 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.26% | -20.83% | -4.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £547 | £606 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £574 | £663 | £654 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £450 | £440 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.27% | -26.67% | -1.23% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
UK
Auto-Scaling 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.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 29,491 | 35,299 | 49,281 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 90.34% | 85.41% | 89.34% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 18,487 | 22,643 | 33,875 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £306 | £323 |
| 25th Percentile | £405 | £413 | £431 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £548 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -4.11% | -0.45% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.00% | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,574 | 2,188 | 1,620 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.20 | £13.06 | £14.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.31 | £16.86 | £18.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £25.15 | £38.12 | £42.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -34.02% | -10.31% | +60.38% |
| 75th Percentile | £50.75 | £62.50 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £68.75 | £73.58 | £77.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £23.50 | £40.00 | £40.59 |
| % change year-on-year | -41.25% | -1.45% | +88.79% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Auto-Scaling as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Auto-Scaling.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Auto-Scaling over the 6 months to 21 July 2025.
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Top 10 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Auto-Scaling within the UK over the 6 months to 21 July 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +46 | 15 | £450 | -23.40% | 33 |
| London | +39 | 10 | £460 | -21.70% | 17 |
| Work from Home | - | 10 | £550 | - | 19 |
| UK excluding London | +29 | 6 | £450 | +2.27% | 20 |
| North of England | - | 4 | £450 | - | 5 |
| North West | - | 2 | £450 | - | 3 |
| Yorkshire | - | 2 | £500 | - | 2 |
| South West | - | 2 | £450 | - | 6 |
| Scotland | +1 | 1 | £450 | +2.27% | 2 |
| South East | - | 1 | £413 | - | 4 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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