Task Automation Job Trends in the East Midlands

Task Automation
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Task Automation skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 130 168 114
Rank change year-on-year +38 -54 +58
Permanent jobs citing Task Automation 16 4 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 0.70% 0.10% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.82% 0.13% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 8 4 1
10th Percentile £31,750 - -
25th Percentile £32,500 - £39,720
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £50,000 £41,234
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +21.26% -29.81%
75th Percentile £38,500 - £42,749
90th Percentile £50,800 - -
England median annual salary £57,500 £68,500 £61,000
% change year-on-year -16.06% +12.30% +2.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East Midlands

Task Automation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,955 3,013 1,639
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 85.04% 76.39% 93.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,074 1,478 1,062
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £26,775
25th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £38,828
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.78% -14.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,250 £72,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £62,004
% change year-on-year -4.35% -7.26% +3.34%

Task Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings citing Task Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Task Automation in the East Midlands

Task Automation
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Task Automation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Task Automation

Task Automation
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Task Automation in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 15 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Task Automation in the East Midlands

Task Automation
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Task Automation within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Derbyshire - 8 - -
Nottinghamshire +18 6 £35,000 -30.00% 3
Lincolnshire - 1 £41,000 -
Northamptonshire - 1 £70,000 - 6
Task Automation
England

Task Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 5 (31.25%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (31.25%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (37.50%) Entra ID
1 6 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (31.25%) OneDrive
3 2 (12.50%) AWS
3 2 (12.50%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 8 (50.00%) Cisco IOS
1 8 (50.00%) VPN
2 5 (31.25%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) GitLab
1 1 (6.25%) Jenkins
General
1 8 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 8 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Finance
3 1 (6.25%) Law
Job Titles
1 8 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 6 (37.50%) Senior
3 5 (31.25%) IT Support
3 5 (31.25%) IT Support Specialist
3 5 (31.25%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
3 5 (31.25%) Senior IT Support
3 5 (31.25%) Support Specialist
4 1 (6.25%) Azure Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) DevOps Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Integration Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) IT Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Lead
4 1 (6.25%) Senior IT Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (50.00%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 8 (50.00%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 14 (87.50%) Windows
2 8 (50.00%) Android
2 8 (50.00%) Linux
3 1 (6.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (56.25%) DevOps
2 8 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 8 (50.00%) Line Management
2 8 (50.00%) Mathematics
2 8 (50.00%) Platform Engineering
2 8 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 8 (50.00%) Storage Management
3 6 (37.50%) Customer Service
4 5 (31.25%) Email Management
4 5 (31.25%) Information Security
4 5 (31.25%) ITSM
4 5 (31.25%) Logistics
4 5 (31.25%) Project Management
4 5 (31.25%) Roadmaps
5 1 (6.25%) Coaching
5 1 (6.25%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (6.25%) Mentoring
5 1 (6.25%) People Management
5 1 (6.25%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 15 (93.75%) PowerShell
2 9 (56.25%) Bash
2 9 (56.25%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (31.25%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 9 (56.25%) Docker
2 8 (50.00%) Hyper-V
2 8 (50.00%) VMware NSX
2 8 (50.00%) vSphere
3 6 (37.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (56.25%) Ansible
1 9 (56.25%) Terraform
2 6 (37.50%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (6.25%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (6.25%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (50.00%) 3PAR
1 8 (50.00%) Cisco
1 8 (50.00%) Juniper
1 8 (50.00%) Splunk
2 6 (37.50%) Veeam
3 5 (31.25%) Meraki
3 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
3 5 (31.25%) Sage
4 1 (6.25%) VMware