Task Automation Contracts in England

Task Automation
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 238 316 431
Rank change year-on-year +78 +115 +39
Contract jobs citing Task Automation 266 235 230
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.09% 0.63% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.20% 0.73% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 193 148
10th Percentile £353 £388 £396
25th Percentile £425 £463 £483
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £606 £675 £677
90th Percentile £700 £700 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 2
10th Percentile £26.88 - £19.13
25th Percentile £27.88 - £30.94
Median hourly rate £46.87 £23.80 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year +96.94% -53.56% +130.03%
75th Percentile £65.46 - £70.94
90th Percentile £65.62 - £82.38
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £23.80 £51.25
% change year-on-year +21.85% -53.56% +130.03%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Task Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Task Automation in England

Task Automation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Task Automation in England

Task Automation
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Task Automation in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Task Automation in England

Task Automation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Task Automation in England.

Hourly rate trend for Task Automation in England

Task Automation
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Task Automation in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Task Automation in England

Task Automation
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
London +49 129 £544 -1.14% 203
North of England +34 42 £475 -2.56% 144
North West +40 30 £475 +18.75% 73
South West +38 29 £475 -32.14% 75
Midlands +34 19 £475 -26.92% 112
East of England +43 18 £565 +10.24% 102
South East +31 17 £411 -17.90% 161
West Midlands +22 14 £488 -25.00% 60
Yorkshire +3 11 £498 -4.33% 53
East Midlands +14 5 £395 -31.30% 43
North East 0 4 £470 +1.62% 18
Task Automation
UK

Task Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 37 (13.91%) SharePoint
2 17 (6.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (4.14%) Confluence
4 2 (0.75%) Apache
4 2 (0.75%) IIS
4 2 (0.75%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.38%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.38%) CMS
5 1 (0.38%) nginx
5 1 (0.38%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.38%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (3.76%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.13%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.38%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (0.75%) NetSuite
1 2 (0.75%) SAP CO
1 2 (0.75%) SAP FI
1 2 (0.75%) SAP FI/CO
1 2 (0.75%) Workday HCM
2 1 (0.38%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 1 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 88 (33.08%) Azure
2 77 (28.95%) AWS
3 52 (19.55%) Microsoft 365
4 38 (14.29%) GCP
5 28 (10.53%) Power Platform
6 27 (10.15%) Entra ID
7 26 (9.77%) Power Automate
8 21 (7.89%) Amazon S3
9 18 (6.77%) AWS Lambda
9 18 (6.77%) Serverless
10 17 (6.39%) Amazon EC2
10 17 (6.39%) PowerApps
11 13 (4.89%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 11 (4.14%) AWS CloudFormation
12 11 (4.14%) GitHub
12 11 (4.14%) OneDrive
13 10 (3.76%) Azure DevOps
14 9 (3.38%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 9 (3.38%) SaaS
15 8 (3.01%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (10.90%) Firewall
2 23 (8.65%) DNS
3 19 (7.14%) Network Security
4 14 (5.26%) VPN
5 8 (3.01%) DHCP
5 8 (3.01%) TCP/IP
6 7 (2.63%) SAN
7 6 (2.26%) LAN
7 6 (2.26%) WAN
8 5 (1.88%) NAS
9 4 (1.50%) BGP
9 4 (1.50%) Cisco Nexus
9 4 (1.50%) OSPF
9 4 (1.50%) SSL
10 3 (1.13%) DWDM
10 3 (1.13%) Kerberos
10 3 (1.13%) Remote Desktop
10 3 (1.13%) VLAN
10 3 (1.13%) VoIP
10 3 (1.13%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (7.14%) SQL Server
2 8 (3.01%) Amazon RDS
2 8 (3.01%) Relational Database
3 7 (2.63%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (2.63%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (2.26%) MongoDB
4 6 (2.26%) MySQL
5 4 (1.50%) Amazon Redshift
5 4 (1.50%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (1.50%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.13%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (1.13%) Power BI
7 2 (0.75%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.75%) CockroachDB
7 2 (0.75%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.75%) DynamoDB
7 2 (0.75%) Metadata
7 2 (0.75%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.38%) Kdb+
8 1 (0.38%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 28 (10.53%) GitLab
1 28 (10.53%) Jenkins
2 25 (9.40%) JIRA
3 22 (8.27%) Git
4 5 (1.88%) CircleCI
4 5 (1.88%) Sonatype Nexus
5 4 (1.50%) Cypress.io
5 4 (1.50%) Selenium
6 3 (1.13%) SonarQube
6 3 (1.13%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.75%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.75%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.75%) Chocolatey
7 2 (0.75%) Subversion
8 1 (0.38%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.38%) Gradle
8 1 (0.38%) JUnit
8 1 (0.38%) LSMW
8 1 (0.38%) Maven
8 1 (0.38%) PHPUnit
General
1 71 (26.69%) Social Skills
2 48 (18.05%) Analytical Skills
3 37 (13.91%) Finance
4 30 (11.28%) Public Sector
5 15 (5.64%) Banking
6 10 (3.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (3.01%) Marketing
8 7 (2.63%) Military
8 7 (2.63%) Telecoms
9 6 (2.26%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (2.26%) Legal
9 6 (2.26%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.88%) Electronics
11 3 (1.13%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.75%) Local Government
12 2 (0.75%) Publishing
13 1 (0.38%) Automotive
13 1 (0.38%) Back Office
13 1 (0.38%) Retail
13 1 (0.38%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 39 (14.66%) Developer
2 38 (14.29%) DevOps Engineer
3 29 (10.90%) Senior
4 18 (6.77%) Administrator
5 15 (5.64%) Microsoft 365 Developer
5 15 (5.64%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
6 14 (5.26%) AWS Engineer
7 12 (4.51%) AWS DevOps
7 12 (4.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 12 (4.51%) Software Developer
8 11 (4.14%) AWS DevOps Engineer
8 11 (4.14%) Consultant
8 11 (4.14%) Linux Engineer
8 11 (4.14%) Microsoft Engineer
8 11 (4.14%) Support Engineer
9 10 (3.76%) Lead
10 9 (3.38%) Analyst
10 9 (3.38%) Architect
10 9 (3.38%) Senior DevOps
10 9 (3.38%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (6.39%) HTML
1 17 (6.39%) React
2 16 (6.02%) CSS
3 12 (4.51%) SPFx
4 11 (4.14%) .NET
5 9 (3.38%) SailPoint
6 8 (3.01%) Elastic Stack
7 7 (2.63%) OpenID
7 7 (2.63%) SAML
8 6 (2.26%) Node.js
8 6 (2.26%) OAuth
8 6 (2.26%) REST
9 5 (1.88%) RESTful
10 4 (1.50%) Playwright
10 4 (1.50%) Regular Expression
10 4 (1.50%) Web Services
11 3 (1.13%) LDAP
11 3 (1.13%) SOAP
11 3 (1.13%) XML
12 2 (0.75%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 11 (4.14%) Management Information System
2 9 (3.38%) Cloud Native
2 9 (3.38%) Onboarding
3 7 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (2.26%) Data Structures
4 6 (2.26%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (1.88%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (1.88%) Linux Command Line
5 5 (1.88%) Public Cloud
5 5 (1.88%) Replication
5 5 (1.88%) Security Posture
6 4 (1.50%) CMDB
6 4 (1.50%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.13%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.13%) Clustering
7 3 (1.13%) Legacy Applications
7 3 (1.13%) Mainframe
7 3 (1.13%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.13%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 56 (21.05%) Linux
2 51 (19.17%) Windows
3 18 (6.77%) Windows Server
4 14 (5.26%) Unix
5 9 (3.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (3.01%) Mac OS
7 6 (2.26%) Solaris
7 6 (2.26%) Windows 10
8 5 (1.88%) CentOS
9 3 (1.13%) AIX
9 3 (1.13%) HPUX
9 3 (1.13%) Ubuntu
9 3 (1.13%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (1.13%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.75%) Android
10 2 (0.75%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.75%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
2 75 (28.20%) CI/CD
3 73 (27.44%) DevOps
4 50 (18.80%) Containerisation
5 45 (16.92%) High Availability
6 43 (16.17%) Infrastructure as Code
7 36 (13.53%) Migration
8 34 (12.78%) Agile
9 31 (11.65%) Configuration Management
10 28 (10.53%) Cloud Security
11 26 (9.77%) Disaster Recovery
12 25 (9.40%) Test Automation
13 22 (8.27%) ITIL
14 19 (7.14%) Infrastructure Automation
14 19 (7.14%) Software Engineering
15 18 (6.77%) Computer Science
15 18 (6.77%) Continuous Integration
15 18 (6.77%) Identity Access Management
16 17 (6.39%) Cybersecurity
16 17 (6.39%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 140 (52.63%) Python
2 104 (39.10%) PowerShell
3 70 (26.32%) Bash
4 33 (12.41%) SQL
5 26 (9.77%) JavaScript
6 16 (6.02%) TypeScript
7 15 (5.64%) Perl
7 15 (5.64%) Shell Script
8 13 (4.89%) Java
9 9 (3.38%) C#
10 3 (1.13%) Groovy
10 3 (1.13%) PHP
11 2 (0.75%) AppleScript
11 2 (0.75%) C
11 2 (0.75%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.75%) R
11 2 (0.75%) Ruby
11 2 (0.75%) Tcl
11 2 (0.75%) VB
11 2 (0.75%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 71 (26.69%) Security Cleared
2 51 (19.17%) SC Cleared
3 35 (13.16%) Degree
4 16 (6.02%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (4.89%) AWS Certification
5 13 (4.89%) DV Cleared
6 9 (3.38%) CCNA
6 9 (3.38%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (2.26%) CCNP
9 5 (1.88%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 5 (1.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (1.50%) ACSP
10 4 (1.50%) Azure Certification
11 3 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (1.13%) JNCIA
11 3 (1.13%) JNCIS
12 2 (0.75%) AWS Certified Developer
12 2 (0.75%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.75%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.26%) GDPR
2 11 (4.14%) HIPAA
3 10 (3.76%) QA
4 9 (3.38%) Data Quality
5 7 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (2.63%) NIST
5 7 (2.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (2.26%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.88%) SLA
7 5 (1.88%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.75%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.75%) DICOM
8 2 (0.75%) GRC
8 2 (0.75%) HL7
8 2 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 2 (0.75%) NCSC
9 1 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.38%) IFRS
System Software
1 47 (17.67%) Docker
2 37 (13.91%) Active Directory
3 22 (8.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.26%) Hyper-V
4 6 (2.26%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (1.88%) vSphere
6 4 (1.50%) VMware NSX
7 3 (1.13%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.75%) BitLocker
8 2 (0.75%) KVM
8 2 (0.75%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (0.75%) NFS
8 2 (0.75%) Veritas File System
8 2 (0.75%) Veritas Volume Manager
9 1 (0.38%) Ceph
9 1 (0.38%) Firmware
9 1 (0.38%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.38%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 1 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 82 (30.83%) Ansible
2 64 (24.06%) Kubernetes
3 55 (20.68%) Terraform
4 20 (7.52%) Prometheus
5 17 (6.39%) Grafana
5 17 (6.39%) Microsoft Intune
6 16 (6.02%) Puppet
7 13 (4.89%) Single Sign-On
8 10 (3.76%) Progress Chef
9 8 (3.01%) SCCM
10 6 (2.26%) Jamf Pro
11 4 (1.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (1.50%) McAfee ePO
12 3 (1.13%) Automic
12 3 (1.13%) Control-M
12 3 (1.13%) Nagios
12 3 (1.13%) Norton AntiVirus
12 3 (1.13%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
12 3 (1.13%) WMI
12 3 (1.13%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 73 (27.44%) Microsoft
2 31 (11.65%) VMware
3 21 (7.89%) Red Hat
4 19 (7.14%) Google
5 18 (6.77%) ServiceNow
6 17 (6.39%) Oracle
7 9 (3.38%) Cisco
8 8 (3.01%) Okta
8 8 (3.01%) SAP
8 8 (3.01%) Splunk
9 7 (2.63%) Ping Identity
10 6 (2.26%) Apple
10 6 (2.26%) BeyondTrust
10 6 (2.26%) McAfee
10 6 (2.26%) NetApp
10 6 (2.26%) Qualys
11 5 (1.88%) BMC
11 5 (1.88%) Dell
11 5 (1.88%) IBM
11 5 (1.88%) Symantec