Task Automation Jobs

Task Automation
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Task Automation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Task Automation over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 466 577 476
Rank change year-on-year +111 -101 -20
Permanent jobs citing Task Automation 530 409 1,258
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.50% 0.43% 0.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 0.45% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 343 294 548
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,111 £32,938
25th Percentile £48,625 £44,560 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,500 £58,250
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% +3.86% -0.43%
75th Percentile £78,125 £78,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £91,250 £92,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% +11.11% -18.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Task Automation is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 87,829 90,354 161,874
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.68% 95.46% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 61,251 54,292 82,971
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Task Automation
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Task Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Task Automation in the UK

Task Automation
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Task Automation.

Salary trend for Task Automation in the UK

Task Automation
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Task Automation over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Task Automation in the UK

Task Automation
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Task Automation within the UK 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +93 457 £62,500 - 141
UK excluding London +45 306 £52,500 +5.00% 74
London +119 188 £70,000 -6.67% 74
Work from Home +80 188 £60,000 -7.69% 70
South East +30 87 £62,500 +40.26% 15
Midlands +30 62 £50,000 -28.57% 10
South West -13 56 £47,500 -18.10% 8
North of England +18 47 £50,000 +5.26% 22
West Midlands +12 40 £45,000 -35.02% 7
North West +8 32 £45,000 -15.09% 14
Scotland -41 32 £45,000 - 6
East of England -17 14 £50,000 +4.71% 12
Yorkshire +37 13 £45,000 -5.26% 6
East Midlands -8 13 £50,000 +5.26% 3
Wales +15 10 £52,500 +28.82% 3
North East -11 2 £85,000 +95.40% 2

Task Automation
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:

Application Platforms
1 40 (7.55%) Apache
2 39 (7.36%) IIS
3 29 (5.47%) SharePoint
3 29 (5.47%) Tomcat
4 20 (3.77%) Confluence
5 19 (3.58%) Microsoft Exchange
6 18 (3.40%) Camunda
7 5 (0.94%) nginx
7 5 (0.94%) SAS
8 2 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.19%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 36 (6.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (3.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (1.70%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.38%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 30 (5.66%) NEC Housing
2 7 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 199 (37.55%) Azure
2 89 (16.79%) Microsoft 365
3 70 (13.21%) Power Platform
4 65 (12.26%) AWS
5 60 (11.32%) Azure DevOps
6 53 (10.00%) Entra ID
7 40 (7.55%) IBM Cloud
8 32 (6.04%) Power Automate
9 28 (5.28%) PowerApps
10 21 (3.96%) Nutanix
11 20 (3.77%) Dynamics 365
12 18 (3.40%) IaaS
13 17 (3.21%) GitHub
14 13 (2.45%) SaaS
15 12 (2.26%) Azure Logic Apps
15 12 (2.26%) GCP
16 10 (1.89%) Azure Monitor
16 10 (1.89%) Serverless
17 8 (1.51%) Azure Storage
18 7 (1.32%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 53 (10.00%) DNS
2 44 (8.30%) Firewall
3 19 (3.58%) DHCP
3 19 (3.58%) WAN
4 16 (3.02%) SAN
5 15 (2.83%) Network Security
6 14 (2.64%) TCP/IP
6 14 (2.64%) VPN
7 13 (2.45%) LAN
8 11 (2.08%) PBX
8 11 (2.08%) Remote Desktop
9 7 (1.32%) Internet
9 7 (1.32%) Intrusion Detection
10 5 (0.94%) BGP
10 5 (0.94%) IPv4
10 5 (0.94%) NetScaler
10 5 (0.94%) VLAN
11 4 (0.75%) Fibre Channel
12 3 (0.57%) tcpdump
12 3 (0.57%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (9.43%) SQL Server
2 36 (6.79%) Oracle Database
3 34 (6.42%) MySQL
4 29 (5.47%) Power BI
5 28 (5.28%) PostgreSQL
6 22 (4.15%) Data Warehouse
7 21 (3.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 13 (2.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 11 (2.08%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 10 (1.89%) NoSQL
10 10 (1.89%) Relational Database
11 9 (1.70%) GIS
12 7 (1.32%) Geospatial Data
12 7 (1.32%) Redis
12 7 (1.32%) Spatial Data
13 6 (1.13%) Oracle BI EE
13 6 (1.13%) Tableau
14 5 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
14 5 (0.94%) Elasticsearch
15 4 (0.75%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 56 (10.57%) Jenkins
2 32 (6.04%) JIRA
3 26 (4.91%) Git
4 19 (3.58%) Travis CI
5 18 (3.40%) CircleCI
5 18 (3.40%) Gradle
5 18 (3.40%) Maven
6 14 (2.64%) Bitbucket
7 11 (2.08%) GitLab
8 8 (1.51%) Selenium
9 7 (1.32%) Cucumber
10 6 (1.13%) REST Assured
10 6 (1.13%) WebDriver
11 5 (0.94%) JUnit
11 5 (0.94%) TestNG
11 5 (0.94%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.57%) Cypress.io
13 2 (0.38%) JMeter
13 2 (0.38%) MSI
13 2 (0.38%) SoapUI
General
1 194 (36.60%) Finance
2 131 (24.72%) Social Skills
3 91 (17.17%) Analytical Skills
4 68 (12.83%) Public Sector
5 42 (7.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 41 (7.74%) Law
6 41 (7.74%) Retail
7 40 (7.55%) Banking
8 32 (6.04%) Legal
8 32 (6.04%) Police
9 27 (5.09%) Local Government
10 25 (4.72%) Investment Banking
11 16 (3.02%) Front Office
12 14 (2.64%) Organisational Skills
13 13 (2.45%) Telecoms
14 12 (2.26%) General Ledger
15 8 (1.51%) Manufacturing
16 7 (1.32%) Billing
16 7 (1.32%) Marketing
17 6 (1.13%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 105 (19.81%) Senior
2 55 (10.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 50 (9.43%) Analyst
4 35 (6.60%) Administrator
5 34 (6.42%) Applications Support
6 33 (6.23%) Software Engineer
7 31 (5.85%) Lead
7 31 (5.85%) Systems Engineer
8 27 (5.09%) DBA
9 25 (4.72%) Architect
9 25 (4.72%) Platform Engineer
10 21 (3.96%) Support Engineer
11 20 (3.77%) Senior Analyst
12 18 (3.40%) DevOps Engineer
12 18 (3.40%) Security Engineer
12 18 (3.40%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 17 (3.21%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
14 16 (3.02%) Developer
14 16 (3.02%) Support Analyst
14 16 (3.02%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (5.66%) Web Services
2 25 (4.72%) REST
3 20 (3.77%) .NET
4 18 (3.40%) HTML
4 18 (3.40%) Spring
4 18 (3.40%) Spring Boot
5 16 (3.02%) CSS
6 8 (1.51%) ARM Templates
7 6 (1.13%) ASP.NET
7 6 (1.13%) YAML
8 5 (0.94%) .NET Core
8 5 (0.94%) AngularJS
8 5 (0.94%) Apache Commons
8 5 (0.94%) Guava
8 5 (0.94%) Java Concurrency
8 5 (0.94%) WebRTC
8 5 (0.94%) WireMock
9 4 (0.75%) PySpark
9 4 (0.75%) React
9 4 (0.75%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 46 (8.68%) Hybrid Cloud
2 40 (7.55%) Blockchain
2 40 (7.55%) Distributed Systems
3 33 (6.23%) Public Cloud
4 32 (6.04%) Management Information System
5 24 (4.53%) Data Centre
6 23 (4.34%) Self-Motivation
7 19 (3.58%) Clustering
8 18 (3.40%) Replication
9 14 (2.64%) Derivative
9 14 (2.64%) IoT
10 10 (1.89%) Cyberattack
10 10 (1.89%) PKI
11 8 (1.51%) Blog
11 8 (1.51%) Cyber Threat
12 7 (1.32%) Credit Risk
12 7 (1.32%) Housing Association
13 6 (1.13%) AS400
14 5 (0.94%) Onboarding
15 4 (0.75%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 173 (32.64%) Windows
2 161 (30.38%) Linux
3 49 (9.25%) CentOS
4 44 (8.30%) Windows Server
5 40 (7.55%) Alpine Linux
5 40 (7.55%) Debian
6 35 (6.60%) Unix
7 27 (5.09%) Solaris
8 14 (2.64%) Mac OS
8 14 (2.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 13 (2.45%) Ubuntu
10 10 (1.89%) Windows 10
11 5 (0.94%) Windows Server 2016
11 5 (0.94%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.38%) VMS
12 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.19%) AIX
13 1 (0.19%) Android
13 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.19%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 167 (31.51%) Problem-Solving
2 121 (22.83%) DevOps
3 120 (22.64%) CI/CD
4 103 (19.43%) Agile
5 73 (13.77%) Decision-Making
6 65 (12.26%) Disaster Recovery
7 61 (11.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 60 (11.32%) Cybersecurity
8 60 (11.32%) Data Science
9 54 (10.19%) Computer Science
10 53 (10.00%) ITIL
11 47 (8.87%) Artificial Intelligence
11 47 (8.87%) Project Management
12 46 (8.68%) Data Security
13 44 (8.30%) Co-Creation
14 40 (7.55%) Functional Testing
14 40 (7.55%) Separation of Concerns
14 40 (7.55%) Technology Transformation
15 38 (7.17%) Analytics
16 37 (6.98%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 174 (32.83%) PowerShell
2 154 (29.06%) Python
3 110 (20.75%) SQL
4 90 (16.98%) Bash
5 45 (8.49%) Shell Script
6 35 (6.60%) Java
6 35 (6.60%) Perl
7 28 (5.28%) Ruby
8 27 (5.09%) JavaScript
9 26 (4.91%) T-SQL
10 21 (3.96%) PL/SQL
11 12 (2.26%) C#
12 10 (1.89%) RPG
13 6 (1.13%) Bicep
13 6 (1.13%) Korn
13 6 (1.13%) Kusto Query Language
13 6 (1.13%) VBA
14 5 (0.94%) R
14 5 (0.94%) TypeScript
15 4 (0.75%) C++
Qualifications
1 136 (25.66%) Degree
2 61 (11.51%) Security Cleared
3 54 (10.19%) Microsoft Certification
4 45 (8.49%) Azure Certification
5 44 (8.30%) MCSE
6 41 (7.74%) MCSA
7 34 (6.42%) Computer Science Degree
8 29 (5.47%) SC Cleared
9 21 (3.96%) Cisco Certification
10 14 (2.64%) CCNA
10 14 (2.64%) CISSP
11 7 (1.32%) CCNP
12 6 (1.13%) DV Cleared
12 6 (1.13%) Master's Degree
13 4 (0.75%) CISM
14 3 (0.57%) AWS Certification
14 3 (0.57%) CCIE
14 3 (0.57%) HND
14 3 (0.57%) Linux+ Certification
14 3 (0.57%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (6.98%) Accessibility
2 24 (4.53%) Data Quality
3 13 (2.45%) QA
4 12 (2.26%) GRC
5 7 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.32%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.75%) SLA
7 2 (0.38%) GDPR
7 2 (0.38%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.38%) NIST
8 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 115 (21.70%) Active Directory
2 84 (15.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 66 (12.45%) Docker
4 33 (6.23%) Virtual Machines
5 27 (5.09%) VMware ESXi
6 23 (4.34%) Hyper-V
7 13 (2.45%) Virtual Desktop
8 12 (2.26%) XenApp
9 11 (2.08%) VMware NSX
9 11 (2.08%) XenDesktop
10 10 (1.89%) Firmware
11 9 (1.70%) VMware Server
11 9 (1.70%) vSphere
12 4 (0.75%) Microsoft App-V
13 3 (0.57%) KVM
13 3 (0.57%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 3 (0.57%) Virtual Servers
14 2 (0.38%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 92 (17.36%) Terraform
2 67 (12.64%) Kubernetes
3 50 (9.43%) Ansible
4 16 (3.02%) SCCM
5 15 (2.83%) Microsoft Intune
5 15 (2.83%) Puppet
5 15 (2.83%) SCOM
6 10 (1.89%) Nagios
7 9 (1.70%) Grafana
8 8 (1.51%) Prometheus
8 8 (1.51%) vCenter Server
9 7 (1.32%) Foglight
9 7 (1.32%) Microsoft Clustering
10 6 (1.13%) Red Hat Satellite
11 5 (0.94%) Progress Chef
12 4 (0.75%) CSIRT
12 4 (0.75%) SCOrch
12 4 (0.75%) vMotion
13 3 (0.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 3 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 164 (30.94%) Microsoft
2 95 (17.92%) VMware
3 53 (10.00%) IBM
3 53 (10.00%) Red Hat
4 47 (8.87%) Oracle
5 30 (5.66%) NEC
6 24 (4.53%) Splunk
7 19 (3.58%) Pega
8 18 (3.40%) Citrix
9 17 (3.21%) CrowdStrike
10 16 (3.02%) Atlassian
11 14 (2.64%) Palo Alto
12 13 (2.45%) ArcSight
12 13 (2.45%) Dell
12 13 (2.45%) Veeam
13 12 (2.26%) ServiceNow
14 11 (2.08%) NetApp
15 10 (1.89%) HP
15 10 (1.89%) Qualys
16 7 (1.32%) Google