Task Automation Contract Job Trends in Leicestershire

Task Automation
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leicestershire requiring Task Automation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 21 15
Rank change year-on-year -6 -6 -
Contract jobs citing Task Automation 2 1 6
As % of all contract jobs in Leicestershire 1.27% 0.76% 4.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.56% 0.97% 5.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile £276 - -
25th Percentile £295 £368 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £344 £385 £485
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £395 £403 £544
90th Percentile £417 - £570
East Midlands median daily rate £413 £385 £449
% change year-on-year +7.14% -14.25% -1.20%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 128 103 103
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire 81.53% 78.63% 73.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 63 76
10th Percentile £136 £136 £185
25th Percentile £313 £250 £309
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £388 £449
Median % change year-on-year +9.68% -13.70% +6.90%
75th Percentile £538 £488 £530
90th Percentile £634 £576 £625
East Midlands median daily rate £475 £411 £445
% change year-on-year +15.50% -7.58% -6.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 4
10th Percentile £16.31 £19.03 £14.45
25th Percentile £17.88 £19.81 £18.50
Median hourly rate £26.70 £20.90 £22.75
Median % change year-on-year +27.75% -8.13% +11.19%
75th Percentile £30.94 £22.60 £25.56
90th Percentile £33.75 £24.94 £27.48
East Midlands median hourly rate £18.31 £20.50 £17.00
% change year-on-year -10.68% +20.59% -55.84%

Task Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Task Automation job vacancy trend in Leicestershire

Task Automation
Daily Rate Trend in Leicestershire

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

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

Task Automation
Daily Rate Histogram in Leicestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Task Automation in Leicestershire over the 6 months to 20 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Task Automation in Leicestershire

Task Automation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
2 1 (50.00%) DHCP
2 1 (50.00%) VLAN
2 1 (50.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) AI
1 1 (50.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (50.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft