Automation Architect Contracts in England

Automation Architect
UK > England

The median Automation Architect daily rate in England is £375 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 545 636 760
Rank change year-on-year +91 +124 -120
Contract jobs requiring an Automation Architect 6 1 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.016% 0.002% 0.024%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% 0.002% 0.025%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 10
10th Percentile - - £513
25th Percentile £363 £639 £573
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £643 £650
Median % change year-on-year -41.63% -1.15% +13.04%
75th Percentile £388 £646 -
90th Percentile - - £658
UK median daily rate £375 £643 £585
% change year-on-year -41.63% +9.83% +1.74%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,226 44,888 67,264
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.56% 95.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,546 31,942 48,134
10th Percentile £285 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.00%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,576 1,314 1,782
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.28 £12.51
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.75 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -16.11% +88.21% +11.21%
75th Percentile £62.00 £65.57 £49.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year -16.67% +83.67% +12.28%

Automation Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Automation Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Automation Architect in England

Automation Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Automation Architect in England.

Daily rate trend for Automation Architect in England

Automation Architect
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Automation Architect within the England region over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. 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
South West +9 4 - -
South East - 2 £375 -
Automation Architect
UK

Automation Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, 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 job ads across the England region featuring Automation Architect in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Python
2 5 (83.33%) Agile
2 5 (83.33%) VMware
2 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 5 (83.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (83.33%) PowerShell
2 5 (83.33%) VMware NSX
2 5 (83.33%) Infrastructure Automation
3 4 (66.67%) GitOps
3 4 (66.67%) ModSecurity
3 4 (66.67%) NsoIT
3 4 (66.67%) DevSecOps
3 4 (66.67%) Infrastructure as Code
3 4 (66.67%) CI/CD
3 4 (66.67%) Technology Strategy
3 4 (66.67%) Business Strategy
3 4 (66.67%) OpenShift
3 4 (66.67%) Ansible
3 4 (66.67%) Docker
3 4 (66.67%) GCP
3 4 (66.67%) Kubernetes
3 4 (66.67%) Public Cloud
3 4 (66.67%) PaaS
3 4 (66.67%) Confluence
3 4 (66.67%) Office Automation
3 4 (66.67%) Terraform
3 4 (66.67%) PowerCLI
3 4 (66.67%) IT Strategy
3 4 (66.67%) Master's Degree
3 4 (66.67%) Computer Science

Automation Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 4 (66.67%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) AWS
1 4 (66.67%) Azure
1 4 (66.67%) GCP
1 4 (66.67%) OpenShift
1 4 (66.67%) PaaS
2 1 (16.67%) IaaS
2 1 (16.67%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) VPN
2 1 (16.67%) Software-Defined Networking
Development Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Bitbucket
1 4 (66.67%) JIRA
2 1 (16.67%) Cypress.io
2 1 (16.67%) Selenium
General
1 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (66.67%) .NET
1 4 (66.67%) .NET Framework
1 4 (66.67%) ModSecurity
2 1 (16.67%) GraphQL
2 1 (16.67%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) PKI
1 4 (66.67%) Product Ownership
1 4 (66.67%) Public Cloud
1 4 (66.67%) Security Posture
2 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
2 1 (16.67%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Agile
1 5 (83.33%) Infrastructure Automation
2 4 (66.67%) ArchiMate
2 4 (66.67%) Artificial Intelligence
2 4 (66.67%) Business Strategy
2 4 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 4 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 4 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (66.67%) DevSecOps
2 4 (66.67%) GitOps
2 4 (66.67%) Infrastructure as Code
2 4 (66.67%) IT Strategy
2 4 (66.67%) Machine Learning
2 4 (66.67%) NsoIT
2 4 (66.67%) Office Automation
2 4 (66.67%) Project Management
2 4 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (66.67%) Technology Strategy
2 4 (66.67%) TOGAF
2 4 (66.67%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) Python
2 5 (83.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 4 (66.67%) Degree
2 4 (66.67%) Master's Degree
2 4 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Accessibility
System Software
1 5 (83.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (83.33%) VMware NSX
2 4 (66.67%) Docker
3 1 (16.67%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (66.67%) Ansible
1 4 (66.67%) Kubernetes
1 4 (66.67%) OPNET
1 4 (66.67%) PowerCLI
1 4 (66.67%) Terraform
2 1 (16.67%) vRealize
2 1 (16.67%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) VMware
2 4 (66.67%) Atlassian
2 4 (66.67%) Cisco
2 4 (66.67%) Google
2 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (16.67%) MuleSoft