Intelligent Automation (Intelligent Process Automation)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Intelligent Automation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Intelligent Automation over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 839 766 1005
Rank change year-on-year -73 +239 -150
Permanent jobs citing Intelligent Automation 57 205 227
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.058% 0.20% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.068% 0.20% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 52 90 83
10th Percentile £40,988 £41,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £41,184 £47,648 £42,275
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £58,750 £63,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.15% -6.75% +51.81%
75th Percentile £75,250 £82,000 £76,750
90th Percentile £96,539 £121,807 £88,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £48,250 £44,850
% change year-on-year +3.63% +7.58% +38.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Intelligent 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 requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,305 100,095 147,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,591 58,745 83,129
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Intelligent Automation
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Intelligent Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Intelligent Automation in the UK

Intelligent Automation
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Intelligent Automation.

Salary trend for Intelligent Automation in the UK

Intelligent Automation
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Intelligent Automation over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Intelligent Automation in the UK

Intelligent Automation
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Intelligent Automation within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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
England -31 47 £47,500 -19.15% 13
UK excluding London -73 35 £50,000 +3.63% 5
Work from Home +34 34 £47,500 -32.14% 5
North of England +22 25 £45,000 -40.00%
Yorkshire +61 16 £50,000 -33.33%
London +74 13 £47,500 -23.69% 6
North West +12 6 £42,500 -
South West -15 3 £92,778 +33.59%
Scotland -63 3 £92,778 +85.56%
North East - 3 £41,774 -
South East +20 2 £73,500 +79.68%
East of England +4 2 £21,000 -

Intelligent Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (1.75%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.75%) SAP ERP
1 1 (1.75%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 13 (22.81%) Power Platform
2 12 (21.05%) Azure
2 12 (21.05%) Azure DevOps
3 11 (19.30%) AWS
3 11 (19.30%) Azure Cognitive Services
3 11 (19.30%) PaaS
4 3 (5.26%) WhatsApp
5 2 (3.51%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (3.51%) Power Automate
5 2 (3.51%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.75%) Asana
6 1 (1.75%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.02%) Unified Communications
Development Applications
1 6 (10.53%) Git
1 6 (10.53%) JIRA
General
1 24 (42.11%) Finance
2 18 (31.58%) Social Skills
3 9 (15.79%) Banking
4 8 (14.04%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (10.53%) Law
6 4 (7.02%) Marketing
6 4 (7.02%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.75%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.75%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (36.84%) Developer
2 19 (33.33%) Automation Developer
3 16 (28.07%) Senior
4 11 (19.30%) IT Manager
4 11 (19.30%) IT Services Manager
4 11 (19.30%) Senior IT Manager
4 11 (19.30%) Senior Manager
4 11 (19.30%) Senior Service Manager
4 11 (19.30%) Service Manager
5 8 (14.04%) Data Scientist
5 8 (14.04%) Lead
5 8 (14.04%) Lead Data Scientist
5 8 (14.04%) Senior Data Scientist
6 5 (8.77%) Senior Developer
7 4 (7.02%) Analyst
7 4 (7.02%) Business Analyst
8 3 (5.26%) Robotic Process Automation Developer
9 2 (3.51%) Programme Manager
9 2 (3.51%) Technical Analyst
9 2 (3.51%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (19.30%) .NET
1 11 (19.30%) .NET Framework
1 11 (19.30%) HTML
1 11 (19.30%) JSON
1 11 (19.30%) REST
2 7 (12.28%) Pandas
3 5 (8.77%) CSS
3 5 (8.77%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (33.33%) Data Structures
2 2 (3.51%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.75%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (42.11%) DevOps
1 24 (42.11%) Scrum
2 23 (40.35%) Agile
3 22 (38.60%) ITIL
4 20 (35.09%) Mentoring
5 19 (33.33%) Coaching
6 12 (21.05%) Artificial Intelligence
7 11 (19.30%) API Integration
7 11 (19.30%) Data Engineering
7 11 (19.30%) Impact Assessments
7 11 (19.30%) IT Strategy
7 11 (19.30%) ITSM
7 11 (19.30%) Line Management
7 11 (19.30%) Service Management
7 11 (19.30%) Software Engineering
7 11 (19.30%) Test Automation
8 10 (17.54%) Machine Learning
9 9 (15.79%) Generative AI
9 9 (15.79%) Project Delivery
10 8 (14.04%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 19 (33.33%) Python
2 11 (19.30%) JavaScript
2 11 (19.30%) PowerShell
3 7 (12.28%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (17.54%) Security Cleared
2 5 (8.77%) BPSS Clearance
2 5 (8.77%) Degree
3 4 (7.02%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.75%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.26%) QA
System Software
1 11 (19.30%) IAG
Vendors
1 13 (22.81%) UiPath
2 12 (21.05%) Automation Anywhere
2 12 (21.05%) Blue Prism
3 4 (7.02%) Salesforce
4 2 (3.51%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.75%) HP
5 1 (1.75%) Samsung
5 1 (1.75%) SAP
5 1 (1.75%) Xerox