Senior Automation Engineer
UK
The median Senior Automation Engineer daily rate in the UK is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 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 6 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 573 | 702 | 847 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +129 | +145 | -164 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Senior Automation Engineer | 5 | 14 | 20 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.012% | 0.024% | 0.023% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.012% | 0.025% | 0.024% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 10 | 12 |
| 10th Percentile | £445 | £486 | £401 |
| 25th Percentile | £494 | £550 | £441 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £600 | £650 | £484 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.69% | +34.37% | -12.05% |
| 75th Percentile | £658 | - | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | £677 | £731 | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £425 | £375 | £400 |
| % change year-on-year | +13.33% | -6.25% | -23.81% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £70.00 | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | - | - |
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 | 40,246 | 55,892 | 84,695 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.74% | 94.62% | 95.45% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 26,216 | 39,044 | 59,517 |
| 10th Percentile | £279 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £409 | £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 | 2,676 | 1,569 | 2,074 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.25 | £15.72 |
| 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 | £72.50 | £76.00 | £64.60 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.16 | £19.52 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.11% | +115.96% | +2.74% |
Senior Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Senior Automation Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Senior Automation Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior Automation Engineer.
Senior Automation Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Automation Engineer over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.
Senior Automation Engineer
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 Senior Automation Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 6 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 |
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| England | +99 | 4 | £600 | -7.69% | 10 |
| London | +103 | 3 | £645 | -0.77% | 3 |
| Work from Home | +123 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| UK excluding London | +59 | 1 | £425 | +13.33% | 6 |
| North of England | - | 1 | £425 | - | 1 |
| Yorkshire | - | 1 | £425 | - |
Senior Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, Senior 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 Senior Automation Engineer in the job title.
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Senior 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: