Senior Automation Engineer
UK
The median Senior Automation Engineer daily rate in the UK is £558 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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 4 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 584 | 673 | 830 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +89 | +157 | -107 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Senior Automation Engineer | 2 | 9 | 16 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.005% | 0.016% | 0.018% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.005% | 0.017% | 0.019% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 10th Percentile | £440 | £506 | £400 |
| 25th Percentile | £482 | - | £431 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £558 | £650 | £488 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -14.23% | +33.33% | -7.14% |
| 75th Percentile | £627 | - | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | £665 | £688 | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £425 | £375 | £400 |
| % change year-on-year | +13.33% | -6.25% | -23.81% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £70.00 | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | - | - |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title | 39,842 | 52,849 | 84,186 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.86% | 94.57% | 95.35% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25,742 | 36,908 | 59,357 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £313 | £315 |
| 25th Percentile | £408 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | +2.86% | +7.14% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | +5.26% | +9.20% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,850 | 1,466 | 1,973 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.06 | £15.90 |
| Median hourly rate | £37.50 | £45.00 | £24.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.67% | +83.67% | +12.70% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.60 | £65.75 | £49.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £73.75 | £76.13 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.50 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.88% | +112.50% | +5.26% |
Senior Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Senior Automation Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Senior Automation Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior Automation Engineer.
Senior Automation Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Automation Engineer over the 6 months to 4 June 2024.
Senior Automation Engineer
Top 5 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Automation Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 4 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 |
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| England | +91 | 2 | £558 | -14.23% | 12 |
| London | +82 | 1 | £690 | +6.15% | 1 |
| UK excluding London | +47 | 1 | £425 | +13.33% | 10 |
| North of England | - | 1 | £425 | - | 2 |
| Yorkshire | - | 1 | £425 | - | 1 |
Senior Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 4 June 2024, Senior Automation Engineer 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 featuring Senior Automation Engineer in the job title.
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Senior Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: