Task Automation Jobs in England

Task Automation
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 7 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 444 542 507
Rank change year-on-year +98 -35 -60
Permanent jobs citing Task Automation 471 390 977
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.50% 0.47% 0.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.61% 0.49% 0.71%
Number of salaries quoted 299 283 494
10th Percentile £41,080 £37,500 £31,275
25th Percentile £50,000 £44,560 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.46% +1.67% +4.35%
75th Percentile £79,375 £78,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,500 £92,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £58,375
% change year-on-year - +2.78% -1.48%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 77,689 79,484 137,582
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 82.98% 95.48% 95.95%
Number of salaries quoted 55,784 48,470 74,128
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,324 £33,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,881 £44,186
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%

Task Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Task Automation in England

Task Automation
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Task Automation in England

Task Automation
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Task Automation in England over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Task Automation in England

Task Automation
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Task Automation within the England region over the 6 months to 7 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
London +95 191 £70,000 -6.67% 71
South East +13 89 £62,500 +40.26% 18
Midlands +28 66 £50,000 -28.57% 12
South West -12 55 £47,500 -18.10% 16
North of England +21 52 £55,000 +17.65% 24
West Midlands +24 43 £45,000 -35.02% 9
North West +13 36 £55,000 +3.77% 15
East of England -17 15 £50,000 +5.26% 9
Yorkshire +46 14 £58,496 +25.12% 8
East Midlands -12 13 £50,000 +5.26% 3
North East -17 2 £85,000 +95.40% 1
Task Automation
UK

Task Automation
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 37 (7.86%) Apache
2 36 (7.64%) IIS
3 26 (5.52%) Tomcat
4 24 (5.10%) SharePoint
5 21 (4.46%) Microsoft Exchange
6 18 (3.82%) Confluence
7 5 (1.06%) nginx
7 5 (1.06%) SAS
8 2 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.21%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 30 (6.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (4.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (1.91%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.42%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 27 (5.73%) NEC Housing
2 7 (1.49%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 186 (39.49%) Azure
2 81 (17.20%) Microsoft 365
3 60 (12.74%) AWS
4 57 (12.10%) Power Platform
5 52 (11.04%) Azure DevOps
6 47 (9.98%) Entra ID
7 40 (8.49%) Azure AI
7 40 (8.49%) IBM Cloud
8 25 (5.31%) Power Automate
9 24 (5.10%) Nutanix
10 21 (4.46%) IaaS
11 17 (3.61%) PowerApps
12 15 (3.18%) GitHub
13 12 (2.55%) GCP
13 12 (2.55%) SaaS
14 11 (2.34%) Serverless
15 9 (1.91%) Dynamics 365
16 7 (1.49%) AWS CloudFormation
16 7 (1.49%) Azure Functions
16 7 (1.49%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 57 (12.10%) DNS
2 42 (8.92%) Firewall
3 19 (4.03%) DHCP
4 17 (3.61%) WAN
5 16 (3.40%) SAN
6 14 (2.97%) Network Security
6 14 (2.97%) TCP/IP
7 13 (2.76%) Remote Desktop
7 13 (2.76%) VPN
8 11 (2.34%) LAN
9 9 (1.91%) PBX
10 8 (1.70%) Intrusion Detection
11 7 (1.49%) Internet
12 6 (1.27%) IPv4
12 6 (1.27%) VLAN
13 5 (1.06%) BGP
13 5 (1.06%) NetScaler
14 4 (0.85%) Fibre Channel
14 4 (0.85%) OSPF
15 3 (0.64%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (9.55%) SQL Server
2 29 (6.16%) Oracle Database
3 26 (5.52%) MySQL
4 25 (5.31%) Power BI
5 23 (4.88%) PostgreSQL
6 21 (4.46%) Data Warehouse
7 19 (4.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 12 (2.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 11 (2.34%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 10 (2.12%) NoSQL
10 10 (2.12%) Relational Database
11 7 (1.49%) Redis
12 6 (1.27%) GIS
13 5 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
13 5 (1.06%) Oracle BI EE
13 5 (1.06%) Tableau
14 4 (0.85%) Geospatial Data
14 4 (0.85%) PowerPivot
14 4 (0.85%) Semantic Layer
14 4 (0.85%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 33 (7.01%) Jenkins
2 25 (5.31%) JIRA
3 21 (4.46%) Git
4 11 (2.34%) Bitbucket
5 10 (2.12%) GitLab
6 6 (1.27%) Cucumber
6 6 (1.27%) REST Assured
6 6 (1.27%) Selenium
6 6 (1.27%) WebDriver
7 5 (1.06%) JUnit
7 5 (1.06%) TestNG
8 4 (0.85%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.42%) git-flow
9 2 (0.42%) MSI
10 1 (0.21%) Bitbucket Server
10 1 (0.21%) JMeter
10 1 (0.21%) Octopus Deploy
10 1 (0.21%) Serenity BDD
10 1 (0.21%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.21%) Travis CI
General
1 162 (34.39%) Finance
2 114 (24.20%) Social Skills
3 90 (19.11%) Analytical Skills
4 65 (13.80%) Public Sector
5 42 (8.92%) Banking
6 41 (8.70%) Retail
7 29 (6.16%) Police
8 27 (5.73%) Investment Banking
9 24 (5.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 24 (5.10%) Local Government
10 23 (4.88%) Law
11 16 (3.40%) Front Office
12 14 (2.97%) Legal
12 14 (2.97%) Organisational Skills
13 10 (2.12%) Telecoms
14 8 (1.70%) Manufacturing
15 7 (1.49%) General Ledger
15 7 (1.49%) Marketing
16 6 (1.27%) Aerospace
17 4 (0.85%) Billing
Job Titles
1 108 (22.93%) Senior
2 63 (13.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 44 (9.34%) Analyst
4 34 (7.22%) Administrator
5 32 (6.79%) Lead
6 30 (6.37%) Applications Support
7 28 (5.94%) Systems Engineer
8 22 (4.67%) Security Engineer
9 21 (4.46%) Architect
10 20 (4.25%) Senior Analyst
11 19 (4.03%) DBA
11 19 (4.03%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 19 (4.03%) Support Engineer
12 18 (3.82%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
13 16 (3.40%) Senior Manager
13 16 (3.40%) Systems Administrator
14 15 (3.18%) Azure Engineer
14 15 (3.18%) Consultant
14 15 (3.18%) Developer
14 15 (3.18%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (5.52%) Web Services
2 25 (5.31%) REST
3 16 (3.40%) .NET
4 15 (3.18%) HTML
5 13 (2.76%) CSS
6 8 (1.70%) ARM Templates
7 6 (1.27%) ASP.NET
8 5 (1.06%) .NET Core
8 5 (1.06%) Apache Commons
8 5 (1.06%) Guava
8 5 (1.06%) Java Concurrency
8 5 (1.06%) WebRTC
8 5 (1.06%) WireMock
8 5 (1.06%) YAML
9 4 (0.85%) AngularJS
9 4 (0.85%) Middleware
9 4 (0.85%) PySpark
10 3 (0.64%) LAMP
10 3 (0.64%) SOAP
10 3 (0.64%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 48 (10.19%) Hybrid Cloud
2 40 (8.49%) Blockchain
2 40 (8.49%) Distributed Systems
3 31 (6.58%) Management Information System
4 30 (6.37%) Public Cloud
5 24 (5.10%) Data Centre
6 23 (4.88%) Self-Motivation
7 19 (4.03%) Clustering
7 19 (4.03%) Replication
8 17 (3.61%) IoT
9 14 (2.97%) Derivative
10 9 (1.91%) Cyberattack
11 8 (1.70%) Blog
11 8 (1.70%) PKI
12 7 (1.49%) Credit Risk
12 7 (1.49%) Housing Association
13 6 (1.27%) AS400
13 6 (1.27%) Cyber Threat
14 5 (1.06%) Onboarding
15 4 (0.85%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 162 (34.39%) Windows
2 148 (31.42%) Linux
3 49 (10.40%) CentOS
4 48 (10.19%) Windows Server
5 40 (8.49%) Alpine Linux
5 40 (8.49%) Debian
6 29 (6.16%) Unix
7 24 (5.10%) Solaris
8 16 (3.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 14 (2.97%) Ubuntu
10 12 (2.55%) Mac OS
11 10 (2.12%) Windows 10
12 5 (1.06%) Windows Server 2016
12 5 (1.06%) Windows Server 2019
13 3 (0.64%) VMS
14 2 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
15 1 (0.21%) AIX
15 1 (0.21%) Android
15 1 (0.21%) Apple iOS
15 1 (0.21%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (31.85%) Problem-Solving
2 113 (23.99%) DevOps
3 84 (17.83%) CI/CD
4 82 (17.41%) Agile
5 67 (14.23%) Disaster Recovery
6 65 (13.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 60 (12.74%) Data Science
8 59 (12.53%) Decision-Making
9 57 (12.10%) ITIL
10 56 (11.89%) Cybersecurity
11 50 (10.62%) Computer Science
12 47 (9.98%) Artificial Intelligence
13 45 (9.55%) Co-Creation
14 41 (8.70%) Project Management
15 40 (8.49%) Data Security
15 40 (8.49%) Functional Testing
15 40 (8.49%) Separation of Concerns
15 40 (8.49%) Technology Transformation
16 34 (7.22%) High Availability
17 33 (7.01%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 166 (35.24%) PowerShell
2 129 (27.39%) Python
3 92 (19.53%) Bash
4 87 (18.47%) SQL
5 37 (7.86%) Perl
6 35 (7.43%) Shell Script
7 21 (4.46%) T-SQL
8 19 (4.03%) JavaScript
8 19 (4.03%) PL/SQL
9 16 (3.40%) Java
10 12 (2.55%) Ruby
11 11 (2.34%) C#
12 10 (2.12%) RPG
13 8 (1.70%) Korn
14 5 (1.06%) Bicep
14 5 (1.06%) Kusto Query Language
14 5 (1.06%) R
14 5 (1.06%) TypeScript
14 5 (1.06%) VBA
15 4 (0.85%) C++
Qualifications
1 127 (26.96%) Degree
2 59 (12.53%) Security Cleared
3 55 (11.68%) Microsoft Certification
4 46 (9.77%) Azure Certification
5 44 (9.34%) MCSE
6 42 (8.92%) MCSA
7 33 (7.01%) Computer Science Degree
8 29 (6.16%) SC Cleared
9 19 (4.03%) Cisco Certification
10 15 (3.18%) CISSP
11 12 (2.55%) CCNA
12 7 (1.49%) CCNP
13 6 (1.27%) DV Cleared
13 6 (1.27%) Master's Degree
14 5 (1.06%) CISM
15 3 (0.64%) AWS Certification
15 3 (0.64%) CCIE
15 3 (0.64%) Linux+ Certification
15 3 (0.64%) RHCE
16 2 (0.42%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (6.58%) Accessibility
2 27 (5.73%) Data Quality
3 12 (2.55%) QA
4 10 (2.12%) GRC
5 8 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.49%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.42%) GDPR
7 2 (0.42%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.42%) NIST
7 2 (0.42%) SLA
8 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 107 (22.72%) Active Directory
2 88 (18.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 67 (14.23%) Docker
4 35 (7.43%) Virtual Machines
5 25 (5.31%) Hyper-V
6 23 (4.88%) VMware ESXi
7 14 (2.97%) XenApp
8 13 (2.76%) XenDesktop
9 12 (2.55%) Virtual Desktop
10 11 (2.34%) VMware NSX
10 11 (2.34%) vSphere
11 10 (2.12%) Firmware
12 9 (1.91%) VMware Server
13 4 (0.85%) Microsoft App-V
13 4 (0.85%) Virtual Servers
14 3 (0.64%) KVM
14 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 2 (0.42%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 84 (17.83%) Terraform
2 60 (12.74%) Kubernetes
3 50 (10.62%) Ansible
4 18 (3.82%) Puppet
4 18 (3.82%) SCCM
5 16 (3.40%) Microsoft Intune
5 16 (3.40%) SCOM
6 10 (2.12%) Nagios
7 9 (1.91%) Grafana
7 9 (1.91%) vCenter Server
8 8 (1.70%) Prometheus
8 8 (1.70%) Red Hat Satellite
9 7 (1.49%) Foglight
9 7 (1.49%) Microsoft Clustering
10 6 (1.27%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.85%) CSIRT
11 4 (0.85%) SCOrch
11 4 (0.85%) vMotion
12 3 (0.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 149 (31.63%) Microsoft
2 97 (20.59%) VMware
3 55 (11.68%) Red Hat
4 53 (11.25%) IBM
5 39 (8.28%) Oracle
6 27 (5.73%) NEC
7 25 (5.31%) Splunk
8 21 (4.46%) Citrix
9 14 (2.97%) Atlassian
9 14 (2.97%) CrowdStrike
9 14 (2.97%) Veeam
10 13 (2.76%) ArcSight
10 13 (2.76%) Dell
10 13 (2.76%) ServiceNow
11 12 (2.55%) Palo Alto
12 11 (2.34%) NetApp
13 10 (2.12%) HP
14 8 (1.70%) TOWER Software
15 7 (1.49%) Cisco
15 7 (1.49%) Qualys