Automation Architect Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Automation Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Automation Architect daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 299 339 475
Rank change year-on-year +40 +136 +144
Contract jobs requiring an Automation Architect 5 6 2
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.050% 0.039% 0.008%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.054% 0.042% 0.008%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile £420 - -
25th Percentile £450 £363 £639
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £375 £643
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -41.63% +15.45%
75th Percentile £588 £388 £646
90th Percentile £640 - -
UK median daily rate £500 £375 £696
% change year-on-year +33.33% -46.14% +23.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Automation Architect
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Automation Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Automation Architect trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Automation Architect
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Automation Architect.

Automation Architect daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Automation Architect
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Automation Architect over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Automation Architect daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Automation Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Automation Architect 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Automation Architect in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Tricentis Tosca
1 3 (60.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) OutSystems
3 1 (20.00%) Azure Functions
3 1 (20.00%) Azure Stack
3 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (20.00%) PowerApps
3 1 (20.00%) Power Automate
3 1 (20.00%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Low-Code
3 1 (20.00%) Intelligent Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Integration Patterns
3 1 (20.00%) Generative AI
3 1 (20.00%) MVC
3 1 (20.00%) Workflow
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) InfoPath
3 1 (20.00%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (20.00%) .NET Framework
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) C#
3 1 (20.00%) HTML
3 1 (20.00%) JavaScript

Automation Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) InfoPath
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
1 3 (60.00%) Tricentis Tosca
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Functions
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Stack
2 1 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (20.00%) Power Automate
2 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (20.00%) PowerApps
2 1 (20.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Power BI
1 1 (20.00%) RDBMS
1 1 (20.00%) Relational Database
General
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) .NET
1 1 (20.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 1 (20.00%) CSS
1 1 (20.00%) Entity Framework
1 1 (20.00%) HTML
1 1 (20.00%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Cloud
1 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (20.00%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (20.00%) CRM
2 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (20.00%) Generative AI
2 1 (20.00%) Integration Patterns
2 1 (20.00%) Intelligent Automation
2 1 (20.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (20.00%) Migration
2 1 (20.00%) MVC
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) C#
1 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Ariba
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) OutSystems
1 1 (20.00%) SAP