Task Automation Jobs with Work from Home Options

Task Automation
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 407 490 497
Rank change year-on-year +83 +7 -36
Permanent jobs citing Task Automation 196 150 446
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.56% 0.39% 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.62% 0.41% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 148 113 230
10th Percentile £41,125 £40,000 £31,273
25th Percentile £51,250 £50,000 £42,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,750 £65,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +23.81% -15.16%
75th Percentile £76,250 £87,500 £68,438
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £75,100
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £58,375
% change year-on-year - +2.78% -1.48%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,671 36,595 73,127
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 89.78% 96.04% 97.13%
Number of salaries quoted 23,689 25,972 42,234
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%

Task Automation
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Task Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Task Automation trend for jobs with a WFH option

Task Automation
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Task Automation.

Task Automation salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Task Automation
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Task Automation over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Task Automation salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Task Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 27 (13.78%) Apache
1 27 (13.78%) IIS
1 27 (13.78%) Tomcat
2 5 (2.55%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.53%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.02%) nginx
5 1 (0.51%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.51%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (5.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 30 (15.31%) NEC Housing
2 7 (3.57%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 100 (51.02%) Azure
2 42 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
3 39 (19.90%) Entra ID
4 34 (17.35%) AWS
5 31 (15.82%) Power Platform
6 21 (10.71%) Nutanix
7 18 (9.18%) IaaS
8 16 (8.16%) PowerApps
9 15 (7.65%) Azure DevOps
9 15 (7.65%) Power Automate
10 12 (6.12%) Dynamics 365
11 11 (5.61%) GCP
12 10 (5.10%) Serverless
13 9 (4.59%) Azure Storage
14 8 (4.08%) GitHub
15 7 (3.57%) Azure Event Grid
15 7 (3.57%) Azure Functions
15 7 (3.57%) Azure Logic Apps
16 6 (3.06%) SaaS
17 5 (2.55%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 30 (15.31%) DNS
2 9 (4.59%) Firewall
3 6 (3.06%) Network Security
3 6 (3.06%) VPN
4 5 (2.55%) Intrusion Detection
5 4 (2.04%) NetScaler
5 4 (2.04%) TCP/IP
5 4 (2.04%) VLAN
6 3 (1.53%) DHCP
6 3 (1.53%) IPv4
6 3 (1.53%) OSPF
7 2 (1.02%) HTTP
7 2 (1.02%) SAN
8 1 (0.51%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.51%) SMS
8 1 (0.51%) WAN
8 1 (0.51%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (15.82%) Oracle Database
2 20 (10.20%) SQL Server
3 18 (9.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 12 (6.12%) Power BI
5 11 (5.61%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (5.61%) MySQL
5 11 (5.61%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 11 (5.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (2.04%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (2.04%) PowerPivot
7 3 (1.53%) Ingres
8 2 (1.02%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (1.02%) NoSQL
8 2 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (1.02%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.51%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.51%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.51%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.51%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.51%) Redis
Development Applications
1 14 (7.14%) Git
2 6 (3.06%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.02%) JIRA
4 1 (0.51%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.51%) Bitbucket Server
4 1 (0.51%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.51%) GitLab
4 1 (0.51%) JMeter
4 1 (0.51%) Octopus Deploy
4 1 (0.51%) REST Assured
4 1 (0.51%) Selenium
4 1 (0.51%) Serenity BDD
4 1 (0.51%) SoapUI
4 1 (0.51%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.51%) Travis CI
4 1 (0.51%) WebDriver
General
1 97 (49.49%) Finance
2 38 (19.39%) Social Skills
3 31 (15.82%) Police
4 27 (13.78%) Local Government
4 27 (13.78%) Public Sector
5 17 (8.67%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (6.12%) General Ledger
7 10 (5.10%) Retail
8 7 (3.57%) Law
8 7 (3.57%) Telecoms
9 6 (3.06%) Banking
9 6 (3.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (3.06%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.53%) Billing
10 3 (1.53%) Marketing
11 2 (1.02%) Advertising
12 1 (0.51%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.51%) Games
12 1 (0.51%) German Language
12 1 (0.51%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 40 (20.41%) Senior
2 32 (16.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 27 (13.78%) Applications Support
4 25 (12.76%) Analyst
5 21 (10.71%) DBA
6 19 (9.69%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 15 (7.65%) Security Engineer
8 12 (6.12%) Senior Analyst
9 11 (5.61%) Azure Engineer
10 10 (5.10%) DevOps Engineer
10 10 (5.10%) SQL DBA
10 10 (5.10%) Support Analyst
11 9 (4.59%) IT Analyst
11 9 (4.59%) IT Security Analyst
11 9 (4.59%) Security Analyst
12 8 (4.08%) Cloud Engineer
12 8 (4.08%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
13 7 (3.57%) Automation Engineer
13 7 (3.57%) IT Engineer
13 7 (3.57%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (14.29%) Web Services
2 8 (4.08%) ARM Templates
3 7 (3.57%) .NET
3 7 (3.57%) YAML
4 5 (2.55%) HTML
5 3 (1.53%) ASP.NET
5 3 (1.53%) CSS
5 3 (1.53%) JSON
5 3 (1.53%) SOAP
5 3 (1.53%) XML
6 2 (1.02%) .NET Framework
6 2 (1.02%) AngularJS
6 2 (1.02%) React
6 2 (1.02%) REST
7 1 (0.51%) Kafka
7 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Graph
7 1 (0.51%) OAuth
7 1 (0.51%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.51%) RESTful
7 1 (0.51%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 27 (13.78%) Public Cloud
2 17 (8.67%) IoT
3 13 (6.63%) Management Information System
4 9 (4.59%) Cyberattack
5 8 (4.08%) Cyber Threat
6 7 (3.57%) Clustering
6 7 (3.57%) Housing Association
7 4 (2.04%) Data Centre
7 4 (2.04%) Data Structures
7 4 (2.04%) Security Operations Centre
8 3 (1.53%) Blog
8 3 (1.53%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.53%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.02%) Algorithms
9 2 (1.02%) Client/Server
9 2 (1.02%) Cloud Native
9 2 (1.02%) EPoS
9 2 (1.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (1.02%) PropTech
10 1 (0.51%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 101 (51.53%) Windows
2 51 (26.02%) Linux
3 31 (15.82%) Unix
4 27 (13.78%) Solaris
5 16 (8.16%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.51%) AIX
6 1 (0.51%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.51%) VMS
6 1 (0.51%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (26.53%) DevOps
2 49 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 35 (17.86%) Data Security
4 34 (17.35%) Disaster Recovery
5 32 (16.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 31 (15.82%) Decision-Making
7 28 (14.29%) Incident Response
7 28 (14.29%) Server Management
8 27 (13.78%) ITIL
8 27 (13.78%) Network Architecture
9 26 (13.27%) Cybersecurity
10 25 (12.76%) CI/CD
11 23 (11.73%) Agile
12 21 (10.71%) Security Operations
13 20 (10.20%) Infrastructure Automation
14 19 (9.69%) Network Virtualisation
15 18 (9.18%) Business Intelligence
15 18 (9.18%) Roadmaps
15 18 (9.18%) Storage Management
15 18 (9.18%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 73 (37.24%) PowerShell
2 47 (23.98%) Python
3 38 (19.39%) SQL
4 36 (18.37%) Bash
5 32 (16.33%) Shell Script
6 20 (10.20%) Perl
7 17 (8.67%) T-SQL
8 14 (7.14%) PL/SQL
9 7 (3.57%) Bicep
9 7 (3.57%) JavaScript
9 7 (3.57%) Kusto Query Language
10 4 (2.04%) Java
11 3 (1.53%) C#
11 3 (1.53%) TypeScript
12 2 (1.02%) Ruby
13 1 (0.51%) C
13 1 (0.51%) C++
Qualifications
1 45 (22.96%) Degree
2 38 (19.39%) Security Cleared
3 8 (4.08%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (4.08%) SC Cleared
4 5 (2.55%) CISM
4 5 (2.55%) CISSP
5 3 (1.53%) HND
6 2 (1.02%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.02%) CCA
6 2 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.02%) Citrix Certification
6 2 (1.02%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.51%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.51%) CCNA
7 1 (0.51%) CCNP
7 1 (0.51%) IBM Certification
7 1 (0.51%) LPIC
7 1 (0.51%) MCP
7 1 (0.51%) MCSE
7 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (13.78%) Accessibility
2 17 (8.67%) Data Quality
3 8 (4.08%) GRC
4 2 (1.02%) SLA
5 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.51%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 77 (39.29%) Active Directory
2 31 (15.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (13.27%) Virtual Machines
4 11 (5.61%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (4.08%) Docker
6 6 (3.06%) Hyper-V
7 4 (2.04%) XenApp
7 4 (2.04%) XenDesktop
8 2 (1.02%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 2 (1.02%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (1.02%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 27 (13.78%) Terraform
2 16 (8.16%) Ansible
3 12 (6.12%) Kubernetes
4 10 (5.10%) Nagios
4 10 (5.10%) SCCM
5 7 (3.57%) Foglight
5 7 (3.57%) Microsoft Clustering
6 3 (1.53%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.53%) Puppet
7 2 (1.02%) Progress Chef
7 2 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (1.02%) SysTrack
7 2 (1.02%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.51%) Grafana
8 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.51%) Salt
Vendors
1 82 (41.84%) Microsoft
2 33 (16.84%) Oracle
3 32 (16.33%) VMware
4 30 (15.31%) NEC
5 17 (8.67%) CrowdStrike
6 11 (5.61%) Splunk
7 9 (4.59%) Qualys
8 8 (4.08%) Citrix
9 7 (3.57%) ArcSight
9 7 (3.57%) HP
10 5 (2.55%) ServiceNow
11 4 (2.04%) Google
12 3 (1.53%) New Relic
13 2 (1.02%) Cisco
13 2 (1.02%) Dynatrace
13 2 (1.02%) F5
13 2 (1.02%) Fortinet
13 2 (1.02%) Ivanti
13 2 (1.02%) Palo Alto
13 2 (1.02%) SolarWinds