Task Automation Jobs with Work from Home Options

Task Automation
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 423 509 487
Rank change year-on-year +86 -22 -56
Permanent jobs citing Task Automation 171 155 393
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.51% 0.37% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% 0.39% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 137 113 231
10th Percentile £41,083 £40,000 £31,275
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +22.64% -18.46%
75th Percentile £76,250 £86,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £59,000 £62,500 £59,250
% change year-on-year -5.60% +5.49% -1.25%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 30,857 39,858 66,375
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.38% 96.10% 96.97%
Number of salaries quoted 23,439 27,686 41,025
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Task Automation
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Task Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Task Automation trend for jobs with a WFH option

Task Automation
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Task Automation.

Task Automation salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Task Automation
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Task Automation over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Task Automation salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Task Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 21 (12.28%) Apache
1 21 (12.28%) IIS
1 21 (12.28%) Tomcat
2 5 (2.92%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.17%) nginx
4 1 (0.58%) Apache Solr
4 1 (0.58%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (5.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 24 (14.04%) NEC Housing
2 8 (4.68%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 76 (44.44%) Azure
2 34 (19.88%) Microsoft 365
3 30 (17.54%) AWS
3 30 (17.54%) Entra ID
4 29 (16.96%) Power Platform
5 17 (9.94%) PowerApps
6 16 (9.36%) Nutanix
6 16 (9.36%) Power Automate
7 13 (7.60%) Dynamics 365
8 12 (7.02%) IaaS
9 10 (5.85%) GCP
9 10 (5.85%) GitHub
10 9 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (4.68%) SaaS
11 8 (4.68%) Serverless
12 5 (2.92%) Azure Functions
13 4 (2.34%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 3 (1.75%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 3 (1.75%) AWS CloudFormation
14 3 (1.75%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 23 (13.45%) DNS
2 4 (2.34%) Firewall
2 4 (2.34%) NetScaler
2 4 (2.34%) TCP/IP
2 4 (2.34%) VPN
3 3 (1.75%) VLAN
4 2 (1.17%) DHCP
4 2 (1.17%) HTTP
4 2 (1.17%) IPv4
4 2 (1.17%) OSPF
4 2 (1.17%) SAN
5 1 (0.58%) Network Security
5 1 (0.58%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.58%) SMS
5 1 (0.58%) WAN
5 1 (0.58%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (14.62%) Oracle Database
2 20 (11.70%) SQL Server
3 19 (11.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 13 (7.60%) MySQL
4 13 (7.60%) Power BI
5 11 (6.43%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (6.43%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 11 (6.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (2.34%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (2.34%) PowerPivot
7 3 (1.75%) Ingres
8 2 (1.17%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (1.17%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.58%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.58%) Couchbase
9 1 (0.58%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.58%) Dremio
9 1 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.58%) Redis
Development Applications
1 9 (5.26%) Git
2 8 (4.68%) Jenkins
3 5 (2.92%) Selenium
4 4 (2.34%) JIRA
5 3 (1.75%) Bitbucket
5 3 (1.75%) Bitbucket Server
5 3 (1.75%) Cucumber
5 3 (1.75%) JMeter
5 3 (1.75%) Serenity BDD
5 3 (1.75%) SoapUI
6 2 (1.17%) GitLab
7 1 (0.58%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.58%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.58%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.58%) Travis CI
7 1 (0.58%) WebDriver
General
1 81 (47.37%) Finance
2 32 (18.71%) Social Skills
3 25 (14.62%) Police
4 21 (12.28%) Local Government
4 21 (12.28%) Public Sector
5 12 (7.02%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (7.02%) General Ledger
6 11 (6.43%) Retail
7 7 (4.09%) Law
7 7 (4.09%) Telecoms
8 6 (3.51%) Banking
9 5 (2.92%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.75%) Billing
10 3 (1.75%) Marketing
11 2 (1.17%) Advertising
11 2 (1.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.58%) Games
12 1 (0.58%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 38 (22.22%) Senior
2 26 (15.20%) Analyst
3 25 (14.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 23 (13.45%) DBA
5 21 (12.28%) Applications Support
6 16 (9.36%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 13 (7.60%) Senior Analyst
8 11 (6.43%) Support Analyst
9 10 (5.85%) DevOps Engineer
9 10 (5.85%) SQL DBA
10 9 (5.26%) IT Analyst
10 9 (5.26%) IT Security Analyst
10 9 (5.26%) Security Analyst
11 8 (4.68%) Data Migration Specialist
11 8 (4.68%) Migration Specialist
11 8 (4.68%) Technical Analyst
11 8 (4.68%) Technical Support
11 8 (4.68%) Technical Support Analyst
12 7 (4.09%) IT Engineer
12 7 (4.09%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (14.04%) Web Services
2 7 (4.09%) .NET
3 5 (2.92%) SOAP
4 4 (2.34%) HTML
5 3 (1.75%) ASP.NET
5 3 (1.75%) JSON
5 3 (1.75%) RESTful
5 3 (1.75%) XML
6 2 (1.17%) .NET Framework
6 2 (1.17%) AngularJS
6 2 (1.17%) CSS
6 2 (1.17%) React
6 2 (1.17%) REST
7 1 (0.58%) ARM Templates
7 1 (0.58%) Flash
7 1 (0.58%) Kafka
7 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Graph
7 1 (0.58%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.58%) SailPoint
7 1 (0.58%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 21 (12.28%) Public Cloud
2 12 (7.02%) IoT
3 9 (5.26%) Cyberattack
3 9 (5.26%) Management Information System
4 8 (4.68%) Cyber Threat
4 8 (4.68%) Housing Association
5 7 (4.09%) Clustering
6 4 (2.34%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.75%) Blog
7 3 (1.75%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.75%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.75%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.17%) Algorithms
8 2 (1.17%) Client/Server
8 2 (1.17%) EPoS
8 2 (1.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (1.17%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.17%) PropTech
9 1 (0.58%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.58%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 87 (50.88%) Windows
2 45 (26.32%) Linux
3 25 (14.62%) Unix
4 21 (12.28%) Solaris
5 13 (7.60%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.58%) AIX
6 1 (0.58%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (23.98%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (21.05%) DevOps
3 30 (17.54%) Data Security
4 27 (15.79%) Disaster Recovery
5 25 (14.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 23 (13.45%) CI/CD
7 22 (12.87%) ITIL
7 22 (12.87%) Server Management
8 21 (12.28%) Business Intelligence
8 21 (12.28%) Decision-Making
8 21 (12.28%) Network Architecture
9 20 (11.70%) Agile
10 18 (10.53%) Incident Response
11 17 (9.94%) Cybersecurity
11 17 (9.94%) Security Operations
12 16 (9.36%) Migration
12 16 (9.36%) Risk Register
12 16 (9.36%) Roadmaps
13 15 (8.77%) Change Management
14 14 (8.19%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 57 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 42 (24.56%) SQL
3 37 (21.64%) Python
4 30 (17.54%) Bash
5 26 (15.20%) Shell Script
6 18 (10.53%) T-SQL
7 17 (9.94%) PL/SQL
8 15 (8.77%) Perl
9 9 (5.26%) JavaScript
10 6 (3.51%) C#
10 6 (3.51%) Java
11 3 (1.75%) TypeScript
12 2 (1.17%) Ruby
13 1 (0.58%) Bicep
13 1 (0.58%) C
13 1 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 33 (19.30%) Degree
1 33 (19.30%) Security Cleared
2 10 (5.85%) SC Cleared
3 3 (1.75%) HND
4 2 (1.17%) CCA
4 2 (1.17%) Citrix Certification
4 2 (1.17%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.17%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.58%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.58%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.58%) CCNP
5 1 (0.58%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.58%) IBM Certification
5 1 (0.58%) LPIC
5 1 (0.58%) MCP
5 1 (0.58%) MCSE
5 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (12.28%) Accessibility
2 12 (7.02%) Data Quality
3 8 (4.68%) GRC
4 2 (1.17%) QA
4 2 (1.17%) SLA
5 1 (0.58%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 63 (36.84%) Active Directory
2 25 (14.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (8.77%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (4.68%) Docker
5 5 (2.92%) Hyper-V
5 5 (2.92%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (2.34%) XenApp
6 4 (2.34%) XenDesktop
7 2 (1.17%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 2 (1.17%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.58%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (11.11%) Terraform
2 15 (8.77%) Ansible
3 13 (7.60%) Kubernetes
4 9 (5.26%) Nagios
5 8 (4.68%) SCCM
6 7 (4.09%) Foglight
6 7 (4.09%) Microsoft Clustering
7 3 (1.75%) Prometheus
7 3 (1.75%) Puppet
8 2 (1.17%) Salt
8 2 (1.17%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (1.17%) SysTrack
9 1 (0.58%) Grafana
9 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.58%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.58%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 71 (41.52%) Microsoft
2 27 (15.79%) Oracle
3 26 (15.20%) VMware
4 24 (14.04%) NEC
5 17 (9.94%) CrowdStrike
6 9 (5.26%) Qualys
7 7 (4.09%) ArcSight
7 7 (4.09%) Citrix
7 7 (4.09%) HP
8 5 (2.92%) Splunk
9 3 (1.75%) Google
9 3 (1.75%) New Relic
10 2 (1.17%) Cisco
10 2 (1.17%) Dynatrace
10 2 (1.17%) F5
10 2 (1.17%) Fortinet
10 2 (1.17%) Ivanti
11 1 (0.58%) CyberArk
11 1 (0.58%) Liquidlogic
11 1 (0.58%) Palo Alto