Task Automation Jobs in England

Task Automation
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Task Automation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Task Automation over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 448 559 498
Rank change year-on-year +111 -61 -52
Permanent jobs citing Task Automation 431 431 892
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.50% 0.47% 0.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.59% 0.49% 0.70%
Number of salaries quoted 289 300 492
10th Percentile £40,400 £35,000 £33,213
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,157 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -
75th Percentile £76,250 £77,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,250 £95,000 £89,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Task Automation is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73,311 88,080 127,396
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.77% 95.63% 95.69%
Number of salaries quoted 54,025 52,110 73,883
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,322 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Task Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Task Automation in England

Task Automation
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Task Automation in England.

Salary trend for Task Automation in England

Task Automation
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Task Automation in England over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Task Automation in England

Task Automation
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Task Automation within the England region over the 6 months to 6 May 2024. 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
London +99 180 £70,000 - 74
South East +57 88 £62,500 +56.25% 21
South West -15 58 £47,500 -15.18% 11
Midlands +43 55 £50,000 -28.57% 12
North of England +26 39 £45,000 -10.00% 17
West Midlands +40 35 £45,000 -35.71% 8
North West +27 28 £45,000 -5.26% 13
East Midlands -5 12 £48,750 -17.02% 4
Yorkshire +60 9 £35,000 -30.00% 3
East of England -8 9 £50,000 -0.50% 12
North East -9 2 £85,000 +81.82% 1
Task Automation
UK

Task Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 27 (6.26%) SharePoint
2 26 (6.03%) Confluence
3 24 (5.57%) IIS
4 23 (5.34%) Apache
5 21 (4.87%) Microsoft Exchange
6 14 (3.25%) Tomcat
7 5 (1.16%) nginx
7 5 (1.16%) SAS
8 1 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.23%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.23%) WebSphere
Applications
1 33 (7.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (4.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (1.86%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.46%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.23%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.23%) PTC Creo
5 1 (0.23%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 15 (3.48%) NEC Housing
2 8 (1.86%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 160 (37.12%) Azure
2 69 (16.01%) Microsoft 365
3 65 (15.08%) Power Platform
4 54 (12.53%) AWS
5 49 (11.37%) Azure DevOps
6 40 (9.28%) IBM Cloud
7 34 (7.89%) Entra ID
8 31 (7.19%) Power Automate
9 22 (5.10%) Nutanix
10 21 (4.87%) PowerApps
11 20 (4.64%) IaaS
12 18 (4.18%) GitHub
13 14 (3.25%) GCP
14 12 (2.78%) Dynamics 365
14 12 (2.78%) SaaS
15 10 (2.32%) Serverless
16 6 (1.39%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 5 (1.16%) AWS CloudFormation
17 5 (1.16%) Azure Functions
17 5 (1.16%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 48 (11.14%) DNS
2 45 (10.44%) Firewall
3 18 (4.18%) WAN
4 17 (3.94%) PBX
5 15 (3.48%) DHCP
6 13 (3.02%) SAN
7 12 (2.78%) LAN
7 12 (2.78%) TCP/IP
7 12 (2.78%) VPN
8 8 (1.86%) Network Security
9 6 (1.39%) Internet
9 6 (1.39%) IPv4
9 6 (1.39%) VLAN
10 5 (1.16%) NetScaler
10 5 (1.16%) Remote Desktop
11 4 (0.93%) Fibre Channel
11 4 (0.93%) OSPF
12 3 (0.70%) BGP
12 3 (0.70%) Intranet
12 3 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (10.67%) SQL Server
2 35 (8.12%) Power BI
3 33 (7.66%) MySQL
4 30 (6.96%) PostgreSQL
5 21 (4.87%) Data Warehouse
5 21 (4.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 17 (3.94%) Oracle Database
7 12 (2.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 11 (2.55%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 10 (2.32%) Relational Database
10 9 (2.09%) NoSQL
11 8 (1.86%) Oracle BI EE
11 8 (1.86%) Tableau
12 6 (1.39%) Data Mining
12 6 (1.39%) GIS
12 6 (1.39%) Redis
13 5 (1.16%) Elasticsearch
14 4 (0.93%) Geospatial Data
14 4 (0.93%) Semantic Layer
14 4 (0.93%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 36 (8.35%) JIRA
2 35 (8.12%) Jenkins
3 22 (5.10%) Bitbucket
4 15 (3.48%) Git
5 11 (2.55%) Selenium
6 9 (2.09%) Cucumber
7 6 (1.39%) REST Assured
7 6 (1.39%) WebDriver
8 5 (1.16%) JUnit
8 5 (1.16%) TestNG
9 4 (0.93%) Bitbucket Server
9 4 (0.93%) GitLab
9 4 (0.93%) JMeter
9 4 (0.93%) Serenity BDD
9 4 (0.93%) SoapUI
10 2 (0.46%) git-flow
10 2 (0.46%) MSI
10 2 (0.46%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.23%) Team Foundation Server
11 1 (0.23%) TeamCity
General
1 136 (31.55%) Finance
2 115 (26.68%) Social Skills
3 103 (23.90%) Analytical Skills
4 54 (12.53%) Public Sector
5 44 (10.21%) Retail
6 35 (8.12%) Banking
7 23 (5.34%) Law
8 20 (4.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 19 (4.41%) Investment Banking
10 17 (3.94%) Police
11 16 (3.71%) Front Office
12 14 (3.25%) Legal
13 12 (2.78%) Local Government
13 12 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
14 10 (2.32%) Telecoms
15 9 (2.09%) Manufacturing
16 7 (1.62%) General Ledger
16 7 (1.62%) Marketing
17 3 (0.70%) Games
17 3 (0.70%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 106 (24.59%) Senior
2 49 (11.37%) Analyst
3 46 (10.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 35 (8.12%) Lead
4 35 (8.12%) Systems Engineer
5 33 (7.66%) Administrator
6 27 (6.26%) Support Engineer
7 21 (4.87%) Architect
7 21 (4.87%) Senior Analyst
7 21 (4.87%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 19 (4.41%) DBA
8 19 (4.41%) Developer
8 19 (4.41%) Systems Support
9 18 (4.18%) Applications Support
9 18 (4.18%) Systems Support Engineer
10 16 (3.71%) Data Analyst
11 15 (3.48%) Consultant
11 15 (3.48%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
11 15 (3.48%) Senior Manager
11 15 (3.48%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (5.80%) REST
2 17 (3.94%) Web Services
3 14 (3.25%) HTML
4 12 (2.78%) CSS
5 11 (2.55%) .NET
6 6 (1.39%) SOAP
7 5 (1.16%) AngularJS
7 5 (1.16%) Apache Commons
7 5 (1.16%) Guava
7 5 (1.16%) Java Concurrency
7 5 (1.16%) WebRTC
7 5 (1.16%) WireMock
8 4 (0.93%) .NET Core
8 4 (0.93%) PySpark
8 4 (0.93%) React
8 4 (0.93%) RESTful
8 4 (0.93%) XML
9 3 (0.70%) ASP.NET
9 3 (0.70%) JSON
9 3 (0.70%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 46 (10.67%) Hybrid Cloud
2 40 (9.28%) Blockchain
2 40 (9.28%) Distributed Systems
3 25 (5.80%) Management Information System
4 24 (5.57%) Self-Motivation
5 20 (4.64%) Data Centre
6 18 (4.18%) Clustering
6 18 (4.18%) Public Cloud
6 18 (4.18%) Replication
7 15 (3.48%) IoT
8 14 (3.25%) Derivative
9 9 (2.09%) Cyberattack
10 8 (1.86%) Blog
10 8 (1.86%) Housing Association
11 7 (1.62%) Credit Risk
11 7 (1.62%) PKI
12 6 (1.39%) AS400
12 6 (1.39%) Cyber Threat
12 6 (1.39%) Onboarding
13 5 (1.16%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 147 (34.11%) Windows
2 132 (30.63%) Linux
3 48 (11.14%) CentOS
4 40 (9.28%) Alpine Linux
4 40 (9.28%) Debian
5 38 (8.82%) Windows Server
6 20 (4.64%) Mac OS
7 17 (3.94%) Unix
8 12 (2.78%) Solaris
9 10 (2.32%) Ubuntu
10 9 (2.09%) Windows 10
11 8 (1.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 5 (1.16%) Windows Server 2016
12 5 (1.16%) Windows Server 2019
13 3 (0.70%) Windows Server 2012
14 2 (0.46%) VMS
15 1 (0.23%) AIX
15 1 (0.23%) Android
15 1 (0.23%) Apple iOS
15 1 (0.23%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (32.71%) Problem-Solving
2 95 (22.04%) CI/CD
3 93 (21.58%) DevOps
4 77 (17.87%) Agile
5 65 (15.08%) Data Science
6 59 (13.69%) Disaster Recovery
7 55 (12.76%) ITIL
8 53 (12.30%) Decision-Making
9 49 (11.37%) Project Management
10 48 (11.14%) Artificial Intelligence
10 48 (11.14%) Cybersecurity
11 47 (10.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 45 (10.44%) Computer Science
13 41 (9.51%) Analytics
14 40 (9.28%) Co-Creation
14 40 (9.28%) Functional Testing
14 40 (9.28%) Mentoring
14 40 (9.28%) Separation of Concerns
14 40 (9.28%) Technology Transformation
15 32 (7.42%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 141 (32.71%) PowerShell
2 112 (25.99%) Python
3 91 (21.11%) SQL
4 83 (19.26%) Bash
5 25 (5.80%) Perl
6 23 (5.34%) T-SQL
7 22 (5.10%) Shell Script
8 21 (4.87%) JavaScript
9 19 (4.41%) Java
10 18 (4.18%) PL/SQL
11 10 (2.32%) C#
11 10 (2.32%) RPG
12 8 (1.86%) VBA
13 5 (1.16%) MATLAB
13 5 (1.16%) TypeScript
14 4 (0.93%) R
15 3 (0.70%) Ruby
16 2 (0.46%) Go
16 2 (0.46%) PHP
17 1 (0.23%) sed
Qualifications
1 115 (26.68%) Degree
2 55 (12.76%) Microsoft Certification
3 47 (10.90%) Security Cleared
4 45 (10.44%) Azure Certification
4 45 (10.44%) MCSE
5 42 (9.74%) MCSA
6 30 (6.96%) SC Cleared
7 27 (6.26%) Computer Science Degree
8 25 (5.80%) Cisco Certification
9 19 (4.41%) CCNA
10 10 (2.32%) CISSP
11 6 (1.39%) CCNP
11 6 (1.39%) DV Cleared
12 5 (1.16%) Master's Degree
13 4 (0.93%) AWS Certification
14 3 (0.70%) CCIE
14 3 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
15 2 (0.46%) CCA
15 2 (0.46%) Citrix Certification
16 1 (0.23%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (5.34%) Data Quality
2 19 (4.41%) Accessibility
3 12 (2.78%) QA
4 10 (2.32%) GRC
5 8 (1.86%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.70%) SLA
8 2 (0.46%) GDPR
8 2 (0.46%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.46%) NIST
9 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 100 (23.20%) Active Directory
2 68 (15.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 61 (14.15%) Docker
4 31 (7.19%) VMware ESXi
5 26 (6.03%) Virtual Machines
6 21 (4.87%) Hyper-V
7 11 (2.55%) VMware NSX
8 10 (2.32%) Firmware
9 8 (1.86%) VMware Server
10 7 (1.62%) vSphere
11 6 (1.39%) XenApp
12 5 (1.16%) Virtual Desktop
12 5 (1.16%) XenDesktop
13 4 (0.93%) Microsoft App-V
14 2 (0.46%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 1 (0.23%) KVM
15 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 1 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 68 (15.78%) Terraform
2 60 (13.92%) Kubernetes
3 33 (7.66%) Ansible
4 15 (3.48%) SCOM
5 14 (3.25%) Microsoft Intune
6 13 (3.02%) SCCM
7 8 (1.86%) Grafana
7 8 (1.86%) Nagios
7 8 (1.86%) Puppet
8 7 (1.62%) Foglight
8 7 (1.62%) Microsoft Clustering
9 6 (1.39%) Prometheus
9 6 (1.39%) vCenter Server
10 4 (0.93%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.93%) CSIRT
11 3 (0.70%) ITRS Geneos
11 3 (0.70%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 3 (0.70%) SCOrch
11 3 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.70%) vMotion
Vendors
1 118 (27.38%) Microsoft
2 85 (19.72%) VMware
3 54 (12.53%) IBM
4 47 (10.90%) Red Hat
5 31 (7.19%) Oracle
6 22 (5.10%) Atlassian
7 19 (4.41%) Palo Alto
8 16 (3.71%) Splunk
9 15 (3.48%) NEC
10 14 (3.25%) CrowdStrike
11 13 (3.02%) ArcSight
11 13 (3.02%) Dell
11 13 (3.02%) Veeam
12 11 (2.55%) NetApp
13 10 (2.32%) Citrix
13 10 (2.32%) HP
14 8 (1.86%) Cisco
14 8 (1.86%) ServiceNow
15 7 (1.62%) CyberArk
15 7 (1.62%) Qualys