Task Automation Job Trends in Manchester

Task Automation
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Task Automation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 129 143
Rank change year-on-year +4 +14 +92
Permanent jobs citing Task Automation 12 22 16
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.38% 0.85% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.49% 0.89% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 10 19 10
10th Percentile £32,000 £43,500 £23,750
25th Percentile £32,125 £57,500 £31,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,750 £75,000 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year -52.33% +46.34% +13.89%
75th Percentile £59,500 £77,500 £61,000
90th Percentile £68,000 - £78,875
North West median annual salary £36,500 £75,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -51.33% +50.00% +11.11%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,446 2,459 2,888
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 78.07% 94.50% 89.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1,501 1,163 2,379
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,300 £31,200
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,744 £42,238
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £82,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -8.90%

Task Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Task Automation job vacancy trend in Manchester

Task Automation
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Task Automation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Task Automation

Task Automation
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Task Automation in Manchester over the 6 months to 28 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Task Automation in Manchester

Task Automation
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Task Automation within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 28 January 2026. 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
Oldham - 1 £65,000 -
Task Automation
North West

Task Automation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (33.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) Azure
1 4 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
1 4 (33.33%) Entra ID
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (16.67%) AWS
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Copilot
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Purview
2 2 (16.67%) PaaS
2 2 (16.67%) SaaS
3 1 (8.33%) AWS CloudFormation
3 1 (8.33%) Datadog
3 1 (8.33%) GCP
3 1 (8.33%) GitHub
3 1 (8.33%) OneDrive
3 1 (8.33%) Power Automate
3 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) Intranet
1 1 (8.33%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Jenkins
General
1 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Consultant
1 3 (25.00%) Developer
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
1 3 (25.00%) Recruitment Consultant
1 3 (25.00%) Support Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) .NET Developer
2 2 (16.67%) Applications Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Applications Support
2 2 (16.67%) Applications Support Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
2 2 (16.67%) Full-Stack Developer
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Cloud Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) DevOps Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Java Developer
3 1 (8.33%) Java Software Developer
3 1 (8.33%) Node.js Developer
3 1 (8.33%) Platform Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Software Developer
3 1 (8.33%) Systems Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) .NET
1 2 (16.67%) .NET Framework
1 2 (16.67%) Blazor
1 2 (16.67%) Entity Framework
1 2 (16.67%) RESTful
2 1 (8.33%) ARM Templates
2 1 (8.33%) JSON
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (8.33%) Node.js
2 1 (8.33%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Onboarding
2 3 (25.00%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (16.67%) Mobile App
4 1 (8.33%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (8.33%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Android
1 2 (16.67%) Apple iOS
2 1 (8.33%) Linux
2 1 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) AI
1 4 (33.33%) CI/CD
1 4 (33.33%) DevOps
2 3 (25.00%) Agile
2 3 (25.00%) Machine Learning
2 3 (25.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (16.67%) Client Onboarding
3 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (16.67%) CRM
3 2 (16.67%) Digital Identity
3 2 (16.67%) Full-Stack Development
3 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
3 2 (16.67%) Knowledge Management
3 2 (16.67%) Mobile Development
3 2 (16.67%) Mobile First
3 2 (16.67%) Platform Engineering
4 1 (8.33%) Customer Service
4 1 (8.33%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (8.33%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 5 (41.67%) PowerShell
2 2 (16.67%) C#
2 2 (16.67%) Python
2 2 (16.67%) SQL
3 1 (8.33%) Bash
3 1 (8.33%) Bicep
3 1 (8.33%) Go
3 1 (8.33%) Java
3 1 (8.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (8.33%) Shell Script
3 1 (8.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (8.33%) Degree
1 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) Terraform
2 1 (8.33%) Kubernetes
2 1 (8.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) Xamarin
3 1 (8.33%) Splunk