Task Automation Contracts in Derby

Task Automation
Derbyshire > Derby

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Derby requiring Task Automation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Task Automation over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 - 25
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Task Automation 3 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Derby 3.66% - 1.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.69% - 1.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £379
25th Percentile £275 - £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 - £463
75th Percentile £325 - £528
90th Percentile - - £556
Derbyshire median daily rate £300 - £463

All Process and Methodology Skills
Derby

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 Derby.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 64 90 138
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derby 78.05% 61.22% 91.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 64 70
10th Percentile £184 £167 £115
25th Percentile £200 £200 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £272 £480
Median % change year-on-year +56.25% -43.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £550 £450 £578
90th Percentile £628 £588 £650
Derbyshire median daily rate £425 £267 £469
% change year-on-year +59.18% -43.04% +17.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 32
10th Percentile £21.38 - £13.16
25th Percentile £23.00 £16.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £24.18 £17.50 £16.83
Median % change year-on-year +38.17% +3.98% -15.85%
75th Percentile £24.66 £18.75 £19.35
90th Percentile £24.95 £18.88 £65.00
Derbyshire median hourly rate £22.30 £17.50 £16.83
% change year-on-year +27.40% +3.98% -15.85%

Task Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Derby

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

Job vacancy trend for Task Automation in Derby

Task Automation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Derby

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Task Automation in Derby.

Daily rate trend for Task Automation in Derby

Task Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Derby 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 (33.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) AWS
3 1 (33.33%) GCP
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Chocolatey
1 2 (66.67%) Git
1 2 (66.67%) SonarQube
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) DevOps Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) IT Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) .NET
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (66.67%) Microservices
2 2 (66.67%) Service Catalogue
2 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Containerisation
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Data Management
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Resource Allocation
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Service Management
3 1 (33.33%) Virtual Environments
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (66.67%) C#
3 1 (33.33%) Bash
3 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Docker
2 1 (33.33%) Hyper-V
2 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Kubernetes
2 2 (66.67%) Ansible
2 2 (66.67%) Terraform
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (33.33%) Podman
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) ServiceNow
2 1 (33.33%) Google
2 1 (33.33%) VMware