Task Automation Jobs in the West Midlands

Task Automation
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 212 255 259
Rank change year-on-year +43 +4 -43
Permanent jobs citing Task Automation 35 23 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.48% 0.35% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.58% 0.36% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 15 18 21
10th Percentile - £37,275 £26,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £55,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £70,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -35.71% +55.56% -26.53%
75th Percentile £60,625 £80,250 £55,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £95,000 £62,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £63,820 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.07% +6.37% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,016 6,455 6,922
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 83.09% 96.85% 95.45%
Number of salaries quoted 4,532 3,272 4,743
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,510 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,700 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

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 29 April 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 29 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
Birmingham -11 8 £73,750 +5.36% 4
Warwickshire +49 6 £42,500 -
Staffordshire - 6 £50,000 - 3
Shropshire +3 4 - - 2
Solihull -3 1 £42,500 -45.86%
Wolverhampton - 1 £47,500 -
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 9 (25.71%) IIS
2 4 (11.43%) Apache
2 4 (11.43%) Confluence
2 4 (11.43%) Tomcat
3 3 (8.57%) SharePoint
4 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (5.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (11.43%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 14 (40.00%) Azure
2 8 (22.86%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (22.86%) Power Platform
3 5 (14.29%) PowerApps
4 2 (5.71%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 2 (5.71%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (2.86%) Azure Functions
5 1 (2.86%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (2.86%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.86%) GCP
5 1 (2.86%) Power Automate
5 1 (2.86%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 9 (25.71%) WAN
2 6 (17.14%) SAN
3 4 (11.43%) DHCP
3 4 (11.43%) DNS
3 4 (11.43%) Fibre Channel
3 4 (11.43%) LAN
3 4 (11.43%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (2.86%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.86%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (28.57%) SQL Server
2 4 (11.43%) Oracle Database
2 4 (11.43%) Power BI
3 2 (5.71%) MySQL
3 2 (5.71%) NoSQL
4 1 (2.86%) Power Query
4 1 (2.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (2.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 7 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (17.14%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (11.43%) Finance
3 4 (11.43%) Local Government
3 4 (11.43%) Police
3 4 (11.43%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.86%) Law
4 1 (2.86%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 9 (25.71%) Applications Engineer
1 9 (25.71%) Development Engineer
1 9 (25.71%) Power Apps Engineer
1 9 (25.71%) Software Development Engineer
1 9 (25.71%) Software Engineer
2 5 (14.29%) Administrator
2 5 (14.29%) Senior
2 5 (14.29%) Support Engineer
3 4 (11.43%) Applications Support
3 4 (11.43%) Server Administrator
3 4 (11.43%) VMWare Administrator
4 3 (8.57%) Analyst
4 3 (8.57%) Network Engineer
5 2 (5.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (5.71%) Network Systems Engineer
5 2 (5.71%) Product Manager
5 2 (5.71%) ServiceNow Manager
5 2 (5.71%) Support Analyst
5 2 (5.71%) Systems Engineer
6 1 (2.86%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (14.29%) REST
1 5 (14.29%) WebRTC
2 4 (11.43%) Web Services
3 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.29%) Clustering
1 5 (14.29%) Public Cloud
2 4 (11.43%) PKI
3 2 (5.71%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.86%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.86%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 12 (34.29%) Linux
1 12 (34.29%) Windows
2 6 (17.14%) Windows Server
3 5 (14.29%) Ubuntu
4 4 (11.43%) CentOS
4 4 (11.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (11.43%) Solaris
4 4 (11.43%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (54.29%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (25.71%) Load Balancing
3 6 (17.14%) Change Control
3 6 (17.14%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (14.29%) High Availability
4 5 (14.29%) Server Management
4 5 (14.29%) Time Management
5 4 (11.43%) Data Security
5 4 (11.43%) Network Architecture
5 4 (11.43%) Patch Management
5 4 (11.43%) Virtual Infrastructure
6 3 (8.57%) Capacity Planning
6 3 (8.57%) Computer Science
6 3 (8.57%) Decision-Making
6 3 (8.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 3 (8.57%) Roadmaps
7 2 (5.71%) Backlog Management
7 2 (5.71%) Customer Service
7 2 (5.71%) Data Telemetry
7 2 (5.71%) Log Analytics
Programming Languages
1 11 (31.43%) PowerShell
1 11 (31.43%) SQL
2 4 (11.43%) Bash
2 4 (11.43%) MATLAB
2 4 (11.43%) Shell Script
3 3 (8.57%) Python
4 1 (2.86%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (37.14%) Degree
2 12 (34.29%) Security Cleared
3 8 (22.86%) SC Cleared
4 2 (5.71%) CCNA
4 2 (5.71%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (5.71%) MCSE
4 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (2.86%) CCA
5 1 (2.86%) Citrix Certification
5 1 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.43%) Accessibility
2 2 (5.71%) GDPR
2 2 (5.71%) QA
3 1 (2.86%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (37.14%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (28.57%) VMware NSX
3 8 (22.86%) Active Directory
4 5 (14.29%) vSphere
5 4 (11.43%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (11.43%) VMware Server
6 2 (5.71%) Hyper-V
7 1 (2.86%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 1 (2.86%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 5 (14.29%) vCenter Server
2 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.86%) Nessus
3 1 (2.86%) SCCM
3 1 (2.86%) SysTrack
3 1 (2.86%) WSUS
Vendors
1 19 (54.29%) Microsoft
2 13 (37.14%) VMware
3 4 (11.43%) NEC
3 4 (11.43%) Oracle
3 4 (11.43%) ServiceNow
4 2 (5.71%) Citrix
4 2 (5.71%) Dell
4 2 (5.71%) EMC
4 2 (5.71%) SonicWALL
5 1 (2.86%) Ivanti
5 1 (2.86%) Netskope
5 1 (2.86%) Qualys
5 1 (2.86%) Splunk