Task Automation
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Task Automation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Task 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 457 557 495
Rank change year-on-year +100 -62 -44
Permanent jobs citing Task Automation 503 478 1,087
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.51% 0.46% 0.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 0.48% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 337 320 544
10th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £34,038
25th Percentile £48,000 £44,688 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,820 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.99% +6.37% -
75th Percentile £76,250 £77,500 £74,063
90th Percentile £90,500 £95,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -13.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Task 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%

Task Automation
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Task Automation in the UK

Task Automation
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Task Automation in the UK

Task Automation
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Task Automation in the UK

Task Automation
Top 16 Job Locations

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 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 +93 433 £62,500 -2.56% 136
UK excluding London +42 287 £52,500 +5.00% 87
London +104 181 £67,500 -3.57% 65
Work from Home +82 168 £60,000 -7.69% 58
South East +65 88 £62,500 +56.25% 18
South West +1 57 £47,500 -20.83% 15
Midlands +33 55 £50,000 -28.57% 14
North of England +23 41 £45,000 -10.00% 15
West Midlands +38 35 £45,000 -35.71% 10
Scotland -41 29 £45,000 -10.00% 6
North West +21 28 £45,000 -5.26% 13
East Midlands -7 12 £48,750 -17.02% 4
Yorkshire +58 11 £35,000 -30.00% 2
Wales +20 10 £52,500 +28.82% 6
East of England -12 9 £50,000 -0.50% 14
North East -4 2 £85,000 +81.82%

Task 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 34 (6.76%) SharePoint
2 27 (5.37%) Confluence
3 26 (5.17%) IIS
4 24 (4.77%) Apache
5 23 (4.57%) Microsoft Exchange
6 20 (3.98%) Camunda
7 16 (3.18%) Tomcat
8 6 (1.19%) SAS
9 5 (0.99%) nginx
10 1 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.20%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.20%) WebSphere
Applications
1 37 (7.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (3.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.40%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.20%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.20%) PTC Creo
5 1 (0.20%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 17 (3.38%) NEC Housing
2 8 (1.59%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 182 (36.18%) Azure
2 83 (16.50%) Microsoft 365
3 75 (14.91%) Power Platform
4 61 (12.13%) AWS
5 55 (10.93%) Azure DevOps
6 40 (7.95%) Entra ID
6 40 (7.95%) IBM Cloud
7 38 (7.55%) Power Automate
8 30 (5.96%) PowerApps
9 23 (4.57%) Dynamics 365
9 23 (4.57%) IaaS
10 22 (4.37%) Nutanix
11 19 (3.78%) GitHub
12 14 (2.78%) GCP
13 13 (2.58%) SaaS
14 10 (1.99%) Serverless
15 7 (1.39%) Azure Logic Apps
15 7 (1.39%) Azure Monitor
16 6 (1.19%) AWS CloudFormation
16 6 (1.19%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 48 (9.54%) Firewall
2 45 (8.95%) DNS
3 18 (3.58%) PBX
3 18 (3.58%) WAN
4 13 (2.58%) DHCP
4 13 (2.58%) SAN
5 12 (2.39%) LAN
5 12 (2.39%) VPN
6 11 (2.19%) TCP/IP
7 7 (1.39%) Network Security
8 6 (1.19%) IPv4
8 6 (1.19%) VLAN
9 5 (0.99%) Internet
9 5 (0.99%) NetScaler
9 5 (0.99%) Remote Desktop
10 4 (0.80%) Fibre Channel
10 4 (0.80%) OSPF
11 3 (0.60%) BGP
11 3 (0.60%) Intranet
11 3 (0.60%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (10.34%) SQL Server
2 42 (8.35%) MySQL
3 36 (7.16%) Power BI
4 34 (6.76%) PostgreSQL
5 23 (4.57%) Oracle Database
5 23 (4.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 22 (4.37%) Data Warehouse
7 13 (2.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 11 (2.19%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 10 (1.99%) Relational Database
10 9 (1.79%) GIS
10 9 (1.79%) NoSQL
11 8 (1.59%) Oracle BI EE
11 8 (1.59%) Tableau
12 7 (1.39%) Geospatial Data
12 7 (1.39%) Spatial Data
13 6 (1.19%) Data Mining
13 6 (1.19%) Redis
14 5 (0.99%) Azure SQL Database
14 5 (0.99%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 61 (12.13%) Jenkins
2 42 (8.35%) JIRA
3 24 (4.77%) Bitbucket
4 22 (4.37%) Travis CI
5 20 (3.98%) CircleCI
5 20 (3.98%) Gradle
5 20 (3.98%) Maven
6 18 (3.58%) Git
7 12 (2.39%) Selenium
8 10 (1.99%) Cucumber
9 8 (1.59%) GitLab
10 6 (1.19%) REST Assured
10 6 (1.19%) WebDriver
11 5 (0.99%) Bitbucket Server
11 5 (0.99%) JMeter
11 5 (0.99%) JUnit
11 5 (0.99%) Serenity BDD
11 5 (0.99%) SoapUI
11 5 (0.99%) TestNG
12 3 (0.60%) Cypress.io
General
1 172 (34.19%) Finance
2 130 (25.84%) Social Skills
3 102 (20.28%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (11.13%) Public Sector
5 44 (8.75%) Retail
6 42 (8.35%) Law
7 40 (7.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 35 (6.96%) Banking
9 34 (6.76%) Legal
10 19 (3.78%) Police
11 18 (3.58%) Investment Banking
12 15 (2.98%) Front Office
13 14 (2.78%) Local Government
14 13 (2.58%) Telecoms
15 12 (2.39%) General Ledger
15 12 (2.39%) Organisational Skills
16 9 (1.79%) Manufacturing
17 7 (1.39%) Marketing
18 6 (1.19%) Billing
19 3 (0.60%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 105 (20.87%) Senior
2 54 (10.74%) Analyst
3 48 (9.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 35 (6.96%) Systems Engineer
5 34 (6.76%) Lead
6 33 (6.56%) Administrator
7 32 (6.36%) Software Engineer
8 29 (5.77%) DBA
9 27 (5.37%) Support Engineer
10 25 (4.97%) Architect
11 24 (4.77%) Platform Engineer
12 22 (4.37%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 21 (4.17%) Applications Support
13 21 (4.17%) Senior Analyst
14 19 (3.78%) Developer
14 19 (3.78%) Systems Support
15 18 (3.58%) DevOps Engineer
15 18 (3.58%) Support Analyst
15 18 (3.58%) Systems Support Engineer
16 16 (3.18%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (4.97%) REST
2 20 (3.98%) Spring
2 20 (3.98%) Spring Boot
2 20 (3.98%) Web Services
3 17 (3.38%) HTML
4 15 (2.98%) CSS
5 14 (2.78%) .NET
6 7 (1.39%) SOAP
7 5 (0.99%) AngularJS
7 5 (0.99%) Apache Commons
7 5 (0.99%) Guava
7 5 (0.99%) Java Concurrency
7 5 (0.99%) RESTful
7 5 (0.99%) WebRTC
7 5 (0.99%) WireMock
8 4 (0.80%) .NET Core
8 4 (0.80%) PySpark
8 4 (0.80%) React
8 4 (0.80%) XML
9 3 (0.60%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 46 (9.15%) Hybrid Cloud
2 40 (7.95%) Blockchain
2 40 (7.95%) Distributed Systems
3 25 (4.97%) Management Information System
4 23 (4.57%) Self-Motivation
5 21 (4.17%) Public Cloud
6 19 (3.78%) Data Centre
7 18 (3.58%) Clustering
8 17 (3.38%) Replication
9 15 (2.98%) IoT
10 13 (2.58%) Derivative
11 10 (1.99%) Cyberattack
12 8 (1.59%) Blog
12 8 (1.59%) Cyber Threat
12 8 (1.59%) Housing Association
13 7 (1.39%) Credit Risk
13 7 (1.39%) PKI
14 6 (1.19%) AS400
14 6 (1.19%) Onboarding
15 5 (0.99%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 162 (32.21%) Windows
2 148 (29.42%) Linux
3 47 (9.34%) CentOS
4 40 (7.95%) Alpine Linux
4 40 (7.95%) Debian
5 38 (7.55%) Windows Server
6 22 (4.37%) Unix
7 21 (4.17%) Mac OS
8 14 (2.78%) Solaris
9 9 (1.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 9 (1.79%) Windows 10
10 8 (1.59%) Ubuntu
11 5 (0.99%) Windows Server 2016
11 5 (0.99%) Windows Server 2019
12 3 (0.60%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.20%) Android
13 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.20%) Kali Linux
13 1 (0.20%) Rocky
13 1 (0.20%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (31.41%) Problem-Solving
2 130 (25.84%) CI/CD
3 107 (21.27%) DevOps
4 101 (20.08%) Agile
5 71 (14.12%) Decision-Making
6 65 (12.92%) Data Science
7 59 (11.73%) Disaster Recovery
8 56 (11.13%) ITIL
9 55 (10.93%) Cybersecurity
10 52 (10.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 51 (10.14%) Project Management
12 48 (9.54%) Artificial Intelligence
12 48 (9.54%) Computer Science
13 46 (9.15%) Analytics
14 42 (8.35%) Business Intelligence
15 41 (8.15%) Mentoring
16 40 (7.95%) Co-Creation
16 40 (7.95%) Functional Testing
16 40 (7.95%) Separation of Concerns
16 40 (7.95%) Technology Transformation
Programming Languages
1 155 (30.82%) PowerShell
2 144 (28.63%) Python
3 115 (22.86%) SQL
4 86 (17.10%) Bash
5 40 (7.95%) Java
6 31 (6.16%) Shell Script
7 28 (5.57%) T-SQL
8 27 (5.37%) JavaScript
8 27 (5.37%) Perl
9 23 (4.57%) Ruby
10 22 (4.37%) PL/SQL
11 10 (1.99%) RPG
12 9 (1.79%) C#
13 8 (1.59%) VBA
14 5 (0.99%) MATLAB
14 5 (0.99%) R
14 5 (0.99%) TypeScript
15 2 (0.40%) Go
15 2 (0.40%) PHP
15 2 (0.40%) X++
Qualifications
1 120 (23.86%) Degree
2 54 (10.74%) Microsoft Certification
3 48 (9.54%) Security Cleared
4 47 (9.34%) Azure Certification
5 44 (8.75%) MCSE
6 42 (8.35%) MCSA
7 29 (5.77%) SC Cleared
8 27 (5.37%) Computer Science Degree
9 24 (4.77%) Cisco Certification
10 20 (3.98%) CCNA
11 10 (1.99%) CISSP
12 6 (1.19%) DV Cleared
13 5 (0.99%) Master's Degree
14 4 (0.80%) AWS Certification
14 4 (0.80%) CCNP
15 3 (0.60%) CCIE
15 3 (0.60%) HND
15 3 (0.60%) ITIL Certification
16 2 (0.40%) CCA
16 2 (0.40%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (4.77%) Accessibility
2 23 (4.57%) Data Quality
3 12 (2.39%) GRC
3 12 (2.39%) QA
4 8 (1.59%) PCI DSS
5 6 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.80%) SLA
7 2 (0.40%) GDPR
7 2 (0.40%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.40%) NIST
8 1 (0.20%) CDISC
8 1 (0.20%) Good Clinical Practice
8 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 108 (21.47%) Active Directory
2 73 (14.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 61 (12.13%) Docker
4 32 (6.36%) VMware ESXi
5 24 (4.77%) Virtual Machines
6 23 (4.57%) Hyper-V
7 11 (2.19%) VMware NSX
8 10 (1.99%) Firmware
9 8 (1.59%) VMware Server
10 7 (1.39%) vSphere
11 6 (1.19%) XenApp
12 5 (0.99%) Virtual Desktop
12 5 (0.99%) XenDesktop
13 4 (0.80%) Microsoft App-V
14 2 (0.40%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 1 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 81 (16.10%) Terraform
2 66 (13.12%) Kubernetes
3 37 (7.36%) Ansible
4 16 (3.18%) Microsoft Intune
5 15 (2.98%) SCOM
6 12 (2.39%) SCCM
7 9 (1.79%) Grafana
8 8 (1.59%) Nagios
9 7 (1.39%) Foglight
9 7 (1.39%) Microsoft Clustering
9 7 (1.39%) Puppet
10 6 (1.19%) Prometheus
10 6 (1.19%) vCenter Server
11 4 (0.80%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.80%) CSIRT
12 3 (0.60%) ITRS Geneos
12 3 (0.60%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 3 (0.60%) SCOrch
12 3 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (0.60%) vMotion
Vendors
1 136 (27.04%) Microsoft
2 91 (18.09%) VMware
3 54 (10.74%) IBM
4 47 (9.34%) Red Hat
5 37 (7.36%) Oracle
6 23 (4.57%) Atlassian
7 21 (4.17%) Pega
8 20 (3.98%) Palo Alto
9 17 (3.38%) CrowdStrike
9 17 (3.38%) NEC
10 15 (2.98%) Splunk
11 13 (2.58%) ArcSight
11 13 (2.58%) Dell
11 13 (2.58%) Veeam
12 11 (2.19%) NetApp
13 10 (1.99%) Citrix
13 10 (1.99%) HP
13 10 (1.99%) Qualys
14 8 (1.59%) Cisco
14 8 (1.59%) ServiceNow