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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 457 592 483
Rank change year-on-year +135 -109 -20
Permanent jobs citing Task Automation 514 427 1,194
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.51% 0.43% 0.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 0.45% 0.77%
Number of salaries quoted 334 301 553
10th Percentile £40,833 £36,052 £34,000
25th Percentile £47,511 £46,157 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,140 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.45% +11.55% -4.17%
75th Percentile £76,250 £78,500 £73,675
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -13.64%

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 85,108 95,066 155,930
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.18% 95.58% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 59,794 56,135 83,138
10th Percentile £29,071 £34,000 £33,645
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +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% +10.53%

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 20 May 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 20 May 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 +109 441 £62,500 -2.56% 180
UK excluding London +62 298 £52,500 +5.00% 107
London +88 180 £70,000 -0.71% 100
Work from Home +106 178 £60,000 -7.69% 86
South East +51 87 £62,500 +56.25% 34
Midlands +31 59 £50,000 -28.57% 12
South West -4 57 £47,500 -18.10% 15
North of England +19 44 £45,000 -2.70% 22
West Midlands +36 39 £45,000 -35.71% 10
North West +11 32 £45,000 -10.00% 14
Scotland -42 31 £45,000 -5.26% 7
East Midlands -9 12 £48,750 +2.63% 2
East of England -11 12 £50,000 +5.26% 13
Yorkshire +55 10 £37,500 -16.67% 5
Wales +16 10 £52,500 +28.82% 2
North East -3 2 £85,000 +81.82% 3

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 (7.78%) Apache
2 39 (7.59%) IIS
3 29 (5.64%) Tomcat
4 27 (5.25%) SharePoint
5 23 (4.47%) Confluence
6 20 (3.89%) Camunda
7 19 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
8 5 (0.97%) nginx
8 5 (0.97%) SAS
9 2 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.19%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.19%) WebSphere
Applications
1 37 (7.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (3.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.39%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.19%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.19%) PTC Creo
5 1 (0.19%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 30 (5.84%) NEC Housing
2 8 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 181 (35.21%) Azure
2 82 (15.95%) Microsoft 365
3 71 (13.81%) Power Platform
4 61 (11.87%) AWS
5 56 (10.89%) Azure DevOps
6 44 (8.56%) Entra ID
7 40 (7.78%) IBM Cloud
8 34 (6.61%) Power Automate
9 30 (5.84%) PowerApps
10 22 (4.28%) Dynamics 365
11 21 (4.09%) Nutanix
12 18 (3.50%) IaaS
13 17 (3.31%) GitHub
14 15 (2.92%) GCP
15 10 (1.95%) SaaS
16 9 (1.75%) Serverless
17 7 (1.36%) Azure Logic Apps
17 7 (1.36%) Azure Monitor
18 6 (1.17%) Azure Functions
18 6 (1.17%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 49 (9.53%) DNS
2 41 (7.98%) Firewall
3 18 (3.50%) WAN
4 17 (3.31%) DHCP
5 14 (2.72%) PBX
5 14 (2.72%) SAN
5 14 (2.72%) VPN
6 13 (2.53%) TCP/IP
7 12 (2.33%) LAN
8 10 (1.95%) Network Security
9 7 (1.36%) Internet
9 7 (1.36%) Remote Desktop
10 6 (1.17%) IPv4
10 6 (1.17%) VLAN
11 5 (0.97%) NetScaler
12 4 (0.78%) Fibre Channel
12 4 (0.78%) OSPF
13 3 (0.58%) BGP
13 3 (0.58%) Intrusion Detection
13 3 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (9.73%) SQL Server
2 38 (7.39%) MySQL
3 36 (7.00%) Oracle Database
4 32 (6.23%) Power BI
5 30 (5.84%) PostgreSQL
6 22 (4.28%) Data Warehouse
6 22 (4.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 13 (2.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 11 (2.14%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 10 (1.95%) NoSQL
9 10 (1.95%) Relational Database
10 9 (1.75%) GIS
11 7 (1.36%) Geospatial Data
11 7 (1.36%) Oracle BI EE
11 7 (1.36%) Spatial Data
11 7 (1.36%) Tableau
12 6 (1.17%) Redis
13 5 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (0.97%) Elasticsearch
14 4 (0.78%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 58 (11.28%) Jenkins
2 35 (6.81%) JIRA
3 21 (4.09%) Git
3 21 (4.09%) Travis CI
4 20 (3.89%) CircleCI
4 20 (3.89%) Gradle
4 20 (3.89%) Maven
5 17 (3.31%) Bitbucket
6 9 (1.75%) Selenium
7 8 (1.56%) GitLab
8 7 (1.36%) Cucumber
9 6 (1.17%) REST Assured
9 6 (1.17%) WebDriver
10 5 (0.97%) JUnit
10 5 (0.97%) TestNG
11 4 (0.78%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.58%) Cypress.io
13 2 (0.39%) JMeter
13 2 (0.39%) MSI
13 2 (0.39%) Serenity BDD
General
1 188 (36.58%) Finance
2 130 (25.29%) Social Skills
3 98 (19.07%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (13.42%) Public Sector
5 43 (8.37%) Law
6 42 (8.17%) Retail
7 40 (7.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 37 (7.20%) Banking
9 34 (6.61%) Legal
10 32 (6.23%) Police
11 27 (5.25%) Local Government
12 21 (4.09%) Investment Banking
13 16 (3.11%) Front Office
14 13 (2.53%) Telecoms
15 12 (2.33%) General Ledger
15 12 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
16 7 (1.36%) Manufacturing
16 7 (1.36%) Marketing
17 6 (1.17%) Billing
18 4 (0.78%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 103 (20.04%) Senior
2 53 (10.31%) Analyst
3 49 (9.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 35 (6.81%) Lead
5 34 (6.61%) Administrator
5 34 (6.61%) Applications Support
5 34 (6.61%) Software Engineer
5 34 (6.61%) Systems Engineer
6 28 (5.45%) DBA
7 25 (4.86%) Architect
7 25 (4.86%) Platform Engineer
8 24 (4.67%) Support Engineer
9 21 (4.09%) Senior Analyst
10 18 (3.50%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 17 (3.31%) Developer
11 17 (3.31%) DevOps Engineer
11 17 (3.31%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
11 17 (3.31%) Support Analyst
12 16 (3.11%) Data Analyst
12 16 (3.11%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (5.84%) Web Services
2 25 (4.86%) REST
3 20 (3.89%) Spring
3 20 (3.89%) Spring Boot
4 18 (3.50%) HTML
5 17 (3.31%) .NET
6 16 (3.11%) CSS
7 5 (0.97%) AngularJS
7 5 (0.97%) Apache Commons
7 5 (0.97%) ASP.NET
7 5 (0.97%) Guava
7 5 (0.97%) Java Concurrency
7 5 (0.97%) WebRTC
7 5 (0.97%) WireMock
8 4 (0.78%) .NET Core
8 4 (0.78%) PySpark
8 4 (0.78%) React
8 4 (0.78%) SOAP
8 4 (0.78%) XML
9 3 (0.58%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 46 (8.95%) Hybrid Cloud
2 40 (7.78%) Blockchain
2 40 (7.78%) Distributed Systems
3 33 (6.42%) Public Cloud
4 26 (5.06%) Management Information System
5 24 (4.67%) Self-Motivation
6 21 (4.09%) Data Centre
7 18 (3.50%) Clustering
7 18 (3.50%) Replication
8 14 (2.72%) Derivative
8 14 (2.72%) IoT
9 10 (1.95%) Cyberattack
10 8 (1.56%) Blog
10 8 (1.56%) Cyber Threat
10 8 (1.56%) Housing Association
10 8 (1.56%) PKI
11 7 (1.36%) Credit Risk
12 6 (1.17%) AS400
12 6 (1.17%) Onboarding
13 4 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 171 (33.27%) Windows
2 158 (30.74%) Linux
3 48 (9.34%) CentOS
4 40 (7.78%) Alpine Linux
4 40 (7.78%) Debian
5 39 (7.59%) Windows Server
6 36 (7.00%) Unix
7 27 (5.25%) Solaris
8 17 (3.31%) Mac OS
9 11 (2.14%) Ubuntu
10 10 (1.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 10 (1.95%) Windows 10
11 5 (0.97%) Windows Server 2016
11 5 (0.97%) Windows Server 2019
12 3 (0.58%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.39%) VMS
14 1 (0.19%) AIX
14 1 (0.19%) Android
14 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
14 1 (0.19%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (32.10%) Problem-Solving
2 124 (24.12%) CI/CD
3 112 (21.79%) DevOps
4 99 (19.26%) Agile
5 72 (14.01%) Decision-Making
6 61 (11.87%) Data Science
6 61 (11.87%) Disaster Recovery
7 56 (10.89%) Cybersecurity
8 54 (10.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 53 (10.31%) ITIL
10 51 (9.92%) Computer Science
11 48 (9.34%) Project Management
12 47 (9.14%) Artificial Intelligence
12 47 (9.14%) Data Security
13 40 (7.78%) Analytics
13 40 (7.78%) Co-Creation
13 40 (7.78%) Functional Testing
13 40 (7.78%) Separation of Concerns
13 40 (7.78%) Technology Transformation
14 38 (7.39%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 153 (29.77%) PowerShell
2 147 (28.60%) Python
3 113 (21.98%) SQL
4 87 (16.93%) Bash
5 45 (8.75%) Shell Script
6 38 (7.39%) Java
7 30 (5.84%) Perl
8 27 (5.25%) JavaScript
8 27 (5.25%) T-SQL
9 26 (5.06%) Ruby
10 22 (4.28%) PL/SQL
11 11 (2.14%) C#
12 10 (1.95%) RPG
13 7 (1.36%) VBA
14 5 (0.97%) MATLAB
14 5 (0.97%) R
14 5 (0.97%) TypeScript
15 3 (0.58%) C++
16 2 (0.39%) Korn
16 2 (0.39%) PHP
Qualifications
1 138 (26.85%) Degree
2 60 (11.67%) Security Cleared
3 55 (10.70%) Microsoft Certification
4 46 (8.95%) Azure Certification
5 45 (8.75%) MCSE
6 42 (8.17%) MCSA
7 30 (5.84%) Computer Science Degree
8 28 (5.45%) SC Cleared
9 23 (4.47%) Cisco Certification
10 16 (3.11%) CCNA
11 10 (1.95%) CISSP
12 7 (1.36%) CCNP
12 7 (1.36%) Master's Degree
13 6 (1.17%) DV Cleared
14 4 (0.78%) AWS Certification
15 3 (0.58%) CCIE
15 3 (0.58%) HND
16 2 (0.39%) CCA
16 2 (0.39%) JNCIP
16 2 (0.39%) Linux+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (7.20%) Accessibility
2 24 (4.67%) Data Quality
3 13 (2.53%) QA
4 12 (2.33%) GRC
5 8 (1.56%) PCI DSS
6 7 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.78%) SLA
8 2 (0.39%) GDPR
8 2 (0.39%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.39%) NIST
9 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 106 (20.62%) Active Directory
2 72 (14.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 64 (12.45%) Docker
4 29 (5.64%) VMware ESXi
5 27 (5.25%) Virtual Machines
6 20 (3.89%) Hyper-V
7 11 (2.14%) VMware NSX
8 10 (1.95%) Firmware
9 8 (1.56%) VMware Server
9 8 (1.56%) XenApp
10 7 (1.36%) vSphere
10 7 (1.36%) XenDesktop
11 6 (1.17%) Virtual Desktop
12 4 (0.78%) Microsoft App-V
13 2 (0.39%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 2 (0.39%) KVM
14 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 1 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 81 (15.76%) Terraform
2 67 (13.04%) Kubernetes
3 43 (8.37%) Ansible
4 15 (2.92%) SCCM
4 15 (2.92%) SCOM
5 13 (2.53%) Microsoft Intune
6 11 (2.14%) Puppet
7 9 (1.75%) Grafana
7 9 (1.75%) Nagios
8 8 (1.56%) Prometheus
9 7 (1.36%) Foglight
9 7 (1.36%) Microsoft Clustering
10 6 (1.17%) vCenter Server
11 4 (0.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.78%) CSIRT
11 4 (0.78%) Progress Chef
12 3 (0.58%) ITRS Geneos
12 3 (0.58%) SCOrch
12 3 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (0.58%) vMotion
Vendors
1 152 (29.57%) Microsoft
2 86 (16.73%) VMware
3 54 (10.51%) IBM
4 49 (9.53%) Oracle
4 49 (9.53%) Red Hat
5 30 (5.84%) NEC
6 21 (4.09%) Pega
7 19 (3.70%) Atlassian
8 18 (3.50%) Splunk
9 17 (3.31%) CrowdStrike
9 17 (3.31%) Palo Alto
10 13 (2.53%) ArcSight
10 13 (2.53%) Dell
10 13 (2.53%) Veeam
11 12 (2.33%) Citrix
12 11 (2.14%) NetApp
13 10 (1.95%) HP
13 10 (1.95%) Qualys
14 8 (1.56%) Google
14 8 (1.56%) ServiceNow