Task Automation Contract Job Trends in Warwickshire

Task Automation
West Midlands > Warwickshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Warwickshire requiring Task Automation skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 - 41
Rank change year-on-year - - +10
Contract jobs citing Task Automation 10 0 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Warwickshire 1.91% - 2.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.18% - 2.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 8
10th Percentile £461 - £599
25th Percentile £474 - £691
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 - £725
Median % change year-on-year - - +141.67%
75th Percentile £518 - £756
90th Percentile £520 - £813
West Midlands median daily rate £520 £500 £688
% change year-on-year +3.90% -27.27% +82.12%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Warwickshire

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 Warwickshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 459 369 352
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Warwickshire 87.60% 86.82% 90.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 285 227 247
10th Percentile £303 £382 £241
25th Percentile £400 £500 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £725
90th Percentile £693 £750 £750
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £519 £500
% change year-on-year -3.66% +3.80% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 8 3
10th Percentile £23.23 £13.05 £22.00
25th Percentile £29.33 £14.17 £25.00
Median hourly rate £40.46 £14.70 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +175.24% -51.00% +73.91%
75th Percentile £50.00 £32.60 £32.25
90th Percentile - £33.98 £33.60
West Midlands median hourly rate £24.34 £22.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year +8.18% -18.18% +57.14%

Task Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Warwickshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Task Automation in Warwickshire

Task Automation
Daily Rate Trend in Warwickshire

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

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

Task Automation
Contract Job Locations in Warwickshire

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 Warwickshire region over the 6 months to 14 September 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
Warwick - 8 £508 - 2
Task Automation
West Midlands

Task Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Warwickshire 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 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Apigee
1 2 (20.00%) Azure
1 2 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (20.00%) Cloud Functions
1 2 (20.00%) GCP
1 2 (20.00%) Serverless
2 1 (10.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (10.00%) Power Automate
2 1 (10.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (10.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) MySQL
1 2 (20.00%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (20.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (10.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Git
General
1 8 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
1 8 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Developer
2 2 (20.00%) Cloud Developer
2 2 (20.00%) GCP Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Applications Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Automation Developer
3 1 (10.00%) CyberArk Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Power Apps Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 7 (70.00%) Linux
1 7 (70.00%) Unix
1 7 (70.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (70.00%) Cloud Security
2 7 (70.00%) Identity Access Management
2 7 (70.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 7 (70.00%) Unit Testing
3 6 (60.00%) SIEM
3 6 (60.00%) SOAR
4 2 (20.00%) API Management
4 2 (20.00%) CI/CD
4 2 (20.00%) Data Pipeline
4 2 (20.00%) DevOps
4 2 (20.00%) ETL
5 1 (10.00%) Agile
5 1 (10.00%) API Integration
5 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (10.00%) Data Management
5 1 (10.00%) Privileged Access Management
5 1 (10.00%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (90.00%) Python
2 7 (70.00%) PowerShell
3 2 (20.00%) SQL
3 2 (20.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (40.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) BeyondTrust
1 7 (70.00%) CyberArk
2 2 (20.00%) Google
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft