Task Automation Contracts in London

Task Automation
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 233 269 345
Rank change year-on-year +36 +76 +56
Contract jobs citing Task Automation 118 128 134
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.97% 0.73% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.05% 0.83% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 108 84
10th Percentile £363 £359 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.61% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £635 £688 £675
90th Percentile £725 £790 £746
England median daily rate £500 £553 £550
% change year-on-year -9.50% +0.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 1
10th Percentile £19.43 - -
25th Percentile £23.81 - -
Median hourly rate £28.25 £23.80 £90.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.70% -73.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £29.88 - -
90th Percentile £31.45 - -
England median hourly rate £46.75 £23.80 £51.25
% change year-on-year +96.43% -53.56% -18.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,225 15,457 23,121
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.24% 88.42% 90.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,536 11,093 16,726
10th Percentile £350 £340 £375
25th Percentile £431 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 189 316 265
10th Percentile £16.50 £15.50 £18.20
25th Percentile £23.80 £20.00 £22.50
Median hourly rate £31.35 £28.00 £39.42
Median % change year-on-year +11.95% -28.97% +12.39%
75th Percentile £49.75 £48.75 £64.50
90th Percentile £63.05 £66.88 £82.50
England median hourly rate £28.17 £37.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -24.89% - +50.00%

Task Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Task Automation in London

Task Automation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Task Automation in London

Task Automation
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Task Automation in London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Task Automation in London

Task Automation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Task Automation in London.

Hourly rate trend for Task Automation in London

Task Automation
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Task Automation in London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Task Automation in London

Task Automation
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 30 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
Central London 0 19 £433 -30.80% 11
South London - 4 £450 - 2
West London +13 3 £375 -20.00% 35
Task Automation
England

Task Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 9 (7.63%) SharePoint
2 8 (6.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.54%) Confluence
4 2 (1.69%) IIS
5 1 (0.85%) OpenStack
Applications
1 5 (4.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.39%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.69%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.85%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.85%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.85%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 47 (39.83%) Azure
2 42 (35.59%) AWS
3 24 (20.34%) GCP
4 15 (12.71%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (11.02%) Entra ID
6 11 (9.32%) Power Platform
7 10 (8.47%) Amazon S3
8 9 (7.63%) Power Automate
8 9 (7.63%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 8 (6.78%) AWS Lambda
9 8 (6.78%) Serverless
10 7 (5.93%) Amazon EC2
10 7 (5.93%) GitHub
10 7 (5.93%) OneDrive
11 5 (4.24%) AWS CloudFormation
12 4 (3.39%) IaaS
12 4 (3.39%) PaaS
13 3 (2.54%) Amazon EKS
13 3 (2.54%) Cloud Computing
13 3 (2.54%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (16.10%) Firewall
2 11 (9.32%) Network Security
2 11 (9.32%) VPN
3 10 (8.47%) DNS
4 6 (5.08%) DHCP
5 5 (4.24%) Cisco Nexus
6 4 (3.39%) SAN
6 4 (3.39%) TCP/IP
7 3 (2.54%) BIG-IP
7 3 (2.54%) Fibre Channel
7 3 (2.54%) iSCSI
7 3 (2.54%) LAN
7 3 (2.54%) Software-Defined Networking
7 3 (2.54%) SSL
7 3 (2.54%) WAN
7 3 (2.54%) Wireless
8 2 (1.69%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (1.69%) Cisco Firepower
8 2 (1.69%) NAS
8 2 (1.69%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.08%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (3.39%) Oracle Database
2 4 (3.39%) Relational Database
2 4 (3.39%) SQL Server
3 3 (2.54%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (2.54%) Amazon Redshift
3 3 (2.54%) MySQL
3 3 (2.54%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (2.54%) Power BI
4 2 (1.69%) CockroachDB
4 2 (1.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.85%) Data Vault
5 1 (0.85%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.85%) KDB
5 1 (0.85%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.85%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.85%) Power Query
5 1 (0.85%) PowerPivot
5 1 (0.85%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 15 (12.71%) GitLab
2 9 (7.63%) Jenkins
3 8 (6.78%) Git
3 8 (6.78%) JIRA
4 6 (5.08%) Sonatype Nexus
5 3 (2.54%) CircleCI
6 2 (1.69%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.85%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.85%) Gemini Tracker
7 1 (0.85%) Gradle
7 1 (0.85%) JUnit
7 1 (0.85%) Maven
7 1 (0.85%) Mercurial
7 1 (0.85%) Selenium
7 1 (0.85%) Subversion
7 1 (0.85%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.85%) TestNG
General
1 29 (24.58%) Social Skills
2 28 (23.73%) Finance
3 19 (16.10%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (11.86%) Banking
5 7 (5.93%) Documentation Skills
5 7 (5.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (5.93%) Public Sector
6 3 (2.54%) Investment Banking
6 3 (2.54%) Military
7 2 (1.69%) Local Government
7 2 (1.69%) Marketing
8 1 (0.85%) Games
8 1 (0.85%) Retail
8 1 (0.85%) Retail Banking
8 1 (0.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (16.10%) DevOps Engineer
2 16 (13.56%) Senior
3 10 (8.47%) Developer
3 10 (8.47%) Support Engineer
4 9 (7.63%) AWS Engineer
5 8 (6.78%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
6 7 (5.93%) AWS DevOps
6 7 (5.93%) Microsoft Engineer
6 7 (5.93%) Network Engineer
7 6 (5.08%) Architect
7 6 (5.08%) AWS DevOps Engineer
7 6 (5.08%) Lead
8 5 (4.24%) Analyst
8 5 (4.24%) Data Engineer
8 5 (4.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (4.24%) Mac Engineer
8 5 (4.24%) Python Developer
8 5 (4.24%) Senior DevOps
8 5 (4.24%) Senior DevOps Engineer
8 5 (4.24%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.93%) Elastic Stack
2 4 (3.39%) Regular Expression
3 3 (2.54%) RESTful
4 2 (1.69%) .NET
4 2 (1.69%) REST
4 2 (1.69%) Web Services
5 1 (0.85%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.85%) Ajax
5 1 (0.85%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.85%) Classic ASP
5 1 (0.85%) FastAPI
5 1 (0.85%) Flask
5 1 (0.85%) HTML
5 1 (0.85%) LDAP
5 1 (0.85%) Node.js
5 1 (0.85%) OpenTelemetry
5 1 (0.85%) Oracle GoldenGate
5 1 (0.85%) SOAP
5 1 (0.85%) XML
5 1 (0.85%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.24%) Data Structures
1 5 (4.24%) Management Information System
2 4 (3.39%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (3.39%) Cloud Native
3 3 (2.54%) CMDB
3 3 (2.54%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (2.54%) Data Centre
3 3 (2.54%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (2.54%) Onboarding
3 3 (2.54%) Private Cloud
3 3 (2.54%) Product Ownership
3 3 (2.54%) Public Cloud
3 3 (2.54%) Replication
4 2 (1.69%) DataPower
4 2 (1.69%) Hedge funds
4 2 (1.69%) Insider Threat
4 2 (1.69%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (1.69%) Mainframe
4 2 (1.69%) Security Posture
4 2 (1.69%) Shadow IT
Operating Systems
1 27 (22.88%) Windows
2 25 (21.19%) Linux
3 8 (6.78%) Unix
3 8 (6.78%) Windows Server
4 5 (4.24%) Mac OS
5 4 (3.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (3.39%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.69%) CentOS
6 2 (1.69%) Rocky
6 2 (1.69%) Solaris
7 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (32.20%) DevOps
2 29 (24.58%) CI/CD
2 29 (24.58%) Problem-Solving
3 24 (20.34%) High Availability
4 22 (18.64%) Infrastructure as Code
5 21 (17.80%) Cloud Security
6 20 (16.95%) Containerisation
7 16 (13.56%) Agile
8 15 (12.71%) Configuration Management
8 15 (12.71%) Migration
9 14 (11.86%) Mentoring
10 11 (9.32%) Infrastructure Automation
11 9 (7.63%) Analytics
11 9 (7.63%) Data Protection
11 9 (7.63%) Roadmaps
11 9 (7.63%) Test Automation
12 8 (6.78%) Performance Tuning
12 8 (6.78%) Service Delivery
12 8 (6.78%) Software Engineering
13 7 (5.93%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 65 (55.08%) Python
2 36 (30.51%) PowerShell
3 26 (22.03%) Bash
4 17 (14.41%) SQL
5 7 (5.93%) Shell Script
6 5 (4.24%) Perl
7 4 (3.39%) C#
8 2 (1.69%) Bicep
8 2 (1.69%) Java
8 2 (1.69%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.69%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (1.69%) Ruby
9 1 (0.85%) AppleScript
9 1 (0.85%) C
9 1 (0.85%) Lisp
9 1 (0.85%) LookML
9 1 (0.85%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.85%) VBA
Qualifications
1 17 (14.41%) Security Cleared
2 15 (12.71%) Degree
3 10 (8.47%) SC Cleared
4 5 (4.24%) AWS Certification
4 5 (4.24%) DV Cleared
5 4 (3.39%) CCNP
5 4 (3.39%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (2.54%) ACSP
6 3 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (1.69%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.69%) CCNA
7 2 (1.69%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.69%) JNCIA
7 2 (1.69%) JNCIS
7 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.85%) CISSP
8 1 (0.85%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.85%) CTC Cleared
8 1 (0.85%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.93%) NIST
2 6 (5.08%) Data Quality
2 6 (5.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (4.24%) GDPR
4 4 (3.39%) HIPAA
4 4 (3.39%) PCI DSS
4 4 (3.39%) QA
4 4 (3.39%) SOC 2
5 2 (1.69%) GRC
6 1 (0.85%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (19.49%) Active Directory
2 16 (13.56%) Docker
3 7 (5.93%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (2.54%) VMware NSX
5 2 (1.69%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.69%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (1.69%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.85%) Ceph
6 1 (0.85%) Firmware
6 1 (0.85%) NFS
6 1 (0.85%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.85%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 1 (0.85%) Veritas File System
6 1 (0.85%) Veritas Volume Manager
6 1 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.85%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 40 (33.90%) Ansible
2 31 (26.27%) Terraform
3 19 (16.10%) Kubernetes
4 10 (8.47%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (7.63%) Prometheus
6 8 (6.78%) Grafana
6 8 (6.78%) Puppet
7 4 (3.39%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (2.54%) Progress Chef
9 2 (1.69%) Packer
9 2 (1.69%) SCCM
9 2 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (1.69%) ZABBIX
10 1 (0.85%) Control-M
10 1 (0.85%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.85%) Nagios
10 1 (0.85%) Netcool
10 1 (0.85%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.85%) Plesk
10 1 (0.85%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 30 (25.42%) Microsoft
2 10 (8.47%) VMware
3 9 (7.63%) Cisco
3 9 (7.63%) Google
4 7 (5.93%) F5
4 7 (5.93%) Oracle
4 7 (5.93%) Red Hat
5 6 (5.08%) BeyondTrust
5 6 (5.08%) ServiceNow
6 5 (4.24%) Qualys
7 4 (3.39%) Apple
7 4 (3.39%) Palo Alto
8 3 (2.54%) Arista
8 3 (2.54%) BMC
8 3 (2.54%) CheckPoint
8 3 (2.54%) CyberArk
8 3 (2.54%) Dell
8 3 (2.54%) Hitachi
8 3 (2.54%) Splunk
8 3 (2.54%) Tenable