Task Automation Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Task Automation
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Task Automation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 48 74
Rank change year-on-year -21 +26 +24
Contract jobs citing Task Automation 6 7 3
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.55% 1.36% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.68% 1.47% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 2
10th Percentile - - £576
25th Percentile - - £576
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £440 £590
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -25.42% -23.03%
75th Percentile - - £614
90th Percentile - £476 £621
South West median daily rate £435 £473 £700
% change year-on-year -7.94% -32.50% +27.27%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bristol

Task Automation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 888 475 855
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 81.62% 92.23% 82.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 426 285 488
10th Percentile £319 £213 £259
25th Percentile £400 £351 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £513
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -7.32% +2.50%
75th Percentile £552 £588 £625
90th Percentile £669 £675 £700
South West median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 239 64 158
10th Percentile £17.69 £35.00 £38.88
25th Percentile £60.00 £60.94 £45.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% -0.40%
75th Percentile - £68.00 £70.94
90th Percentile £68.15 £73.50 £80.00
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £48.72
% change year-on-year -11.54% +33.42% -20.78%

Task Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Task Automation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Task Automation job vacancy trend in Bristol

Task Automation
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Task Automation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Task Automation

Task Automation
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Task Automation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Task Automation

Task Automation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) OpenShift
Development Applications
1 5 (83.33%) GitLab
1 5 (83.33%) Jenkins
1 5 (83.33%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (16.67%) HP UFT
2 1 (16.67%) Selenium
2 1 (16.67%) WebDriver
General
1 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (16.67%) Banking
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
1 1 (16.67%) Retail
1 1 (16.67%) Retail Banking
1 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Administrator
2 1 (16.67%) Automation Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) DevOps Administrator
2 1 (16.67%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (83.33%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Containerisation
1 5 (83.33%) DevSecOps
2 3 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 3 (50.00%) Configuration Management
2 3 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (50.00%) Data Management
2 3 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 3 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (50.00%) Software Delivery
2 3 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 1 (16.67%) Agile
3 1 (16.67%) DevOps
3 1 (16.67%) Functional Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
1 1 (16.67%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) SC Cleared
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 5 (83.33%) Grafana
1 5 (83.33%) Kubernetes
1 5 (83.33%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Red Hat
2 1 (16.67%) Micro Focus