Automation Consultant Contracts with Work from Home Options

Automation Consultant
UK > Work from Home

The median Automation Consultant daily rate in Work from Home is £700 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 329 456 613
Rank change year-on-year +127 +157 -141
Contract jobs requiring an Automation Consultant 8 11 12
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.053% 0.043% 0.027%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.056% 0.045% 0.028%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 8
10th Percentile £550 £581 £454
25th Percentile - £684 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £863 £475
Median % change year-on-year -18.84% +81.58% +2.70%
75th Percentile £800 £1,034 £550
90th Percentile - £1,134 £573
UK median daily rate £700 £625 £475
% change year-on-year +12.00% +31.58% +4.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 0
10th Percentile - £60.60 -
25th Percentile £58.75 £65.25 -
Median hourly rate £62.50 £71.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -11.97% - -
75th Percentile £66.25 £78.00 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £71.00 -
% change year-on-year -11.97% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 14,162 24,375 42,692
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.48% 95.31% 95.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,491 17,215 30,853
10th Percentile £325 £358 £356
25th Percentile £425 £443 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 575 559 603
10th Percentile £14.33 £17.97 £13.25
25th Percentile £23.29 £25.75 £18.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +41.60%
75th Percentile £62.75 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.81
% change year-on-year -18.89% +89.04% +5.80%

Automation Consultant
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Automation Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Automation Consultant trend for jobs with a WFH option

Automation Consultant
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Automation Consultant.

Automation Consultant daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Automation Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Automation Consultant over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Automation Consultant daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Automation Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Automation Consultant.

Automation Consultant hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Automation Consultant 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 Consultant in the job title.

1 5 (62.50%) Test Automation
2 4 (50.00%) QA
2 4 (50.00%) Python
2 4 (50.00%) TypeScript
2 4 (50.00%) QA Automation
2 4 (50.00%) Fintech
3 3 (37.50%) Ansible
3 3 (37.50%) Postman
3 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 3 (37.50%) SSL
3 3 (37.50%) TDD
3 3 (37.50%) Software Testing
3 3 (37.50%) BDD
3 3 (37.50%) SoapUI
4 2 (25.00%) Natural Language Processing
4 2 (25.00%) Azure
4 2 (25.00%) Fiddler
4 2 (25.00%) Banking
4 2 (25.00%) Investment Banking
4 2 (25.00%) Software Engineering
4 2 (25.00%) Firewall
4 2 (25.00%) Finance
4 2 (25.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (25.00%) DevOps
4 2 (25.00%) Machine Learning
4 2 (25.00%) Exploratory Testing
4 2 (25.00%) SDET
4 2 (25.00%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (12.50%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 1 (12.50%) SOAtest

Automation Consultant 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) SSL
2 2 (25.00%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Postman
1 3 (37.50%) SoapUI
2 2 (25.00%) Fiddler
3 1 (12.50%) Appium
3 1 (12.50%) Cucumber
3 1 (12.50%) eggPlant
3 1 (12.50%) Git
3 1 (12.50%) JUnit
3 1 (12.50%) REST Assured
3 1 (12.50%) Selenium
3 1 (12.50%) SOAtest
3 1 (12.50%) TestNG
3 1 (12.50%) WebDriver
General
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Banking
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) .NET
1 1 (12.50%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 2 (25.00%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (12.50%) Educational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Test Automation
2 4 (50.00%) Fintech
2 4 (50.00%) QA Automation
3 3 (37.50%) BDD
3 3 (37.50%) Software Testing
3 3 (37.50%) TDD
4 2 (25.00%) DevOps
4 2 (25.00%) Exploratory Testing
4 2 (25.00%) Machine Learning
4 2 (25.00%) Natural Language Processing
4 2 (25.00%) SDET
4 2 (25.00%) Software Engineering
5 1 (12.50%) Agile
5 1 (12.50%) ATDD
5 1 (12.50%) CI/CD
5 1 (12.50%) Continuous Deployment
5 1 (12.50%) ETL
5 1 (12.50%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 1 (12.50%) Test Strategy
5 1 (12.50%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) Python
1 4 (50.00%) TypeScript
2 1 (12.50%) C#
2 1 (12.50%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Google