Task Automation Contract Job Trends in Wiltshire

Task Automation
South West > Wiltshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wiltshire requiring Task Automation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 54 61
Rank change year-on-year -14 +7 +29
Contract jobs citing Task Automation 3 2 12
As % of all contract jobs in Wiltshire 0.50% 0.42% 1.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.61% 0.50% 1.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 11
10th Percentile - - £514
25th Percentile £525 £838 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £875 £575
Median % change year-on-year -37.14% +52.17% +46.03%
75th Percentile £575 £913 £659
90th Percentile - - £663
South West median daily rate £525 £470 £625
% change year-on-year +11.70% -24.80% +17.45%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 495 402 685
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 82.91% 85.17% 88.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 334 272 501
10th Percentile £400 £340 £313
25th Percentile £513 £456 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +6.82% - -
75th Percentile £713 £638 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £725
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 3 14
10th Percentile £12.50 £22.23 £14.36
25th Percentile £15.00 £36.40 £16.81
Median hourly rate £22.27 £60.00 £46.95
Median % change year-on-year -62.89% +27.80% -28.32%
75th Percentile £24.50 - £67.75
90th Percentile £25.15 - £74.75
South West median hourly rate £32.50 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -50.00% +8.33% -7.69%

Task Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

Task Automation job vacancy trend in Wiltshire

Task Automation
Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

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

Task Automation
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 18 December 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
Corsham -13 3 £550 -37.14% 1
Task Automation
South West

Task Automation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Software-Defined Networking
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Bitbucket
1 2 (66.67%) Git
1 2 (66.67%) Jenkins
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
2 1 (33.33%) GitLab
General
1 3 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Military
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Automation Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps Automation Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
1 2 (66.67%) DevOps
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure as Code
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Automation
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Configuration Management
2 1 (33.33%) Containerisation
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (33.33%) Deployment Automation
2 1 (33.33%) GitOps
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Monitoring
2 1 (33.33%) Server Management
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
1 2 (66.67%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) Bash
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) PHP
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Master's Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Docker
1 1 (33.33%) Hyper-V
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Ansible
1 3 (100.00%) Terraform
2 1 (33.33%) Dell DRAC
2 1 (33.33%) Kubernetes
2 1 (33.33%) Packer
2 1 (33.33%) PowerCLI
2 1 (33.33%) Puppet
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Atlassian
2 1 (33.33%) Dell
2 1 (33.33%) HP
2 1 (33.33%) VMware