Task Automation Contracts in the UK excluding London

Task Automation
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 183 278 387
Rank change year-on-year +95 +109 -3
Contract jobs citing Task Automation 161 122 75
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.26% 0.59% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.39% 0.69% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 91 53
10th Percentile £353 £411 £435
25th Percentile £425 £481 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £553 £550
Median % change year-on-year -14.03% +0.45% +8.64%
75th Percentile £563 £669 £675
90th Percentile £635 £700 £733
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21.00 - £11.25
Median hourly rate £24.66 - £12.50
75th Percentile £65.00 - £13.75
90th Percentile £65.62 - -
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £23.80 £51.25
% change year-on-year +21.85% -53.56% +130.03%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,543 17,602 21,544
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.42% 84.74% 89.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,249 10,520 14,947
10th Percentile £235 £250 £255
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £662 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 825 2,048 1,307
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.33 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.28 £16.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%
75th Percentile £64.50 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £72.98
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Task Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Task Automation in the UK excluding London

Task Automation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Task Automation in the UK excluding London

Task Automation
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Task Automation in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Task Automation in the UK excluding London

Task Automation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Task Automation in the UK excluding London

Task Automation
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Task Automation in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Task Automation in the UK excluding London

Task Automation
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 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
North of England +34 42 £475 -2.56% 49
Scotland +39 41 £473 +5.94% 14
North West +40 30 £475 +18.75% 32
South West +38 29 £475 -32.14% 21
Midlands +34 19 £475 -26.92% 22
East of England +43 18 £565 +10.24% 30
South East +31 17 £411 -17.90% 55
West Midlands +22 14 £488 -25.00% 12
Yorkshire +3 11 £498 -4.33% 11
East Midlands +14 5 £395 -31.30% 7
North East 0 4 £470 +1.62% 6
Task Automation
UK

Task Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 22 (13.66%) SharePoint
2 8 (4.97%) Confluence
3 7 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (3.11%) CMS
5 4 (2.48%) CICS
6 2 (1.24%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.62%) Apache
Applications
1 6 (3.73%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.62%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.24%) NetSuite
1 2 (1.24%) Workday HCM
2 1 (0.62%) SAP CO
2 1 (0.62%) SAP FI
2 1 (0.62%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 38 (23.60%) Azure
2 31 (19.25%) AWS
2 31 (19.25%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (9.94%) Cloud Computing
4 14 (8.70%) Power Automate
4 14 (8.70%) Power Platform
4 14 (8.70%) PowerApps
5 13 (8.07%) Amazon S3
5 13 (8.07%) GCP
6 11 (6.83%) OpenShift
7 7 (4.35%) Entra ID
8 6 (3.73%) Amazon EC2
8 6 (3.73%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (3.73%) Cohesity
8 6 (3.73%) GitHub
8 6 (3.73%) SaaS
9 5 (3.11%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (3.11%) Serverless
10 4 (2.48%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 4 (2.48%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 11 (6.83%) Firewall
1 11 (6.83%) Remote Desktop
2 10 (6.21%) DNS
3 8 (4.97%) NAS
3 8 (4.97%) SAN
4 6 (3.73%) Network Security
5 2 (1.24%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.62%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.62%) DHCP
6 1 (0.62%) DWDM
6 1 (0.62%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.62%) LAN
6 1 (0.62%) PBX
6 1 (0.62%) SMTP
6 1 (0.62%) SNMP
6 1 (0.62%) VPN
6 1 (0.62%) VSAN
6 1 (0.62%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (10.56%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.73%) MongoDB
3 5 (3.11%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (3.11%) Relational Database
4 3 (1.86%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (1.86%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (1.24%) Metadata
5 2 (1.24%) MySQL
5 2 (1.24%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.24%) Power BI
6 1 (0.62%) Amazon Athena
6 1 (0.62%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.62%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.62%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
6 1 (0.62%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.62%) DB2
6 1 (0.62%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 22 (13.66%) Git
2 20 (12.42%) Jenkins
3 18 (11.18%) JIRA
4 9 (5.59%) GitLab
5 3 (1.86%) Bitbucket
5 3 (1.86%) SonarQube
6 2 (1.24%) Artifactory
6 2 (1.24%) Chocolatey
6 2 (1.24%) CircleCI
6 2 (1.24%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.62%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.62%) JUnit
7 1 (0.62%) Postman
7 1 (0.62%) Selenium
7 1 (0.62%) Snyk
7 1 (0.62%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.62%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 71 (44.10%) Social Skills
2 30 (18.63%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (14.29%) Finance
4 18 (11.18%) Public Sector
5 13 (8.07%) Banking
6 8 (4.97%) Investment Banking
7 5 (3.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (3.11%) Legal
8 3 (1.86%) Military
9 2 (1.24%) Marketing
9 2 (1.24%) Publishing
9 2 (1.24%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.62%) Back Office
10 1 (0.62%) Electronics
10 1 (0.62%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.62%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.62%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 23 (14.29%) Developer
2 17 (10.56%) Administrator
3 13 (8.07%) Senior
4 12 (7.45%) Microsoft 365 Developer
5 10 (6.21%) DevOps Engineer
6 9 (5.59%) Python Engineer
6 9 (5.59%) Software Developer
7 8 (4.97%) Analyst
7 8 (4.97%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 8 (4.97%) Consultant
7 8 (4.97%) JavaScript Engineer
8 7 (4.35%) Service Desk Engineer
8 7 (4.35%) Software Engineer
9 6 (3.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (3.73%) Support Engineer
10 5 (3.11%) DBA
10 5 (3.11%) Linux Engineer
10 5 (3.11%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
10 5 (3.11%) Windows Engineer
10 5 (3.11%) Windows Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (7.45%) React
2 11 (6.83%) CSS
2 11 (6.83%) HTML
3 9 (5.59%) .NET
3 9 (5.59%) SPFx
4 4 (2.48%) Middleware
5 3 (1.86%) LDAP
5 3 (1.86%) Node.js
5 3 (1.86%) X-Windows
6 2 (1.24%) Django
6 2 (1.24%) GraphQL
6 2 (1.24%) Loki
6 2 (1.24%) MACH
6 2 (1.24%) Playwright
6 2 (1.24%) Puppeteer
6 2 (1.24%) RESTful
6 2 (1.24%) SailPoint
7 1 (0.62%) .NET Core
7 1 (0.62%) ARM Templates
7 1 (0.62%) Redfish
Miscellaneous
1 15 (9.32%) Management Information System
2 9 (5.59%) Device Driver
2 9 (5.59%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (4.35%) Mainframe
3 7 (4.35%) Onboarding
4 5 (3.11%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (2.48%) VSAM
6 3 (1.86%) Cloud Native
6 3 (1.86%) Clustering
6 3 (1.86%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.86%) Linux Command Line
6 3 (1.86%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.24%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.24%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.24%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.62%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.62%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (0.62%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.62%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.62%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 41 (25.47%) Windows
2 30 (18.63%) Linux
3 17 (10.56%) Unix
4 16 (9.94%) Windows Server
5 7 (4.35%) Mac OS
6 4 (2.48%) Windows 10
7 3 (1.86%) AIX
7 3 (1.86%) CentOS
7 3 (1.86%) HPUX
7 3 (1.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (1.86%) Solaris
7 3 (1.86%) Ubuntu
8 2 (1.24%) Android
8 2 (1.24%) Apple iOS
8 2 (1.24%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (1.24%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (45.34%) Problem-Solving
2 42 (26.09%) CI/CD
3 26 (16.15%) DevOps
4 25 (15.53%) Agile
5 24 (14.91%) High Availability
6 23 (14.29%) Containerisation
6 23 (14.29%) ITIL
7 21 (13.04%) Disaster Recovery
7 21 (13.04%) Migration
8 17 (10.56%) Decision-Making
9 16 (9.94%) Configuration Management
9 16 (9.94%) Infrastructure as Code
9 16 (9.94%) Performance Tuning
10 14 (8.70%) Artificial Intelligence
10 14 (8.70%) Customer Experience
11 13 (8.07%) Computer Science
11 13 (8.07%) Root Cause Analysis
11 13 (8.07%) Software Engineering
12 12 (7.45%) Continuous Improvement
12 12 (7.45%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 75 (46.58%) Python
2 62 (38.51%) PowerShell
3 35 (21.74%) Bash
4 26 (16.15%) JavaScript
5 21 (13.04%) Java
6 20 (12.42%) SQL
6 20 (12.42%) TypeScript
7 11 (6.83%) Shell Script
8 9 (5.59%) Perl
9 5 (3.11%) C#
10 4 (2.48%) REXX
11 2 (1.24%) R
11 2 (1.24%) Tcl
11 2 (1.24%) VB
11 2 (1.24%) VBScript
12 1 (0.62%) C
12 1 (0.62%) C-shell
12 1 (0.62%) Go
12 1 (0.62%) PHP
12 1 (0.62%) Scala
Qualifications
1 42 (26.09%) Security Cleared
2 30 (18.63%) SC Cleared
3 15 (9.32%) Degree
4 13 (8.07%) Microsoft Certification
5 11 (6.83%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (4.97%) A+ Certification
7 7 (4.35%) DV Cleared
8 4 (2.48%) AWS Certification
8 4 (2.48%) CCNA
8 4 (2.48%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.86%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (1.86%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.86%) CCNP
10 2 (1.24%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 2 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (1.24%) MCP
10 2 (1.24%) MCSA
10 2 (1.24%) MCSE
11 1 (0.62%) ACSP
11 1 (0.62%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.73%) QA
2 4 (2.48%) Data Quality
2 4 (2.48%) SLA
3 3 (1.86%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (1.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (1.24%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (1.24%) GDPR
4 2 (1.24%) NCSC
5 1 (0.62%) IFRS
5 1 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.62%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.62%) SOC 2
System Software
1 32 (19.88%) Docker
2 17 (10.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (9.94%) Active Directory
4 7 (4.35%) Hyper-V
5 4 (2.48%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (2.48%) vSphere
6 3 (1.86%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (1.24%) BitLocker
7 2 (1.24%) KVM
7 2 (1.24%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (1.24%) Veritas Cluster Server
8 1 (0.62%) Firmware
8 1 (0.62%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.62%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 45 (27.95%) Kubernetes
2 42 (26.09%) Ansible
3 21 (13.04%) Terraform
4 9 (5.59%) Grafana
4 9 (5.59%) Prometheus
5 8 (4.97%) Progress Chef
6 7 (4.35%) Puppet
7 6 (3.73%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (3.73%) NetBackup
7 6 (3.73%) Oracle RMAN
8 5 (3.11%) SCCM
9 4 (2.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (2.48%) McAfee ePO
9 4 (2.48%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (1.86%) Automic
10 3 (1.86%) Norton AntiVirus
10 3 (1.86%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
10 3 (1.86%) WMI
11 2 (1.24%) Nagios
11 2 (1.24%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 48 (29.81%) Microsoft
2 20 (12.42%) VMware
3 13 (8.07%) Red Hat
4 11 (6.83%) Google
5 10 (6.21%) Oracle
6 9 (5.59%) ServiceNow
7 8 (4.97%) Veritas
8 7 (4.35%) Splunk
9 6 (3.73%) McAfee
10 5 (3.11%) NetApp
10 5 (3.11%) Symantec
11 4 (2.48%) Databricks
12 3 (1.86%) SAP
13 2 (1.24%) Apple
13 2 (1.24%) Atlassian
13 2 (1.24%) Cisco
13 2 (1.24%) Citrix
13 2 (1.24%) Dell
13 2 (1.24%) Fortinet
13 2 (1.24%) IBM