Senior Automation Engineer Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Senior Automation Engineer
England > West Midlands

The median Senior Automation Engineer daily rate in the West Midlands is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 February 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 148 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Automation Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.073% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.081% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £681 £625 £645
% change year-on-year +8.96% -3.10% +7.50%

All Contract IT Job Roles
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 2,479 1,278 1,747
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.77% 91.03% 91.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,631 832 1,170
10th Percentile £300 £200 £225
25th Percentile £400 £381 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +5.26% -3.65%
75th Percentile £583 £589 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 59 130
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.59 £11.89
25th Percentile £17.13 £15.25 £15.00
Median hourly rate £25.12 £20.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +25.60% -11.11% +26.98%
75th Percentile £30.00 £30.34 £43.44
90th Percentile £46.75 £38.19 £58.75
England median hourly rate £35.00 £36.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% -12.50%

Senior Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Senior Automation Engineer job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Senior Automation Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Automation Engineer job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Automation Engineer job vacancies in the West Midlands

Senior Automation Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 February 2026. 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
Worcestershire - 2 £425 - 1
Senior Automation Engineer
England

Senior Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 28 February 2026, Senior Automation Engineer 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 across the West Midlands region featuring Senior Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) .NET
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Data Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Data-Driven Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (50.00%) SDET
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Selenium
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) WebDriver

Senior Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Selenium
1 1 (50.00%) WebDriver
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) AI
1 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Data Validation
1 1 (50.00%) Data-Driven Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) SDET
1 1 (50.00%) SDLC
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft