Task Automation Contracts in the North East

Task Automation
England > North East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North East with a requirement for Task Automation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Task Automation over the 6 months to 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 33 56 49
Rank change year-on-year +23 -7 -6
Contract jobs citing Task Automation 4 3 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North East 1.18% 0.71% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.47% 0.78% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 2
10th Percentile £345 - £361
25th Percentile £396 £525 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £550 £413
Median % change year-on-year -15.91% +33.33% +16.20%
75th Percentile £491 £575 £453
90th Percentile £496 - £474
England median daily rate £551 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +0.23% - +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North East

Task Automation is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 272 387 436
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 80.00% 91.27% 85.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 300 337
10th Percentile £240 £254 £174
25th Percentile £363 £412 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £488
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +12.82% +8.33%
75th Percentile £589 £625 £588
90th Percentile £663 £720 £680
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 2 15
10th Percentile £11.44 £32.98 £10.77
25th Percentile £11.97 £35.56 £12.91
Median hourly rate £16.48 £40.75 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year -59.56% +146.97% +8.20%
75th Percentile £48.75 £45.56 £18.13
90th Percentile £50.00 £47.93 £35.25
England median hourly rate £35.96 £37.50 £24.50
% change year-on-year -4.12% +53.06% +2.08%

Task Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Job vacancy trend for Task Automation in the North East

Task Automation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Task Automation in the North East.

Daily rate trend for Task Automation in the North East

Task Automation
Daily Rate Histogram in the North East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Task Automation in the North East over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Task Automation in the North East

Task Automation
Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Task Automation within the North East region over the 6 months to 1 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Tyne and Wear +21 4 £463 -15.91%
Task Automation
England

Task Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (25.00%) Git
1 1 (25.00%) GitLab
1 1 (25.00%) JUnit
1 1 (25.00%) REST Assured
1 1 (25.00%) Selenium
General
1 2 (50.00%) Banking
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) DBA
1 2 (50.00%) SQL DBA
2 1 (25.00%) Administrator
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Automation Tester
2 1 (25.00%) Database Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Gherkin
1 1 (25.00%) Jest
1 1 (25.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Data Encryption
1 3 (75.00%) ITIL
1 3 (75.00%) Server Patching
1 3 (75.00%) Service Management
2 2 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (50.00%) High Availability
2 2 (50.00%) Problem Management
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) API Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) MCSE
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) ServiceNow
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft