Task Automation Contract Job Trends in East London

Task Automation
London > East London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in East London requiring Task Automation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 - 41
Rank change year-on-year - - -7
Contract jobs citing Task Automation 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in East London 0.91% - 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.98% - 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £325 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - £500
75th Percentile £375 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -17.65%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East London

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 East London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 102 124 260
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East London 92.73% 91.85% 92.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 107 230
10th Percentile £190 £300 £349
25th Percentile £415 £400 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £500 £562
Median % change year-on-year +1.25% -11.09% +12.48%
75th Percentile £630 £595 £650
90th Percentile £933 £650 £766
London median daily rate £530 £550 £568
% change year-on-year -3.64% -3.08% -3.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 5
10th Percentile £23.33 - -
25th Percentile £24.24 - £14.18
Median hourly rate £34.50 - £16.85
Median % change year-on-year - - -77.97%
75th Percentile £58.75 - £18.93
90th Percentile £80.36 - -
London median hourly rate £29.25 £37.50 £35.32
% change year-on-year -22.00% +6.19% -11.16%

Task Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in East London

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

Task Automation job vacancy trend in East London

Task Automation
Daily Rate Trend in East London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Task Automation

Task Automation
Contract Job Locations in East London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Task Automation within the East London region over the 6 months to 11 December 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Tower Hamlets - 1 £350 - 6
Task Automation
London

Task Automation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East London 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Investment Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Issue Tracking
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft