Task Automation Contracts in Gloucestershire

Task Automation
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Gloucestershire 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 29 54 56
Rank change year-on-year +25 +2 -
Contract jobs citing Task Automation 12 4 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 4.38% 0.93% 1.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.02% 1.09% 1.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 3 7
10th Percentile £408 £520 -
25th Percentile £416 £522 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £448 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -18.64% - -
75th Percentile £480 £575 £575
90th Percentile £571 - -
South West median daily rate £475 £700 £550
% change year-on-year -32.14% +27.27% +7.84%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 239 368 438
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 87.23% 85.78% 92.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 178 230 307
10th Percentile £237 £363 £295
25th Percentile £413 £458 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +6.34%
75th Percentile £630 £675 £650
90th Percentile £729 £738 £700
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £549
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.37% +9.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 31 37
10th Percentile £25.56 £14.00 £35.00
25th Percentile £34.88 £19.57 £50.50
Median hourly rate £67.50 £35.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +92.86% -50.00% +116.05%
75th Percentile £70.00 £69.38 £78.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £71.50 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year +26.00% -18.70% +26.16%

Task Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Task Automation in Gloucestershire

Task Automation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Daily rate trend for Task Automation in Gloucestershire

Task Automation
Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire

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

Daily rate histogram for Task Automation in Gloucestershire

Task Automation
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire 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
Gloucester - 8 £425 - 6
Task Automation
South West

Task Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (25.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (16.67%) Confluence
3 1 (8.33%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (58.33%) Azure
3 4 (33.33%) Entra ID
4 2 (16.67%) AWS
4 2 (16.67%) SaaS
5 1 (8.33%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (8.33%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (8.33%) MongoDB
1 1 (8.33%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Administrator
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Wintel Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Azure Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365 Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Technical Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Wintel Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Wintel Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 3 (25.00%) Onboarding
1 3 (25.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 7 (58.33%) Windows
2 5 (41.67%) Windows Server
3 1 (8.33%) Android
3 1 (8.33%) Apple iOS
3 1 (8.33%) Linux
3 1 (8.33%) Mac OS
3 1 (8.33%) Windows 10
3 1 (8.33%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (8.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (41.67%) Migration
3 4 (33.33%) Application Security
3 4 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 4 (33.33%) Project Management
3 4 (33.33%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 4 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
4 3 (25.00%) Data Loss Prevention
4 3 (25.00%) Threat Analysis
5 2 (16.67%) Desktop Virtualisation
5 2 (16.67%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 2 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
5 2 (16.67%) Threat Intelligence
6 1 (8.33%) Containerisation
6 1 (8.33%) Customer Requirements
6 1 (8.33%) Decision-Making
6 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (8.33%) Privileged Access Management
6 1 (8.33%) Project Delivery
6 1 (8.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 11 (91.67%) PowerShell
2 2 (16.67%) Python
3 1 (8.33%) SQL
3 1 (8.33%) VB
3 1 (8.33%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 11 (91.67%) Security Cleared
2 9 (75.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (25.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (8.33%) Degree
4 1 (8.33%) MCP
4 1 (8.33%) MCSA
4 1 (8.33%) MCSE
4 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) NCSC
System Software
1 7 (58.33%) Active Directory
2 3 (25.00%) Virtual Desktop
2 3 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (16.67%) Hyper-V
3 2 (16.67%) vSphere
4 1 (8.33%) BitLocker
4 1 (8.33%) Docker
4 1 (8.33%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 4 (33.33%) McAfee ePO
1 4 (33.33%) SCCM
2 3 (25.00%) Norton AntiVirus
2 3 (25.00%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
3 2 (16.67%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (8.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (8.33%) Ansible
4 1 (8.33%) Kubernetes
4 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (41.67%) McAfee
3 4 (33.33%) Symantec
4 3 (25.00%) VMware
5 2 (16.67%) Citrix