Task Automation Contract Job Trends in Derby

Task Automation
Derbyshire > Derby

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Derby requiring Task Automation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 13 -
Rank change year-on-year -7 - -
Contract jobs citing Task Automation 2 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Derby 1.41% 3.80% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.77% 4.69% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £300 -
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% - -
Derbyshire median daily rate £500 £300 -
% change year-on-year +66.67% - -

All Process & 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 113 64 93
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derby 79.58% 81.01% 62.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 35 68
10th Percentile £413 £184 £165
25th Percentile £443 £200 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £272
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% +56.25% -43.33%
75th Percentile £563 £550 £441
90th Percentile £700 £628 £588
Derbyshire median daily rate £481 £425 £267
% change year-on-year +13.24% +59.18% -42.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 5 6
10th Percentile - £21.38 -
25th Percentile £16.35 £23.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £17.87 £24.18 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.10% +38.17% +3.98%
75th Percentile - £24.66 £18.75
90th Percentile £24.29 £24.95 £18.88
Derbyshire median hourly rate £17.87 £23.59 £17.50
% change year-on-year -24.25% +34.80% +3.98%

Task Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Derby

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

Task Automation job vacancy trend in Derby

Task Automation
Daily Rate Trend in Derby

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

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

Task Automation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derby 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 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Chocolatey
1 1 (50.00%) Git
1 1 (50.00%) SonarQube
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Configuration Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Application Packaging
1 1 (50.00%) Batch Scripting
1 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (50.00%) Deployment Automation
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Microservices
1 1 (50.00%) Service Catalogue
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (50.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) BitLocker
1 1 (50.00%) Docker
1 1 (50.00%) Firmware
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Ansible
1 1 (50.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
1 1 (50.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Dell
1 1 (50.00%) HP
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow