Build Automation Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Build Automation
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Build Automation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Build Automation over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 293 306 431
Rank change year-on-year +13 +125 +146
Contract jobs citing Build Automation 11 39 46
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.11% 0.25% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.29% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 19 40
10th Percentile £453 £356 -
25th Percentile £513 £406 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year +7.40% -13.04% -
75th Percentile £538 £788 £700
90th Percentile £633 £963 £838
UK median daily rate £530 £475 £625
% change year-on-year +11.58% -24.00% +6.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Build Automation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Build Automation
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Build Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

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

Build Automation
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Build Automation daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Build Automation
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Build Automation daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Build Automation
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 3 (27.27%) JBoss
Cloud Services
1 5 (45.45%) AWS
2 4 (36.36%) Azure
2 4 (36.36%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (27.27%) OpenShift
4 2 (18.18%) Azure Monitor
4 2 (18.18%) GitHub
4 2 (18.18%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (45.45%) Relational Database
2 3 (27.27%) Elasticsearch
2 3 (27.27%) RDBMS
3 2 (18.18%) CockroachDB
Development Applications
1 5 (45.45%) Jenkins
1 5 (45.45%) JIRA
1 5 (45.45%) SonarQube
2 3 (27.27%) Bitbucket Server
2 3 (27.27%) CA Release Automation
2 3 (27.27%) Git
2 3 (27.27%) Sonatype Nexus
2 3 (27.27%) TeamCity
3 2 (18.18%) Bitbucket
General
1 3 (27.27%) Banking
1 3 (27.27%) Investment Banking
2 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Finance
3 1 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Developer
1 5 (45.45%) Python Developer
2 3 (27.27%) AWS Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Cloud Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Python Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Automation Developer
3 2 (18.18%) Azure DevOps Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Azure Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) DevOps Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Django Developer
3 2 (18.18%) Python/Django Developer
3 2 (18.18%) Ruby Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Backend Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Senior
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Backend Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (27.27%) Elastic Stack
1 3 (27.27%) Spring Boot
2 2 (18.18%) AngularJS
2 2 (18.18%) ARM Templates
2 2 (18.18%) Django
2 2 (18.18%) React
2 2 (18.18%) REST
3 1 (9.09%) RESTful
3 1 (9.09%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Product Ownership
2 1 (9.09%) Algorithms
2 1 (9.09%) Data Structures
2 1 (9.09%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (54.55%) Linux
1 6 (54.55%) Windows
2 3 (27.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (9.09%) Windows Server
3 1 (9.09%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Continuous Integration
2 7 (63.64%) DevOps
2 7 (63.64%) Test Automation
3 6 (54.55%) Agile
4 5 (45.45%) CI/CD
4 5 (45.45%) Code Quality
4 5 (45.45%) Deployment Automation
4 5 (45.45%) Microservices
5 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (27.27%) Analytics
6 3 (27.27%) Migration
6 3 (27.27%) Software Distribution
7 2 (18.18%) API Design
7 2 (18.18%) Continuous Deployment
7 2 (18.18%) Data Modelling
7 2 (18.18%) Issue Tracking
7 2 (18.18%) Pair Programming
7 2 (18.18%) SDLC
7 2 (18.18%) SOLID
7 2 (18.18%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 10 (90.91%) Python
2 3 (27.27%) Bash
2 3 (27.27%) Perl
2 3 (27.27%) PowerShell
3 2 (18.18%) C#
3 2 (18.18%) Java
3 2 (18.18%) Ruby
3 2 (18.18%) SQL
3 2 (18.18%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
1 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (45.45%) Docker
2 3 (27.27%) Active Directory
3 1 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (63.64%) Kubernetes
2 4 (36.36%) Terraform
3 3 (27.27%) Ansible
3 3 (27.27%) Kibana
3 3 (27.27%) Progress Chef
4 1 (9.09%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) AppDynamics
1 3 (27.27%) Red Hat
1 3 (27.27%) Splunk
2 2 (18.18%) Atlassian
2 2 (18.18%) Oracle
3 1 (9.09%) VMware