Automation Engineer
UK
The median Automation Engineer daily rate in the UK is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 April 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 30 Apr 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 401 | 519 | 568 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +118 | +49 | +101 |
| Contract jobs requiring an Automation Engineer | 118 | 81 | 145 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.40% | 0.19% | 0.24% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.44% | 0.20% | 0.26% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 79 | 53 | 99 |
| 10th Percentile | £383 | £325 | £373 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £431 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £500 | £535 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -6.54% | +1.90% |
| 75th Percentile | £623 | £575 | £591 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £645 | £700 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £531 | £525 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.19% | +10.53% | -5.94% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | £35.58 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £36.46 | £52.50 | - |
| Median hourly rate | £37.92 | £55.00 | £70.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -31.05% | -21.43% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £39.38 | £57.50 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £40.26 | - | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.84 | - | - |
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 | 27,050 | 40,453 | 56,471 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.52% | 92.79% | 94.61% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17,687 | 26,352 | 39,474 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £275 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £406 | £409 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £515 | £525 | £540 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.90% | -2.78% | +2.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £493 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.55% | -1.50% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,031 | 2,658 | 1,569 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.20 | £12.86 | £14.29 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.51 | £16.30 | £19.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £29.07 | £36.00 | £45.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -19.25% | -20.00% | +91.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £62.50 | £60.75 | £65.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £72.50 | £75.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £28.75 | £38.50 | £42.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -25.32% | -9.41% | +117.95% |
Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Automation Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Automation Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Automation Engineer.
Automation Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Automation Engineer over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.
Automation Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Automation Engineer.
Automation Engineer
Top 15 Contract Locations
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 UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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 |
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| England | +92 | 99 | £544 | +8.75% | 197 |
| London | +40 | 52 | £550 | +10.00% | 43 |
| UK excluding London | +75 | 47 | £531 | +1.19% | 177 |
| Work from Home | +59 | 46 | £550 | +7.32% | 87 |
| North of England | +35 | 20 | £525 | +5.00% | 41 |
| South West | +54 | 12 | £615 | +23.00% | 19 |
| Yorkshire | +21 | 12 | £463 | -25.82% | 17 |
| North West | +10 | 6 | £625 | +25.00% | 21 |
| Midlands | +26 | 5 | £400 | -11.11% | 38 |
| East Midlands | - | 5 | £400 | - | 24 |
| South East | +42 | 4 | £425 | -32.00% | 31 |
| Wales | +7 | 3 | £405 | -17.35% | 9 |
| East of England | +34 | 2 | £450 | -5.26% | 24 |
| North East | - | 2 | £395 | - | 7 |
| Scotland | +8 | 1 | - | - | 16 |
Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 30 April 2025, 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 featuring Automation Engineer in the job title.
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Automation Engineer 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:
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