Automation Engineer Contract Job Trends in Wiltshire

Automation Engineer
South West > Wiltshire

The median Automation Engineer daily rate in Wiltshire is £578, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2025.

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

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Automation Engineer 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wiltshire 0.95% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.04% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £522 - -
25th Percentile £536 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £578 - -
75th Percentile £626 - -
90th Percentile £643 - -
South West median daily rate £450 £463 £375
% change year-on-year -2.70% +23.33% -28.57%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Wiltshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Wiltshire. 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 Wiltshire with a recognized job title 386 509 793
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.90% 86.56% 94.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 246 365 586
10th Percentile £288 £330 £316
25th Percentile £477 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -2.18% +0.46%
75th Percentile £644 £638 £630
90th Percentile £725 £716 £713
South West median daily rate £513 £509 £538
% change year-on-year +0.74% -5.35% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 12 23
10th Percentile £18.87 - £41.53
25th Percentile £20.09 - £46.25
Median hourly rate £24.00 £12.79 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +87.65% -74.42% -7.41%
75th Percentile £25.15 £20.03 £61.25
90th Percentile - £25.00 £68.50
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £57.66
% change year-on-year -62.74% +17.07% -1.96%

Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

Automation Engineer job vacancy trend in Wiltshire

Automation Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Automation Engineer job vacancies in Wiltshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Automation Engineer job vacancies in Wiltshire

Automation Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Automation Engineer job vacancies in Wiltshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Automation Engineer job vacancies in Wiltshire

Automation Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 15 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
Corsham - 4 £578 - 2
Automation Engineer
South West

Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire

For the 6 months to 15 October 2025, 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 Wiltshire region featuring Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 4 (100.00%) Ansible
2 3 (75.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Terraform
2 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Bitbucket
2 3 (75.00%) Confluence
2 3 (75.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (75.00%) Git
2 3 (75.00%) JIRA
2 3 (75.00%) Atlassian
2 3 (75.00%) Python
3 2 (50.00%) Windows
3 2 (50.00%) Linux
3 2 (50.00%) Configuration Management
3 2 (50.00%) VMware
3 2 (50.00%) TDD
3 2 (50.00%) Veeam
3 2 (50.00%) SolarWinds
3 2 (50.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) Degree
3 2 (50.00%) Deployment Automation
4 1 (25.00%) Critical Thinking
4 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Automation
4 1 (25.00%) GitOps
4 1 (25.00%) DevOps

Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (75.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Jenkins
2 3 (75.00%) Bitbucket
2 3 (75.00%) Git
2 3 (75.00%) JIRA
3 1 (25.00%) GitLab
General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (75.00%) Public Sector
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (25.00%) REST
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Linux
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Configuration Management
1 2 (50.00%) Deployment Automation
1 2 (50.00%) TDD
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (25.00%) Critical Thinking
2 1 (25.00%) DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) GitOps
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Service Management
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) System Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (75.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (25.00%) Master's Degree
3 1 (25.00%) MCSA
3 1 (25.00%) MCSE
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (25.00%) OCA
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle Certification
3 1 (25.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) Ansible
2 3 (75.00%) Terraform
3 1 (25.00%) Packer
3 1 (25.00%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Atlassian
2 2 (50.00%) SolarWinds
2 2 (50.00%) Veeam
2 2 (50.00%) VMware
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle