Task Automation Jobs in the West Midlands

Task Automation
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 14 November 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 175 156 253
Rank change year-on-year -19 +97 0
Permanent jobs citing Task Automation 36 23 55
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.64% 0.67% 0.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.77% 0.72% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 17 18 54
10th Percentile £44,500 £39,750 £36,400
25th Percentile £47,500 £44,388 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £45,461 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +34.73% +1.02% -10.00%
75th Percentile £77,000 £66,875 £55,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £70,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £77,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +28.33% - +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,662 3,199 7,934
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 83.31% 92.91% 97.04%
Number of salaries quoted 2,078 2,534 4,623
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £40,988 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,050
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -0.10% +0.10%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £81,250 £77,500 £80,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,500
% change year-on-year - -0.83% +0.83%

Task Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Task Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Task Automation in the West Midlands

Task Automation
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Task Automation in the West Midlands

Task Automation
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Task Automation in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 14 November 2024.

Salary histogram for Task Automation in the West Midlands

Task Automation
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Task Automation within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 November 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
Birmingham -15 12 £69,125 +48.55% 8
Staffordshire - 10 £55,000 - 7
Coventry +5 5 £88,500 +26.43% 2
Shropshire 0 2 £65,000 +116.67%
Warwickshire -22 2 £40,000 +6.67% 3
Dudley - 2 - -
Worcestershire - 1 £36,500 - 1
Task Automation
England

Task Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 7 (19.44%) SharePoint
2 6 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.78%) Apache
3 1 (2.78%) IIS
3 1 (2.78%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (2.78%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 15 (41.67%) Azure
2 14 (38.89%) AWS
3 13 (36.11%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (13.89%) Anthropic Claude
4 5 (13.89%) ChatGPT
5 3 (8.33%) Entra ID
6 1 (2.78%) GCP
6 1 (2.78%) GitHub
6 1 (2.78%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.78%) DHCP
1 1 (2.78%) DNS
1 1 (2.78%) Firewall
1 1 (2.78%) Intranet
1 1 (2.78%) SAN
1 1 (2.78%) TCP/IP
1 1 (2.78%) VLAN
1 1 (2.78%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.33%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (2.78%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Bitbucket
1 1 (2.78%) Cucumber
1 1 (2.78%) Cypress.io
1 1 (2.78%) Eclipse
1 1 (2.78%) Git
1 1 (2.78%) GitLab
1 1 (2.78%) Jenkins
1 1 (2.78%) JIRA
1 1 (2.78%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 6 (16.67%) Retail
2 5 (13.89%) Social Skills
3 4 (11.11%) Aerospace
3 4 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (11.11%) Manufacturing
4 3 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.56%) Finance
5 2 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.78%) Local Government
6 1 (2.78%) Police
6 1 (2.78%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (19.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 6 (16.67%) Machine Learning Engineer
3 5 (13.89%) IT Manager
3 5 (13.89%) Junior
3 5 (13.89%) Junior Software Engineer
3 5 (13.89%) Software Engineer
4 4 (11.11%) Administrator
5 2 (5.56%) Data Administrator
5 2 (5.56%) Data Engineer
5 2 (5.56%) Database Engineer
5 2 (5.56%) DBA
5 2 (5.56%) Operations Engineer
5 2 (5.56%) Senior
5 2 (5.56%) Service Manager
6 1 (2.78%) Analyst
6 1 (2.78%) Applications Support
6 1 (2.78%) Network Engineer
6 1 (2.78%) Python Engineer
6 1 (2.78%) Senior Manager
6 1 (2.78%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.78%) Gherkin
1 1 (2.78%) Playwright
1 1 (2.78%) pytest
1 1 (2.78%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.89%) Data Centre
1 5 (13.89%) Management Information System
2 3 (8.33%) Public Cloud
3 2 (5.56%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (27.78%) Windows
2 6 (16.67%) Windows Server
3 3 (8.33%) Linux
4 2 (5.56%) Ubuntu
5 1 (2.78%) Solaris
5 1 (2.78%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (36.11%) Decision-Making
2 11 (30.56%) API Integration
2 11 (30.56%) Artificial Intelligence
2 11 (30.56%) LLM
2 11 (30.56%) Workflow
3 9 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 7 (19.44%) Machine Learning
5 6 (16.67%) Data Security
5 6 (16.67%) Generative AI
6 5 (13.89%) Budget Management
6 5 (13.89%) Budgeting and Forecasting
6 5 (13.89%) Change Management
6 5 (13.89%) Coaching
6 5 (13.89%) Incident Management
6 5 (13.89%) Server Management
6 5 (13.89%) Service Management
6 5 (13.89%) Software Engineering
7 4 (11.11%) Customer Requirements
7 4 (11.11%) Data Validation
Programming Languages
1 12 (33.33%) Python
2 9 (25.00%) PowerShell
3 4 (11.11%) SQL
4 2 (5.56%) PL/SQL
5 1 (2.78%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.78%) Shell Script
5 1 (2.78%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 5 (13.89%) Degree
1 5 (13.89%) Security Cleared
2 4 (11.11%) CCNA
2 4 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (11.11%) MCSE
2 4 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (5.56%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.78%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (2.78%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.78%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (19.44%) Active Directory
2 5 (13.89%) Hyper-V
3 3 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (8.33%) vSphere
4 2 (5.56%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (2.78%) Docker
5 1 (2.78%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 3 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (8.33%) vCenter Server
2 2 (5.56%) SCCM
2 2 (5.56%) SCOM
Vendors
1 14 (38.89%) Microsoft
2 4 (11.11%) Infor
3 3 (8.33%) VMware
4 2 (5.56%) Citrix
5 1 (2.78%) EMC
5 1 (2.78%) NEC
5 1 (2.78%) Oracle
5 1 (2.78%) Wrike