Task Automation Contract Job Trends in Ipswich

Task Automation
Suffolk > Ipswich

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Ipswich requiring Task Automation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 - 16
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Task Automation 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Ipswich 1.79% - 3.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.00% - 3.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £210
25th Percentile - - £246
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £327
75th Percentile - - £412
90th Percentile - - £450
Suffolk median daily rate £500 - £327

All Process & Methodology Skills
Ipswich

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 Ipswich.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 50 38 59
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Ipswich 89.29% 73.08% 95.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 16 34
10th Percentile £406 £266 £259
25th Percentile £480 £409 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +36.84% - -21.65%
75th Percentile £705 £553 £550
90th Percentile £743 £710 £638
Suffolk median daily rate £480 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +6.67% -5.26% -21.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 2
10th Percentile £16.87 - £16.23
25th Percentile £18.92 - £20.31
Median hourly rate £21.00 £70.00 £27.75
Median % change year-on-year -70.00% +152.25% +73.44%
75th Percentile £23.00 - £35.31
90th Percentile - - £39.48
Suffolk median hourly rate £21.00 £70.00 £14.00
% change year-on-year -70.00% +400.00% -7.41%

Task Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Ipswich

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

Task Automation job vacancy trend in Ipswich

Task Automation
Daily Rate Trend in Ipswich

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

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

Task Automation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Ipswich 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Modbus
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet