Automation Developer Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Automation Developer
UK > Work from Home

The median Automation Developer daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £521, 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 288 332 462
Rank change year-on-year +44 +130 +129
Contract jobs requiring an Automation Developer 16 13 15
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.16% 0.085% 0.058%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.091% 0.061%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 9 8
10th Percentile £385 £496 £413
25th Percentile £415 £506 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £550 £468
Median % change year-on-year -5.27% +17.65% -22.08%
75th Percentile - £575 £503
90th Percentile £610 £625 £533
UK median daily rate £521 £500 £450
% change year-on-year +4.20% +11.11% -14.29%

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 Developer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Automation Developer
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 Developer.

Automation Developer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Automation Developer
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Automation Developer daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Automation Developer 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 Developer in the job title.

1 11 (68.75%) C#
2 10 (62.50%) Azure
3 9 (56.25%) SQL
4 8 (50.00%) Agile
4 8 (50.00%) JIRA
4 8 (50.00%) DevOps
4 8 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (50.00%) Power Automate
5 7 (43.75%) Power Platform
5 7 (43.75%) PowerApps
5 7 (43.75%) Security Cleared
6 6 (37.50%) Git
6 6 (37.50%) SC Cleared
6 6 (37.50%) REST
6 6 (37.50%) Relational Database
6 6 (37.50%) Logistics
6 6 (37.50%) SOAP
7 5 (31.25%) Banking
7 5 (31.25%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (31.25%) Azure Logic Apps
8 4 (25.00%) Robotic Process Automation
8 4 (25.00%) .NET
9 3 (18.75%) Oracle
9 3 (18.75%) SQL Server
9 3 (18.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (18.75%) Data Analysis
9 3 (18.75%) User Acceptance Testing
9 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Excel
9 3 (18.75%) UiPath
9 3 (18.75%) Data Reconciliation

Automation Developer 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 2 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 10 (62.50%) Azure
2 8 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 8 (50.00%) Power Automate
3 7 (43.75%) Power Platform
3 7 (43.75%) PowerApps
4 5 (31.25%) Azure Logic Apps
4 5 (31.25%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (12.50%) AWS
5 2 (12.50%) GitHub
5 2 (12.50%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (6.25%) Azure Stack
6 1 (6.25%) Tricentis Tosca
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (37.50%) Relational Database
2 3 (18.75%) SQL Server
2 3 (18.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (6.25%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 8 (50.00%) JIRA
2 6 (37.50%) Git
3 2 (12.50%) Bitbucket
3 2 (12.50%) Jenkins
General
1 5 (31.25%) Banking
2 2 (12.50%) Investment Banking
3 1 (6.25%) Finance
3 1 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (37.50%) REST
1 6 (37.50%) SOAP
2 4 (25.00%) .NET
3 1 (6.25%) HTML5 Canvas
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Linux
1 2 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) Agile
1 8 (50.00%) DevOps
2 6 (37.50%) Logistics
3 4 (25.00%) Robotic Process Automation
4 3 (18.75%) Business Case
4 3 (18.75%) Data Analysis
4 3 (18.75%) Data Reconciliation
4 3 (18.75%) Root Cause Analysis
4 3 (18.75%) Test Automation
4 3 (18.75%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (12.50%) Build Automation
5 2 (12.50%) Code Quality
5 2 (12.50%) Continuous Integration
5 2 (12.50%) Deployment Automation
5 2 (12.50%) Issue Tracking
5 2 (12.50%) SDLC
5 2 (12.50%) Software Distribution
6 1 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (6.25%) IT Asset Management
6 1 (6.25%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 11 (68.75%) C#
2 9 (56.25%) SQL
3 2 (12.50%) Java
3 2 (12.50%) Python
3 2 (12.50%) TypeScript
4 1 (6.25%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (43.75%) Security Cleared
2 6 (37.50%) SC Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) Ansible
1 2 (12.50%) Kubernetes
1 2 (12.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Oracle
1 3 (18.75%) UiPath
2 1 (6.25%) Blue Prism
2 1 (6.25%) ServiceNow