Task Automation Contracts in Gloucester

Task Automation
Gloucestershire > Gloucester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Gloucester 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 15 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Task Automation 8 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucester 8.79% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.53% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £388 - -
25th Percentile £416 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £466 - -
90th Percentile £478 - -
Gloucestershire median daily rate £448 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -18.64% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Gloucester

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 Gloucester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 76 74 139
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucester 83.52% 88.10% 94.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 55 109
10th Percentile £222 £400 £275
25th Percentile £400 £463 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £623 £631 £588
90th Percentile £745 £706 £669
Gloucestershire median daily rate £525 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +6.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 3
10th Percentile £21.04 £17.82 £40.60
25th Percentile £21.89 £18.85 £54.63
Median hourly rate £23.30 £21.00 £78.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.95% -73.08% -
75th Percentile £24.71 £26.81 -
90th Percentile £25.56 £31.88 -
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £67.50 £35.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +92.86% -50.00% +116.05%

Task Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucester

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

Job vacancy trend for Task Automation in Gloucester

Task Automation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Gloucester

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

Daily rate trend for Task Automation in Gloucester

Task Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucester 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 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (37.50%) SharePoint
2 2 (25.00%) Confluence
3 1 (12.50%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (50.00%) Azure
3 2 (25.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (25.00%) SaaS
4 1 (12.50%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) DNS
1 1 (12.50%) Remote Desktop
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) JIRA
General
1 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (37.50%) Public Sector
2 1 (12.50%) Publishing
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Administrator
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Azure Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365 Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Wintel Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Wintel Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Wintel Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Onboarding
1 3 (37.50%) Security Posture
2 2 (25.00%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 6 (75.00%) Windows
2 5 (62.50%) Windows Server
3 1 (12.50%) Android
3 1 (12.50%) Apple iOS
3 1 (12.50%) Mac OS
3 1 (12.50%) Windows 10
3 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Migration
1 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (50.00%) Application Security
2 4 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 4 (50.00%) Project Management
2 4 (50.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 4 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 3 (37.50%) Threat Analysis
4 2 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
5 1 (12.50%) Analytics
5 1 (12.50%) Customer Requirements
5 1 (12.50%) Data Loss Prevention
5 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
5 1 (12.50%) Desktop Virtualisation
5 1 (12.50%) Identity Access Management
5 1 (12.50%) Line Management
5 1 (12.50%) Privileged Access Management
5 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
5 1 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (12.50%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (12.50%) Python
2 1 (12.50%) VB
2 1 (12.50%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (87.50%) SC Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) Degree
3 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) MCP
3 1 (12.50%) MCSA
3 1 (12.50%) MCSE
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) NCSC
System Software
1 4 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (25.00%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (12.50%) BitLocker
3 1 (12.50%) Hyper-V
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (12.50%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (50.00%) McAfee ePO
1 4 (50.00%) SCCM
2 3 (37.50%) Norton AntiVirus
2 3 (37.50%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
3 2 (25.00%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (12.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (62.50%) McAfee
3 4 (50.00%) Symantec
4 2 (25.00%) VMware
5 1 (12.50%) Citrix