Task Automation Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Task Automation
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire requiring Task Automation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 46 54
Rank change year-on-year -26 +8 +8
Contract jobs citing Task Automation 4 6 2
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 0.43% 1.34% 0.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.52% 1.45% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 2
10th Percentile - £370 £283
25th Percentile - £381 £336
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £400 £428
Median % change year-on-year - -6.43% -8.06%
75th Percentile £469 £425 £516
90th Percentile £510 £440 £566
East of England median daily rate £480 £450 £425
% change year-on-year +6.67% +5.88% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.75 - -
Median hourly rate £21.50 - -
75th Percentile £22.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £22.25 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 772 415 499
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 82.04% 92.63% 85.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 281 199 151
10th Percentile £200 £225 £240
25th Percentile £406 £419 £311
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £425
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +29.41% -22.73%
75th Percentile £675 £588 £575
90th Percentile £775 £690 £638
East of England median daily rate £500 £505 £442
% change year-on-year -0.99% +14.25% -11.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 268 121 161
10th Percentile £16.70 £16.45 £15.50
25th Percentile £40.00 £22.63 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £45.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +44.44% -10.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £73.75 £70.00
East of England median hourly rate £48.84 £22.63 £40.00
% change year-on-year +115.82% -43.43% +100.00%

Task Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Task Automation job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Task Automation
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

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

Task Automation
Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Task Automation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Task Automation

Task Automation
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 29 September 2026. 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
Watford - 1 - - 4
Hemel Hempstead - 1 £400 - 1
Letchworth - 1 £400 - 1
Hatfield - 1 £525 - 1
Task Automation
East of England

Task Automation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) Apache
1 1 (25.00%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (25.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
2 1 (25.00%) Amazon S3
2 1 (25.00%) AWS
2 1 (25.00%) AWS Lambda
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) dbt
2 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (25.00%) GCP
2 1 (25.00%) IaaS
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (25.00%) PaaS
2 1 (25.00%) Power Automate
2 1 (25.00%) Serverless
2 1 (25.00%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Power BI
2 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (25.00%) Metadata
2 1 (25.00%) Power Query
2 1 (25.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (25.00%) Snowflake Schema
2 1 (25.00%) Star Schema
2 1 (25.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Git
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Architect
1 1 (25.00%) Cloud Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Data Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Data Architect
1 1 (25.00%) Junior
1 1 (25.00%) Junior Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Junior Data Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Snowflake Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) ARM Templates
1 1 (25.00%) Terraform
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Analytics
1 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Data Transformation
1 2 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (25.00%) Data Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Data Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (25.00%) Data Security
2 1 (25.00%) Data Validation
2 1 (25.00%) DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) Dimensional Modelling
2 1 (25.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (25.00%) Metadata Management
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (25.00%) Predictive Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Predictive Modelling
2 1 (25.00%) Use Case
2 1 (25.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Python
2 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (50.00%) SQL
3 1 (25.00%) Bicep
3 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (25.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (25.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (25.00%) vRealize
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Google
2 1 (25.00%) Salesforce
2 1 (25.00%) VMware