Task Automation Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Task Automation
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 192 252 346
Rank change year-on-year +60 +94 +49
Contract jobs citing Task Automation 112 93 132
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.13% 0.61% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.24% 0.69% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 68 64
10th Percentile £347 £405 £413
25th Percentile £425 £500 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £594
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -7.37% +7.95%
75th Percentile £601 £675 £700
90th Percentile £700 £690 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £26.50 - -
25th Percentile £26.88 - -
Median hourly rate £30.00 - -
75th Percentile £55.00 - -
90th Percentile £68.50 - -
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
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Task Automation
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Task Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Task Automation trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Task Automation
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Task Automation.

Task Automation daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Task Automation
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Task Automation over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Task Automation daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Task Automation
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Task Automation.

Task Automation hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Task Automation
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Task Automation over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Task Automation hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Task Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 12 (10.71%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.68%) Confluence
2 3 (2.68%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.79%) Anypoint
3 2 (1.79%) CICS
3 2 (1.79%) CMS
4 1 (0.89%) Apache
4 1 (0.89%) OpenStack
Applications
1 3 (2.68%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.79%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.89%) Synopsys PrimeTime
Cloud Services
1 33 (29.46%) AWS
1 33 (29.46%) Azure
2 17 (15.18%) GCP
2 17 (15.18%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (10.71%) Power Platform
4 11 (9.82%) Entra ID
5 10 (8.93%) Cloud Computing
6 9 (8.04%) Power Automate
6 9 (8.04%) PowerApps
7 8 (7.14%) Amazon S3
8 7 (6.25%) AWS CloudFormation
8 7 (6.25%) AWS Lambda
8 7 (6.25%) GitHub
8 7 (6.25%) Serverless
9 6 (5.36%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (5.36%) IaaS
9 6 (5.36%) OpenShift
9 6 (5.36%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 5 (4.46%) Amazon EC2
10 5 (4.46%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (7.14%) Firewall
1 8 (7.14%) VPN
2 7 (6.25%) DNS
3 5 (4.46%) Network Security
3 5 (4.46%) TCP/IP
4 3 (2.68%) HTTP
4 3 (2.68%) SSL
5 2 (1.79%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (1.79%) DWDM
5 2 (1.79%) LAN
5 2 (1.79%) SMS
5 2 (1.79%) VSAN
5 2 (1.79%) WAN
6 1 (0.89%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (0.89%) Cisco Wireless
6 1 (0.89%) DHCP
6 1 (0.89%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.89%) NAS
6 1 (0.89%) SAN
6 1 (0.89%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.46%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (3.57%) Amazon Redshift
2 4 (3.57%) NoSQL
3 3 (2.68%) Data Mining
3 3 (2.68%) MongoDB
3 3 (2.68%) MySQL
4 2 (1.79%) CockroachDB
4 2 (1.79%) DynamoDB
4 2 (1.79%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (1.79%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.79%) Power BI
4 2 (1.79%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.89%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (0.89%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.89%) DB2
5 1 (0.89%) Kdb+
5 1 (0.89%) Power Query
5 1 (0.89%) PowerPivot
5 1 (0.89%) Redis
5 1 (0.89%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 18 (16.07%) GitLab
2 14 (12.50%) Git
2 14 (12.50%) Jenkins
3 7 (6.25%) JIRA
4 4 (3.57%) CircleCI
5 3 (2.68%) Cypress.io
5 3 (2.68%) Postman
6 2 (1.79%) Selenium
6 2 (1.79%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.89%) Appium
7 1 (0.89%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.89%) Gatling
7 1 (0.89%) JMeter
7 1 (0.89%) JUnit
7 1 (0.89%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.89%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.89%) TestNG
General
1 39 (34.82%) Social Skills
2 23 (20.54%) Finance
3 15 (13.39%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (13.39%) Banking
4 12 (10.71%) Public Sector
5 10 (8.93%) Investment Banking
6 5 (4.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.79%) Marketing
8 1 (0.89%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.89%) Military
Job Titles
1 22 (19.64%) Developer
2 21 (18.75%) DevOps Engineer
3 10 (8.93%) Senior
4 9 (8.04%) Microsoft 365 Developer
5 8 (7.14%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
5 8 (7.14%) AWS Engineer
5 8 (7.14%) JavaScript Engineer
5 8 (7.14%) Python Engineer
6 7 (6.25%) AWS DevOps
7 6 (5.36%) AWS DevOps Engineer
7 6 (5.36%) Lead
7 6 (5.36%) Senior DevOps
7 6 (5.36%) Senior DevOps Engineer
7 6 (5.36%) Software Developer
8 5 (4.46%) Analyst
8 5 (4.46%) AWS Specialist
9 4 (3.57%) Consultant
9 4 (3.57%) Data Engineer
9 4 (3.57%) IAM Specialist
9 4 (3.57%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (9.82%) React
2 10 (8.93%) CSS
2 10 (8.93%) HTML
3 7 (6.25%) Elastic Stack
3 7 (6.25%) SPFx
4 5 (4.46%) Node.js
4 5 (4.46%) SailPoint
4 5 (4.46%) XML
5 4 (3.57%) OAuth
5 4 (3.57%) OpenID
5 4 (3.57%) REST
5 4 (3.57%) SAML
6 3 (2.68%) boto
6 3 (2.68%) LDAP
6 3 (2.68%) RESTful
6 3 (2.68%) Web Services
6 3 (2.68%) X-Windows
6 3 (2.68%) YAML
7 2 (1.79%) Flask
7 2 (1.79%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 13 (11.61%) Management Information System
2 9 (8.04%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (6.25%) Cloud Native
4 6 (5.36%) Mainframe
5 5 (4.46%) Algorithms
5 5 (4.46%) Data Structures
5 5 (4.46%) Onboarding
6 4 (3.57%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (2.68%) NHS
7 3 (2.68%) Private Cloud
7 3 (2.68%) Replication
8 2 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.79%) Clustering
8 2 (1.79%) DataPower
8 2 (1.79%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.79%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.79%) VSAM
9 1 (0.89%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.89%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.89%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 18 (16.07%) Linux
2 14 (12.50%) Windows
3 13 (11.61%) Unix
4 7 (6.25%) Windows Server
5 4 (3.57%) Mac OS
6 2 (1.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.89%) VMS
7 1 (0.89%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (32.14%) CI/CD
1 36 (32.14%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (29.46%) DevOps
3 25 (22.32%) Containerisation
4 23 (20.54%) Infrastructure as Code
5 20 (17.86%) High Availability
6 11 (9.82%) Continuous Integration
6 11 (9.82%) Data Science
6 11 (9.82%) Data Security
6 11 (9.82%) Machine Learning
7 10 (8.93%) Cloud Security
7 10 (8.93%) Configuration Management
7 10 (8.93%) Infrastructure Automation
8 9 (8.04%) Artificial Intelligence
8 9 (8.04%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 9 (8.04%) Decision-Making
8 9 (8.04%) Migration
8 9 (8.04%) Performance Tuning
8 9 (8.04%) Test Automation
9 8 (7.14%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 58 (51.79%) Python
2 38 (33.93%) PowerShell
3 25 (22.32%) JavaScript
4 21 (18.75%) Bash
5 18 (16.07%) TypeScript
6 12 (10.71%) Java
7 11 (9.82%) Shell Script
7 11 (9.82%) SQL
8 3 (2.68%) C#
8 3 (2.68%) Perl
9 2 (1.79%) REXX
9 2 (1.79%) Tcl
10 1 (0.89%) Bicep
10 1 (0.89%) C
10 1 (0.89%) PHP
10 1 (0.89%) Ruby
10 1 (0.89%) VBA
Qualifications
1 25 (22.32%) Security Cleared
2 22 (19.64%) SC Cleared
3 9 (8.04%) Degree
4 8 (7.14%) AWS Certification
5 4 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.68%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 3 (2.68%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.79%) AWS Certified Developer
7 2 (1.79%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.79%) CCNA
7 2 (1.79%) CCNP
7 2 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.79%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.79%) JNCIA
7 2 (1.79%) JNCIS
7 2 (1.79%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.89%) ACSP
8 1 (0.89%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.89%) VCAP
8 1 (0.89%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.46%) GDPR
1 5 (4.46%) HIPAA
2 4 (3.57%) Actionable Recommendations
2 4 (3.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 3 (2.68%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (2.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (2.68%) QA
4 2 (1.79%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 2 (1.79%) NIST
4 2 (1.79%) SLA
5 1 (0.89%) SOC 2
System Software
1 26 (23.21%) Docker
2 10 (8.93%) Active Directory
3 5 (4.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (3.57%) Hyper-V
5 3 (2.68%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (2.68%) vSphere
6 2 (1.79%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.89%) Ceph
7 1 (0.89%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 1 (0.89%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 28 (25.00%) Terraform
2 26 (23.21%) Ansible
2 26 (23.21%) Kubernetes
3 12 (10.71%) Prometheus
4 11 (9.82%) Grafana
5 7 (6.25%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (5.36%) Puppet
7 4 (3.57%) Progress Chef
8 2 (1.79%) CloudHub
8 2 (1.79%) SCCM
8 2 (1.79%) ZABBIX
9 1 (0.89%) Automic
9 1 (0.89%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.89%) Kibana
9 1 (0.89%) logstash
9 1 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.89%) Nagios
9 1 (0.89%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.89%) Oracle RMAN
9 1 (0.89%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 27 (24.11%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.46%) Google
2 5 (4.46%) Splunk
2 5 (4.46%) VMware
3 4 (3.57%) Cisco
3 4 (3.57%) Okta
3 4 (3.57%) Ping Identity
4 3 (2.68%) Red Hat
4 3 (2.68%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.79%) Arista
5 2 (1.79%) Databricks
5 2 (1.79%) MuleSoft
5 2 (1.79%) Oracle
6 1 (0.89%) Apple
6 1 (0.89%) Darktrace
6 1 (0.89%) Dell
6 1 (0.89%) Dynatrace
6 1 (0.89%) PagerDuty
6 1 (0.89%) Palo Alto
6 1 (0.89%) SAP