Task Automation Contract Job Trends in Suffolk

Task Automation
East of England > Suffolk

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Suffolk 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 20 - 17
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Task Automation 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Suffolk 1.02% - 2.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.37% - 2.60%
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
East of England median daily rate £500 £463 £450
% change year-on-year +8.11% +2.78% -18.18%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Suffolk

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 Suffolk.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73 79 77
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Suffolk 74.49% 79.00% 84.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 32 49
10th Percentile £220 £212 £197
25th Percentile £325 £244 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -5.26% -21.65%
75th Percentile £666 £541 £550
90th Percentile £713 £693 £669
East of England median daily rate £475 £500 £496
% change year-on-year -5.00% +0.76% -0.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 5
10th Percentile £14.92 - -
25th Percentile £18.92 - £11.25
Median hourly rate £21.00 £70.00 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year -70.00% +400.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £24.38 - £42.25
90th Percentile £24.53 - £64.40
East of England median hourly rate £20.23 £40.00 £30.48
% change year-on-year -49.43% +31.26% +24.29%

Task Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Suffolk

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

Task Automation job vacancy trend in Suffolk

Task Automation
Daily Rate Trend in Suffolk

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

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

Task Automation
Contract Job Locations in Suffolk

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 Suffolk region over the 6 months to 15 February 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
Ipswich - 1 £500 - 1
Task Automation
East of England

Task Automation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Suffolk 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