Automation Architect Contract Job Trends

Automation Architect
UK

The median Automation Architect daily rate in the UK is £563, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 565 540 616
Rank change year-on-year -25 +76 +193
Contract jobs requiring an Automation Architect 6 13 12
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.018% 0.035% 0.025%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.020% 0.038% 0.027%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 6
10th Percentile £504 - £456
25th Percentile £509 £638 £516
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £675 £563
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +20.00% -13.46%
75th Percentile £628 £750 £625
90th Percentile £679 - £756
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £750 £538
% change year-on-year -20.00% +39.53% -17.31%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 30,564 34,233 44,722
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.85% 92.88% 93.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,313 20,627 30,523
10th Percentile £279 £300 £300
25th Percentile £402 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £621 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,698 1,333 1,531
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.07 £14.61
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.30 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -10.11% +60.48%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.51 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £40.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -37.50% -10.11% +90.25%

Automation Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Automation Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Automation Architect job vacancy trend in the UK

Automation Architect
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Automation Architect job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Automation Architect job vacancies in the UK

Automation Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Automation Architect over the 6 months to 26 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Automation Architect in the UK

Automation Architect
Top 7 Contract Job 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 26 October 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 -5 6 £563 -16.67% 3
UK excluding London -23 4 £600 -20.00% 2
East of England - 3 £550 -
Work from Home +17 2 £600 -20.00% 3
London 0 2 £525 -22.22% 2
North West -22 1 £675 -10.00%
North of England -32 1 £675 -10.00% 1

Automation Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 26 October 2025, Automation Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Automation Architect in the job title.

1 3 (50.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
1 3 (50.00%) Amazon S3
1 3 (50.00%) AWS
1 3 (50.00%) AWS Lambda
1 3 (50.00%) DynamoDB
1 3 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (50.00%) Natural Language Processing
1 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (50.00%) Python
1 3 (50.00%) Serverless
2 2 (33.33%) Sentiment Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (16.67%) Agile
3 1 (16.67%) AI
3 1 (16.67%) API Integration
3 1 (16.67%) Azure
3 1 (16.67%) Azure AI
3 1 (16.67%) Azure Cognitive Services
3 1 (16.67%) Azure Machine Learning
3 1 (16.67%) Blue Prism
3 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (16.67%) Data Governance
3 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
3 1 (16.67%) Kanban
3 1 (16.67%) Machine Learning
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (16.67%) Migration
3 1 (16.67%) Power Automate
3 1 (16.67%) Power BI

Automation Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 3 (50.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
1 3 (50.00%) Amazon S3
1 3 (50.00%) AWS
1 3 (50.00%) AWS Lambda
1 3 (50.00%) Serverless
2 1 (16.67%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) Azure AI
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Cognitive Services
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Machine Learning
2 1 (16.67%) Power Automate
2 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
2 1 (16.67%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) DynamoDB
2 1 (16.67%) Power BI
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
3 1 (16.67%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 1 (16.67%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) FMCG
1 1 (16.67%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Natural Language Processing
1 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Sentiment Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (16.67%) Agile
3 1 (16.67%) AI
3 1 (16.67%) API Integration
3 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (16.67%) Data Governance
3 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
3 1 (16.67%) Kanban
3 1 (16.67%) Machine Learning
3 1 (16.67%) Migration
3 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Robotic Process Automation
3 1 (16.67%) Scrum
3 1 (16.67%) Server Migrations
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Blue Prism
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) Siemens
1 1 (16.67%) UiPath