Task Automation Jobs in the UK excluding London

Task Automation
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Task Automation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Task Automation over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 479 516 574
Rank change year-on-year +37 +58 -170
Permanent jobs citing Task Automation 318 219 319
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.40% 0.40% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.49% 0.42% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 158 156 245
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £27,800
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% +6.67% -18.18%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £58,250
% change year-on-year - +3.00% -2.92%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Task Automation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 64,702 52,760 72,012
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 80.77% 95.48% 94.30%
Number of salaries quoted 43,767 28,367 41,386
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +8.81%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%

Task Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Task Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Task Automation in the UK excluding London

Task Automation
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Task Automation in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Task Automation in the UK excluding London

Task Automation
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Task Automation in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Task Automation in the UK excluding London

Task Automation
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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
South East +7 92 £62,500 +40.26% 19
Midlands +12 67 £50,000 -27.80% 10
South West -20 57 £47,500 -20.83% 14
North of England -1 52 £55,000 +11.68% 24
West Midlands +20 44 £45,000 -35.02% 7
North West -7 36 £55,000 +3.77% 13
Scotland -50 26 £45,000 -5.26% 6
East of England -23 16 £50,000 +5.26% 8
Yorkshire +39 14 £58,496 +18.77% 10
East Midlands -18 13 £50,000 +5.26% 3
Wales +19 10 £52,500 +28.82% 5
North East -18 2 £85,000 +95.40% 1
Task Automation
UK

Task Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (8.49%) IIS
2 18 (5.66%) Apache
2 18 (5.66%) Tomcat
3 17 (5.35%) SharePoint
4 12 (3.77%) Camunda
5 10 (3.14%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (1.57%) Confluence
7 4 (1.26%) SAS
Applications
1 23 (7.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (5.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.57%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.63%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 16 (5.03%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 142 (44.65%) Azure
2 53 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
3 40 (12.58%) Azure AI
3 40 (12.58%) IBM Cloud
4 39 (12.26%) AWS
5 34 (10.69%) Microsoft 365
5 34 (10.69%) Power Platform
6 23 (7.23%) IaaS
7 22 (6.92%) Nutanix
8 19 (5.97%) Entra ID
9 16 (5.03%) Power Automate
10 12 (3.77%) Azure Logic Apps
11 11 (3.46%) PowerApps
12 10 (3.14%) Azure Storage
13 9 (2.83%) SaaS
14 8 (2.52%) Azure Monitor
14 8 (2.52%) GCP
15 7 (2.20%) Azure Event Grid
16 5 (1.57%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 5 (1.57%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 37 (11.64%) DNS
2 18 (5.66%) Firewall
2 18 (5.66%) WAN
3 16 (5.03%) SAN
4 14 (4.40%) VPN
5 13 (4.09%) LAN
6 9 (2.83%) DHCP
7 7 (2.20%) Network Security
7 7 (2.20%) TCP/IP
8 5 (1.57%) Internet
8 5 (1.57%) IPv4
8 5 (1.57%) Remote Desktop
9 4 (1.26%) BGP
9 4 (1.26%) Fibre Channel
9 4 (1.26%) NAS
9 4 (1.26%) VLAN
10 3 (0.94%) Intrusion Detection
10 3 (0.94%) OSPF
10 3 (0.94%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (0.63%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (8.81%) SQL Server
2 21 (6.60%) Oracle Database
3 13 (4.09%) MySQL
3 13 (4.09%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (3.46%) Power BI
5 8 (2.52%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (1.89%) GIS
6 6 (1.89%) Relational Database
7 5 (1.57%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (1.57%) Oracle BI EE
7 5 (1.57%) Tableau
8 4 (1.26%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (1.26%) Geospatial Data
8 4 (1.26%) Redis
8 4 (1.26%) Spatial Data
9 3 (0.94%) Ingres
9 3 (0.94%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 23 (7.23%) Jenkins
2 13 (4.09%) Git
2 13 (4.09%) Travis CI
3 12 (3.77%) CircleCI
3 12 (3.77%) Gradle
3 12 (3.77%) Maven
4 6 (1.89%) JIRA
5 4 (1.26%) GitLab
5 4 (1.26%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.94%) Cucumber
6 3 (0.94%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.94%) REST Assured
6 3 (0.94%) Selenium
6 3 (0.94%) WebDriver
7 2 (0.63%) JUnit
7 2 (0.63%) MSI
7 2 (0.63%) TestNG
8 1 (0.31%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.31%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.31%) TeamCity
General
1 98 (30.82%) Finance
2 64 (20.13%) Analytical Skills
3 56 (17.61%) Public Sector
4 52 (16.35%) Social Skills
5 36 (11.32%) Retail
6 35 (11.01%) Law
7 29 (9.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 20 (6.29%) Police
9 17 (5.35%) Banking
10 16 (5.03%) Local Government
11 14 (4.40%) Front Office
11 14 (4.40%) Investment Banking
12 13 (4.09%) Legal
13 10 (3.14%) Telecoms
14 8 (2.52%) Manufacturing
15 6 (1.89%) Aerospace
16 4 (1.26%) Health Technology
17 3 (0.94%) Billing
17 3 (0.94%) Marketing
17 3 (0.94%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 69 (21.70%) Senior
2 47 (14.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 27 (8.49%) Lead
3 27 (8.49%) Software Engineer
4 23 (7.23%) Analyst
5 21 (6.60%) Administrator
5 21 (6.60%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 16 (5.03%) Applications Support
6 16 (5.03%) Architect
6 16 (5.03%) Azure Engineer
6 16 (5.03%) Platform Engineer
7 15 (4.72%) Senior Manager
8 14 (4.40%) Associate Project Manager
8 14 (4.40%) Portfolio Manager
8 14 (4.40%) Portfolio Project Manager
8 14 (4.40%) Project Manager
8 14 (4.40%) Senior Portfolio Manager
8 14 (4.40%) Senior Project Manager
9 12 (3.77%) Consultant
9 12 (3.77%) DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (6.60%) REST
2 18 (5.66%) Web Services
3 13 (4.09%) .NET
4 12 (3.77%) Spring
4 12 (3.77%) Spring Boot
5 8 (2.52%) ARM Templates
5 8 (2.52%) CSS
5 8 (2.52%) HTML
6 7 (2.20%) YAML
7 6 (1.89%) ASP.NET
8 5 (1.57%) .NET Core
8 5 (1.57%) WebRTC
9 4 (1.26%) PySpark
10 3 (0.94%) React
10 3 (0.94%) SOAP
11 2 (0.63%) .NET Framework
11 2 (0.63%) JSON
11 2 (0.63%) LDAP
11 2 (0.63%) SAML
11 2 (0.63%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 48 (15.09%) Hybrid Cloud
2 40 (12.58%) Blockchain
2 40 (12.58%) Distributed Systems
3 21 (6.60%) Public Cloud
4 20 (6.29%) IoT
4 20 (6.29%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (4.72%) Management Information System
6 14 (4.40%) Derivative
7 12 (3.77%) Clustering
8 10 (3.14%) PKI
9 7 (2.20%) Blog
9 7 (2.20%) Credit Risk
9 7 (2.20%) Data Centre
9 7 (2.20%) Replication
10 4 (1.26%) Security Operations Centre
11 3 (0.94%) Data Structures
11 3 (0.94%) Driving Licence
11 3 (0.94%) Onboarding
12 2 (0.63%) Cloud Native
12 2 (0.63%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 103 (32.39%) Linux
2 82 (25.79%) Windows
3 44 (13.84%) CentOS
4 40 (12.58%) Alpine Linux
4 40 (12.58%) Debian
5 22 (6.92%) Unix
6 16 (5.03%) Solaris
6 16 (5.03%) Windows Server
7 8 (2.52%) Ubuntu
8 7 (2.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (1.26%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.63%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.63%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.63%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.31%) Android
11 1 (0.31%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.31%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.31%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 92 (28.93%) DevOps
3 82 (25.79%) CI/CD
4 68 (21.38%) Agile
5 60 (18.87%) Decision-Making
6 53 (16.67%) Data Science
7 50 (15.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 46 (14.47%) Disaster Recovery
9 44 (13.84%) Artificial Intelligence
10 40 (12.58%) Co-Creation
10 40 (12.58%) Functional Testing
10 40 (12.58%) Separation of Concerns
10 40 (12.58%) Technology Transformation
11 38 (11.95%) ITIL
12 34 (10.69%) Analytics
13 31 (9.75%) Computer Science
14 26 (8.18%) Capacity Planning
14 26 (8.18%) Cybersecurity
14 26 (8.18%) Project Management
14 26 (8.18%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 98 (30.82%) Python
2 83 (26.10%) PowerShell
3 66 (20.75%) SQL
4 51 (16.04%) Bash
5 24 (7.55%) Shell Script
6 23 (7.23%) Perl
7 20 (6.29%) Java
8 17 (5.35%) JavaScript
9 15 (4.72%) Ruby
10 12 (3.77%) PL/SQL
11 10 (3.14%) T-SQL
12 7 (2.20%) Bicep
12 7 (2.20%) C#
12 7 (2.20%) Kusto Query Language
13 5 (1.57%) VBA
14 4 (1.26%) C++
14 4 (1.26%) MATLAB
14 4 (1.26%) R
15 3 (0.94%) TypeScript
16 1 (0.31%) sed
Qualifications
1 73 (22.96%) Degree
2 45 (14.15%) Azure Certification
2 45 (14.15%) Microsoft Certification
3 43 (13.52%) MCSE
4 42 (13.21%) MCSA
4 42 (13.21%) Security Cleared
5 22 (6.92%) SC Cleared
6 17 (5.35%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (2.20%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (1.57%) CISSP
8 5 (1.57%) DV Cleared
9 4 (1.26%) CCNP
9 4 (1.26%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.94%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.94%) CCIE
10 3 (0.94%) HND
11 2 (0.63%) CCA
11 2 (0.63%) CCNA
11 2 (0.63%) Citrix Certification
11 2 (0.63%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (8.49%) Data Quality
2 20 (6.29%) Accessibility
3 11 (3.46%) QA
4 6 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.94%) GRC
5 3 (0.94%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.63%) GDPR
6 2 (0.63%) SLA
7 1 (0.31%) FedRAMP
7 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.31%) NIST
System Software
1 66 (20.75%) VMware Infrastructure
2 56 (17.61%) Active Directory
3 50 (15.72%) Docker
4 36 (11.32%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (5.35%) Hyper-V
6 10 (3.14%) VMware NSX
7 9 (2.83%) Virtual Desktop
7 9 (2.83%) vSphere
8 8 (2.52%) VMware Server
9 6 (1.89%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (1.26%) Microsoft App-V
10 4 (1.26%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.63%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.31%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 64 (20.13%) Terraform
2 53 (16.67%) Kubernetes
3 20 (6.29%) Ansible
4 7 (2.20%) SCCM
4 7 (2.20%) vCenter Server
5 6 (1.89%) SCOM
6 5 (1.57%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (1.57%) Puppet
7 4 (1.26%) SCOrch
7 4 (1.26%) vMotion
8 3 (0.94%) CSIRT
8 3 (0.94%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 3 (0.94%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.63%) Grafana
9 2 (0.63%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.63%) SysTrack
10 1 (0.31%) Nagios
10 1 (0.31%) Salt
10 1 (0.31%) systemd
Vendors
1 83 (26.10%) Microsoft
2 66 (20.75%) VMware
3 43 (13.52%) Red Hat
4 40 (12.58%) IBM
5 30 (9.43%) Oracle
6 16 (5.03%) NEC
7 13 (4.09%) Pega
8 9 (2.83%) Splunk
9 6 (1.89%) Citrix
10 5 (1.57%) Sophos
11 4 (1.26%) Mapbox
11 4 (1.26%) ServiceNow
11 4 (1.26%) Veeam
12 3 (0.94%) Cisco
12 3 (0.94%) Juniper
13 2 (0.63%) Dell
13 2 (0.63%) EMC
13 2 (0.63%) Fortinet
13 2 (0.63%) HP
13 2 (0.63%) Ivanti