Automation Architect Contracts

Automation Architect
UK

The median Automation Architect daily rate in the UK is £375 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 May 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 575 690 827
Rank change year-on-year +115 +137 -139
Contract jobs requiring an Automation Architect 10 3 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.023% 0.005% 0.025%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.025% 0.005% 0.026%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 14
10th Percentile - £650 £401
25th Percentile £363 £667 £499
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £696 £563
Median % change year-on-year -46.14% +23.67% -2.09%
75th Percentile £388 £724 £601
90th Percentile - £740 £646
UK excluding London median daily rate £375 £696 £570
% change year-on-year -46.14% +22.15% -15.56%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 39,719 54,978 83,963
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 94.64% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,839 38,395 59,001
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,655 1,545 2,052
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.25 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.74 £76.40 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.88% +117.73% +2.74%

Automation Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Automation Architect in the UK

Automation Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Automation Architect.

Daily rate trend for Automation Architect in the UK

Automation Architect
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Automation Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 7 May 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
Work from Home +130 6 £375 -41.63%
England +105 4 £375 -46.14% 3
UK excluding London +71 3 £375 -46.14% 3
South West +17 2 - - 3
South East +20 1 £375 -50.00%
London - 1 - -

Automation Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, Automation Architect 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 featuring Automation Architect in the job title.

1 5 (50.00%) Azure
2 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (40.00%) Power Automate
2 4 (40.00%) Power Platform
3 3 (30.00%) CI/CD
3 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (30.00%) Python
3 3 (30.00%) Workflow
4 2 (20.00%) OPNET
4 2 (20.00%) VMware
4 2 (20.00%) Agile
4 2 (20.00%) TOGAF
4 2 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 2 (20.00%) Workflow Management
4 2 (20.00%) Google
4 2 (20.00%) PKI
4 2 (20.00%) SharePoint
4 2 (20.00%) .NET
4 2 (20.00%) Linux
4 2 (20.00%) VPN
4 2 (20.00%) Cisco
4 2 (20.00%) .NET Framework
4 2 (20.00%) Degree
4 2 (20.00%) JIRA
4 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 2 (20.00%) Selenium
4 2 (20.00%) Atlassian
4 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
4 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared

Automation Architect Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (20.00%) Confluence
1 2 (20.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
Cloud Services
1 5 (50.00%) Azure
2 4 (40.00%) Power Automate
2 4 (40.00%) Power Platform
3 2 (20.00%) AWS
3 2 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (20.00%) GCP
3 2 (20.00%) OpenShift
3 2 (20.00%) PaaS
3 2 (20.00%) PowerApps
4 1 (10.00%) GitHub
4 1 (10.00%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (10.00%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) VPN
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Bitbucket
1 2 (20.00%) Cypress.io
1 2 (20.00%) JIRA
1 2 (20.00%) Selenium
2 1 (10.00%) Appium
2 1 (10.00%) Cucumber
2 1 (10.00%) Jenkins
General
1 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (10.00%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) .NET
1 2 (20.00%) .NET Framework
1 2 (20.00%) ModSecurity
1 2 (20.00%) Playwright
2 1 (10.00%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) PKI
1 2 (20.00%) Product Ownership
1 2 (20.00%) Public Cloud
1 2 (20.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (10.00%) Low-Code
2 1 (10.00%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (30.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (30.00%) Workflow
3 2 (20.00%) Agile
3 2 (20.00%) Architectural Patterns
3 2 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 2 (20.00%) Business Strategy
3 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (20.00%) Data Security
3 2 (20.00%) DevSecOps
3 2 (20.00%) GitOps
3 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Automation
3 2 (20.00%) IT Strategy
3 2 (20.00%) LLM
3 2 (20.00%) NsoIT
3 2 (20.00%) Project Management
3 2 (20.00%) Technology Strategy
3 2 (20.00%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) Python
2 2 (20.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (10.00%) Kotlin
3 1 (10.00%) Swift
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
1 2 (20.00%) Master's Degree
1 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (10.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Docker
1 2 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (20.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) Ansible
1 2 (20.00%) Kubernetes
1 2 (20.00%) OPNET
1 2 (20.00%) PowerCLI
1 2 (20.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (20.00%) Atlassian
2 2 (20.00%) Cisco
2 2 (20.00%) Google
2 2 (20.00%) MuleSoft
2 2 (20.00%) VMware
3 1 (10.00%) Databricks
3 1 (10.00%) IBM
3 1 (10.00%) Salesforce