Task Automation Contracts in the UK excluding London

Task Automation
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 252 369 358
Rank change year-on-year +117 -11 +5
Contract jobs citing Task Automation 147 78 150
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.71% 0.34% 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.85% 0.38% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 58 115
10th Percentile £406 £397 £300
25th Percentile £456 £486 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £645 £694 £588
90th Percentile £700 £738 £636
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £12.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year - -72.22% -
UK median hourly rate £23.80 £51.25 £62.50
% change year-on-year -53.56% -18.00% -1.96%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,354 20,436 27,272
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.24% 89.17% 89.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,295 14,024 19,087
10th Percentile £250 £260 £240
25th Percentile £375 £400 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £579
90th Percentile £688 £694 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,139 1,241 1,336
10th Percentile £12.47 £10.63 £12.43
25th Percentile £15.39 £15.21 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.88%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.50 £47.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £62.38
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +9.70%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Task Automation in the UK excluding London

Task Automation
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Task Automation in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Task Automation in the UK excluding London

Task Automation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Task Automation in the UK excluding London

Task Automation
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +43 43 £500 +1.01% 16
South West +38 41 £663 +20.45% 11
North of England +37 36 £475 -13.64% 23
Yorkshire +27 21 £520 -25.71% 6
Midlands +20 14 £548 -4.78% 11
North West +16 11 £463 +23.33% 15
Scotland +50 10 £425 +3.03% 6
West Midlands +13 10 £650 -10.34% 8
East of England +6 5 £513 -6.82% 13
North East +14 4 £463 -15.91% 2
East Midlands +7 4 £485 -7.71% 3
Northern Ireland - 2 - -
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 33 (22.45%) Confluence
2 5 (3.40%) Apache
3 3 (2.04%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.36%) nginx
4 2 (1.36%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.68%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (0.68%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 2 (1.36%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.68%) InfoPath
2 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (4.76%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 40 (27.21%) Azure
2 34 (23.13%) AWS
3 17 (11.56%) GCP
3 17 (11.56%) GitHub
3 17 (11.56%) OpenShift
4 9 (6.12%) Kong
5 8 (5.44%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (5.44%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 6 (4.08%) Apigee
6 6 (4.08%) Entra ID
7 5 (3.40%) Amazon EC2
7 5 (3.40%) CloudFront
8 4 (2.72%) Amazon S3
8 4 (2.72%) Boomi
9 3 (2.04%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (2.04%) PaaS
9 3 (2.04%) Snowflake
10 2 (1.36%) Anthos
10 2 (1.36%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 2 (1.36%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 25 (17.01%) DNS
2 17 (11.56%) VPN
3 13 (8.84%) HTTP
3 13 (8.84%) TCP/IP
4 9 (6.12%) DHCP
4 9 (6.12%) Firewall
5 7 (4.76%) Network Security
6 6 (4.08%) Remote Desktop
7 5 (3.40%) Reverse Proxy
7 5 (3.40%) SAN
7 5 (3.40%) VLAN
8 4 (2.72%) Fibre Channel
8 4 (2.72%) LAN
8 4 (2.72%) WAN
9 3 (2.04%) BIG-IP
9 3 (2.04%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
9 3 (2.04%) IPv4
9 3 (2.04%) OSPF
9 3 (2.04%) Software-Defined Networking
9 3 (2.04%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (18.37%) PostgreSQL
2 20 (13.61%) Elasticsearch
3 15 (10.20%) SQL Server
4 12 (8.16%) MongoDB
5 8 (5.44%) MySQL
6 4 (2.72%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (2.04%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.68%) Amazon Athena
8 1 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.68%) InfluxDB
8 1 (0.68%) Metadata
8 1 (0.68%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 36 (24.49%) Jenkins
2 34 (23.13%) JIRA
3 33 (22.45%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 24 (16.33%) GitLab
5 23 (15.65%) Bitbucket
5 23 (15.65%) Git
6 9 (6.12%) CircleCI
6 9 (6.12%) Travis CI
7 6 (4.08%) NUnit
7 6 (4.08%) Visual Studio
8 5 (3.40%) Postman
9 4 (2.72%) Artifactory
10 2 (1.36%) Selenium
10 2 (1.36%) Sonatype Nexus
11 1 (0.68%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.68%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.68%) JUnit
11 1 (0.68%) MSTest
11 1 (0.68%) Subversion
11 1 (0.68%) TeamCity
General
1 50 (34.01%) Social Skills
2 36 (24.49%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (12.93%) Aerospace
4 13 (8.84%) Public Sector
5 12 (8.16%) Finance
6 5 (3.40%) Retail
7 4 (2.72%) Banking
8 1 (0.68%) Electronics
8 1 (0.68%) Law
8 1 (0.68%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.68%) Marketing
8 1 (0.68%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 28 (19.05%) Developer
2 19 (12.93%) Site Engineer
2 19 (12.93%) Site Reliability Engineer
3 17 (11.56%) DevOps Engineer
4 13 (8.84%) Database Specialist
5 11 (7.48%) Cloud Engineer
6 10 (6.80%) Senior
7 9 (6.12%) Automation Engineer
8 8 (5.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 8 (5.44%) Security Engineer
9 7 (4.76%) Administrator
9 7 (4.76%) Analyst
9 7 (4.76%) DBA
9 7 (4.76%) VMware Engineer
10 6 (4.08%) DevOps Automation Engineer
10 6 (4.08%) Platform Specialist
11 5 (3.40%) Azure Engineer
11 5 (3.40%) Python Engineer
11 5 (3.40%) Senior Test Automation Engineer
11 5 (3.40%) Test Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (20.41%) .NET
2 24 (16.33%) .NET Core
3 12 (8.16%) Kafka
3 12 (8.16%) XML
4 10 (6.80%) JSON
5 9 (6.12%) Elastic Stack
5 9 (6.12%) YAML
6 8 (5.44%) AngularJS
7 7 (4.76%) REST
8 5 (3.40%) GraphQL
8 5 (3.40%) Middleware
8 5 (3.40%) OAuth
8 5 (3.40%) OAuth2
8 5 (3.40%) Playwright
8 5 (3.40%) SAML
8 5 (3.40%) SOAP
9 4 (2.72%) React
10 3 (2.04%) CSS
10 3 (2.04%) HTML
10 3 (2.04%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 19 (12.93%) Cloud Native
2 15 (10.20%) Replication
3 12 (8.16%) Linux Command Line
4 11 (7.48%) Clustering
5 9 (6.12%) Data Structures
6 6 (4.08%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.72%) PKI
8 3 (2.04%) CMDB
8 3 (2.04%) Grid Computing
8 3 (2.04%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (2.04%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.36%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.68%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.68%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.68%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.68%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 65 (44.22%) Linux
2 28 (19.05%) Windows
3 15 (10.20%) Windows Server
4 12 (8.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (6.80%) Unix
6 6 (4.08%) CentOS
6 6 (4.08%) Ubuntu
7 2 (1.36%) Android
7 2 (1.36%) Apple iOS
7 2 (1.36%) VMS
7 2 (1.36%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (1.36%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.68%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (36.73%) CI/CD
2 47 (31.97%) Problem-Solving
3 46 (31.29%) DevOps
4 39 (26.53%) Agile
5 34 (23.13%) Containerisation
6 33 (22.45%) Configuration Management
6 33 (22.45%) Continuous Integration
6 33 (22.45%) Performance Tuning
7 31 (21.09%) OO
8 25 (17.01%) Collaborative Working
8 25 (17.01%) Deployment Automation
8 25 (17.01%) OOP
9 24 (16.33%) Infrastructure Automation
10 22 (14.97%) Disaster Recovery
10 22 (14.97%) Site Reliability Engineering
11 20 (13.61%) Incident Response
11 20 (13.61%) Infrastructure as Code
11 20 (13.61%) Scrum
12 18 (12.24%) Migration
13 16 (10.88%) GitOps
Programming Languages
1 73 (49.66%) Python
2 61 (41.50%) PowerShell
3 44 (29.93%) Bash
4 25 (17.01%) SQL
5 6 (4.08%) Shell Script
6 5 (3.40%) C#
6 5 (3.40%) JavaScript
6 5 (3.40%) Perl
6 5 (3.40%) TypeScript
7 4 (2.72%) Java
8 3 (2.04%) ActionScript
9 2 (1.36%) Go
10 1 (0.68%) R
Qualifications
1 65 (44.22%) Security Cleared
2 54 (36.73%) SC Cleared
3 14 (9.52%) Degree
4 10 (6.80%) DV Cleared
5 6 (4.08%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (4.08%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (3.40%) AWS Certification
7 4 (2.72%) CCNA
7 4 (2.72%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (2.72%) MCSE
8 3 (2.04%) RHCE
9 2 (1.36%) CCIE
9 2 (1.36%) CCNP
9 2 (1.36%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (0.68%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.68%) GIAC
10 1 (0.68%) Linux+ Certification
10 1 (0.68%) LPIC
10 1 (0.68%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.68%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.48%) QA
2 5 (3.40%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (0.68%) SLA
System Software
1 32 (21.77%) VMware Infrastructure
2 31 (21.09%) Docker
3 17 (11.56%) Active Directory
4 16 (10.88%) vSphere
5 8 (5.44%) VMware NSX
6 7 (4.76%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (4.08%) Hyper-V
8 4 (2.72%) VMware Server
9 2 (1.36%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.68%) Firmware
10 1 (0.68%) KVM
10 1 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.68%) Xen
Systems Management
1 50 (34.01%) Ansible
2 33 (22.45%) Kubernetes
3 31 (21.09%) Terraform
4 28 (19.05%) Prometheus
5 26 (17.69%) Grafana
6 23 (15.65%) PowerCLI
7 20 (13.61%) Kibana
8 15 (10.20%) Puppet
9 13 (8.84%) Argo
9 13 (8.84%) Istio
10 12 (8.16%) Progress Chef
11 9 (6.12%) Docker Swarm
11 9 (6.12%) logstash
12 7 (4.76%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
13 6 (4.08%) vCenter Server
14 5 (3.40%) SCCM
15 4 (2.72%) Red Hat Satellite
16 3 (2.04%) SCOM
16 3 (2.04%) SCSM
17 2 (1.36%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 35 (23.81%) VMware
2 25 (17.01%) Dell
3 24 (16.33%) Atlassian
3 24 (16.33%) Microsoft
4 22 (14.97%) HP
5 17 (11.56%) Red Hat
6 13 (8.84%) SolarWinds
6 13 (8.84%) Splunk
7 10 (6.80%) Oracle
8 5 (3.40%) SAP
9 4 (2.72%) ServiceNow
10 3 (2.04%) F5
10 3 (2.04%) Informatica
11 2 (1.36%) Cisco
11 2 (1.36%) Citrix
12 1 (0.68%) Arqiva
12 1 (0.68%) Google
12 1 (0.68%) Qualys
12 1 (0.68%) Sage
12 1 (0.68%) Veritas